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Exactly the same symptoms. I have played football for over 20 years and never had pain like it so I haven’t put it down to old age! Must be boots or surface with more 3Gs around. I also have it in both ankles so find it hard to believe it’s my body and not boot / ground related I personally...

Does anyone suffer from sore / painful Achilles on here after refereeing a game? Any tips and tricks for combating it? Looking at insoles etc. Thanks

I have refereed youth football for about 10 years and I have never sent a player off for 2 yellows….

I would possibly consider doing this at development football, not that I have ever reached this stage in a young age group game. I wouldn’t at age u13 in my opinion.

What are people’s pre match instructions in relation to this? I have had a few ‘I don’t care if he is on the half way line holding it do not flag it’ before.

He needs an Acme Tornado 2000!!!

Another point.. I wouldn’t be asking the coach much of his opinion, could come across like you don’t really know what you are doing. Stick to your guns, if they break the rules they break the rules, it’s the only way they are going to learn.

Difficult ones to manage. With my teacher hat on .. Under 13s very much know right from wrong at this age and a red card needs to be used in certain situations. One thing I will say.. try to manage situations in the game according to the game. This obviously comes with experience. Take your...

Has anyone ever had an experience where you don’t get any stick, or even appeals in a game? I had one today and I found it actually really difficult to manage at times. Where no one was appealing for a foul or giving me any dissent at all following a decision I started to weirdly question if I...

You have to opt out via email for each closed date in our county. Then I have a system where I have to opt in another where I opt out all seems a bit too overcomplicated to me but all part of the fun I guess!

Blimey is that really what it’s like!? No thanks!

I’m not really into the whole pleasing people business - I just like refereeing. I haven’t turned it down - just like things to be fair for everyone. I’m not sure it’s a poor attitude asking if expenses are available

A much more attractive proposal when you are ‘down the road’

Just checked. No expenses.

Hi all I was appointed today to a county cup fixture which is a 70+ mile round trip. Do I get to claim expenses? Would I have any grounds to say I can’t make this due to the distance? Thanks

The shot was greatly impacted by the tackle. So people are saying don’t shout advantage and then bring it back and say no advantage free kick?

But obviously no free kick?

I sold it so well that no one argued 😂

But obviously if I have played advantage but then bought it back and given free kick, that negates the advantage and therefore red card? I pulled it back as I thought the shot was affected therefore no good advantage. So I should have gone red or not given the free kick but yellow as above.

Sorry outside penalty box. I’ll edit.