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Wasn't in the PA. Ref hadn't awarded any card at all.

Here's one mistake I once made people can learn from: There's a clear attack on, ball just outside the PA. It's a contested attack, but a clear attack nonetheless. This goal would matter, and we're into that 'I'll let this attack play out' stage. Attacking team commits a foul. I blow...

Interesting scenario in the A-League recently.....player was sent off for 2YC. The 2nd yellow was purely the result of VAR intervention. thoughts on this? I always took 'only red cards' to mean 'only straight red cards' - I always took that restriction to not just be about match-changing...

Add a colour to both of those mine.....

Tell a ref to f off and don't expect anything.... Worrying.. No wonder this game's culture is so toxic

Stoppage time is always quite imprecise, an estimate, given how poor the laws are around this

And? So we see it on TV. What's your point? We all know that the laws are treated as a joke because of the almighty dollar. By your logic I'm assuming you were also opposed to parks level referee enforcing the jewellery law until a couple of years ago. We see players call referees...

I'm talking about games that use the FIFA Laws of the Game.

It's not about when you blow your whistle - it's where the ball was at the time of the foul. For something like this, I'd want to be 100% certain the ball has left the field to not give a PA - but if it's out, it's out. Not sure if you made the right decision or not, but reasoning behind a...

When player 1 shot the 2nd time, was Player 2 in an offside position or not? That's the only thing that matters here (unless, say, he was interfering with the keeper at the first shot)

Excellent!!! Love your work!!! Playing the race card is, itself, racist. So, you have a player who used a racist comment to accuse you of having no integrity. RC is 100% the right option. Would you be comfortable sharing what was said?

This is why I love doing games with no stoppage time - I don't care if the ball is in midair to an open goal, time's up when it's up! But as for stoppage time games - if there's an attack but nothing overly promising then I'm all for stopping time. It's the promising attack that we've all...

A clearly intentional f*** off is about as disrespectful as it gets, a comment that has no purpose other than to offend and show the greatest disrespect. It's a definite red for me. f*** off is directed at me. Storms off saying 'oh FFS, blah blah', THAT's industrial language 1) You...

Some of the worst decisions I've made I received little dissent on. I've had games where I haven't put a foot wrong yet received a ridiculous amount of dissent/abuse.

Dissent tends to be PUBLIC, PERSISTENT or PERSONAL. This is persistent. After a quiet 'let it go' comment, if he keeps it up pull him aside and tell him he's going in the book if he keeps harping on about the penalty. He's showing disagreement, undermining your authority and trying to get...

Agreed, but this is exactly how Gillett referees. He's good at selling himself to assessors (who are largely incompetent), but that doesn't necessarily translate to doing the right thing. I can understand where he's coming from, but holding the game up for a few minutes for no actual purpose is...

Yeah this is a good tip. Incidentally, this question as just come up on Ask The Ref. Because there was no kickoff people weren't even sure if the goal was awarded - so I guess the kickoff helps ensure the goal is clear (although I come from an area where it's convention to signal a goal with a...

Ummm...are you watching the video? Bringing your legs around to protect yourself is a far cry from sticking a straight leg, studs first, right at your opponent's knees. Also, just because 'sometimes as a keeper you do this' doesn't in the slightest mean it's not a RC. Keeper has the...

Stopping the clock is easy at higher levels - it's a matter of having the right rules in place. Not possible at lower levels though. So I don't think this is the solution. (incidentally low grade/social futsal is usually played without a stopped clock)

I used to ref Futsal, which would have a stop clock. A 20 min half can go from anywhere between low-mid 30s, to over 50 minutes - and that's normal. Most commonly it's around 37-45min, I found. Seem some halves go up to an hour (we're talking massive scores though). I don't know what the...