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Hi All Anyone else here who is a SERYFA referee? I find getting our fixtures a little tedious having to crawl through the website all the time, so have built a little automated website to do it for me, if anyone else is interested I have made it available publicly, updates every day...

I think I got the balance right for this particular game, the two incidents the players were up and running fine, but a bit later one poor lad got a ball peltered into the *** region 100mph at point blank range and was in visible pain. Stopped play, coaches on with an ice pack for a few minutes...

What do people do in terms of stopping youth game for injuries when it is not head or serious? At the weekend in my u14 game had a couple of times where I didn’t stop play because it was not serious, but it kind of feels a bit harsh at this age, they were not trying to feign injury.

I have watched it back a few times and personally can see why the officials did not warrant that as a push, watch slow mo at 4.08. Shirt pull, now that might be a different question.....

For my qualification course, when using clips and examples the instructor did not want a discussion on whether the match officials got it right or wrong, they wanted us to consider why the officials made the decision they did. I can see two possible reasons therefore why offside has not been...

Is it perhaps the case that it is incumbent on us to start a change, rather than accept it? The players and coaches won’t do it by themselves. If we get better at enforcing the laws and *spirit* of the game, particularly at youth level, this will propagate through as they get older?

And then penalise all coaches and substitutes for entering field of play without permission 😉

Yes good point sorry, if you are on PAYE you can opt to have it recovered through your main employer rather than a lump sum. The trading allowance is a relatively new thing and I think was brought in to offer a bit of fairness - compare someone earning £999 paying zero tax with someone earning...

[UK only. This does not constitute financial advice and is my opinion only. Right, that's the disclaimers out the way!] To be absolutely clear that is not just £1,000 or above on football income, it applies to ALL income outside of PAYE you may bring in, you don't get £1,000 for refereeing...

OP returns and worries he has signed up to the wrong match website……

Has anyone listened to the bbc sounds interview with Mark Clatenburg? Apologies if posted elsewhere, have only just joined forum. It is a great listen...

Thanks guys. Explains why it niggled me then, deep down I think I knew it was a red, but was not brave enough. Lesson learned!

Yes sorry this occurred AFTER scheduled KO time, 3 mins of the coach giving pep talk. Will include in match report. Thanks for replies, I think walking over which would have been the 4th action on my part (previously two whistles, one verbal beckon) would have shown I was trying to get the game...

Hi All Incident on Sunday, player makes a careless foul (no more) near to opposing team officials. One of the team officials, young lady assistant coach, asked the player to calm down. Player turns round and makes a comment to her about her weight and she should go to weight watchers. I...

Hi All First couple of games as a ref under the belt now, but had a bizarre one at the weekend for an u16 match. Wondering what to do if occurs again. Home team were ready on the pitch for KO in their positions and captain with me at the centre ready for coin toss, but away team stayed talking...