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In the first case the player has already been given permission to leave the FOP, and since the offence is against a non-participant there is no free kick awarded, hence the dropped ball. In the second case the player has left the FOP to commit the offence, so the IDFK is awarded for leaving the...

Looking back at it the consensus was actually take your time. When you are starting out you will think you have to make decisions really quickly. As you get promoted you will learn to take your time before signalling. That will give you time to read player reactions if you are unsure. If both...

You say you've done plenty of lines. When other refs have briefed you, what have you found good and what less so? There will be things everyone does. Do you need to rehash these? Or can you just say "I do these things as everyone else. Here's what I do differently" A lot of this will depend...

He didn't mention that one!...

I've had more than my fair share of bad write ups, but I'm sure we all have. As RobOda says they don't normally report when we have a good game. I seriously wouldn't worry about what teams say about us in the paper / online. If they were any good they wouldn't be at that level themselves. I bet...

Because you gave him a get out of jail free card! His team are near the bottom of the table and were playing one of the top teams with a scratch side. He can either say "we were well beaten by a better team!" or else "we tried really hard but a disgraceful decision robbed us. We were just...

I awarded a penalty on Sunday. The kicker spoke to the keeper while waiting to take the kick, and I heard him say "it was never a penalty!" (Actually it was - he played the ball but went through the player to get it) He then proceeded to blast the ball into the corner. A colleague made the...

Our county runs finals days at Maidstone FC. Pay one entry fee and potentially get to see three finals played one after the other, all at a decent ground (3g) with decent facilities. The last Sunday finals day a team from Thanet played a team from Medway and there was a mass brawl behind one of...

This match was played on Sunday. Baiteze won 3-2, in front of an estimated 2,000 crowd, which for Sunday league is incredible. There are EFL teams who don't get much more than that!

It happens. we had a local cup final where this happened a few years ago. The only people who realised were the 15 - 20 refs standing on the sidelines who spotted it and gave the ref (level 6) quite a lot of stick afterwards! This is one of those times where you need to forget about it and move...

I'm not sure about AFC Lewisham because they're in the bottom division and the other end of the county but most of the teams on the Kent County League play on parks pitches and don't have any sort of barrier round the pitch. I think even if there were a barrier the crowd would still be on the...

Here in England it's standard for the Assessor (observer) to hear the pre-match now, but this was in the early noughties and it wasn't then. I had a game where the assessor stayed in the bar the whole game, and the pitch had a dog track round it with advertising hoardings all the way round on...

It was a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't, because if I'd gone after him and the other AR hadn't backed me - he had his own mark to protect as well - then I've hung myself out to dry. Because we didn't know the assessor was there I couldn't take AR2 to one side and see what he...

It's different these days, because you are now told the observer is there and he listens to the pre-match. In those days the first we knew was when he walked in after the game, unless you saw him in the stand and recognised him. I did have him again but I was always careful to cover myself after...

I had a game with one of those referees when I was a level 4. A local step 3 ground had the away bench at half way and the home one next to the corner flag at left back, which was OK as most referees run with the Assistant on that end. However, this referee always ran the opposite diagonal so I...

This is almost a replay of the Barcelona disallowed goal from the 2006 Champion's league final against Arsenal. Lehmann brought down Eto'o on the edge of the PA after 18 minutes and the loose ball was put in but the referee had already stopped play - Lehmann was sent off but the resulting free...

The coach is saying that his player can't afford the fine, but he's the one riling his team up to commit the fouls that deserve the cautions! And it's your fault for doing what you're expected to do! Brilliant. If the player really can't afford the fine then maybe the coach will pay it for him...

I abandoned a game because the home team had dug drainage ditches across the pitch and not told anyone. The ditches didn't stand out because the pitch was pretty cut up anyway and there wasn't a lot of grass anywhere due to a very wet winter. The team had an FA Vase semi final on it a week later...

As One says, give yourself a bit more thinking time. If you're not sure what way to go then often players will tell you by their body language. If you have a team which always scream for every decision, even the blatant ones the other way, then don't go by their reaction but by the opposition...

Was there much else in the report? We used to have one who'd slate you because the ribs on your socks weren't straight. However, he used to do that if he couldn't find anything else to mark you down for. If he mentioned it you knew you'd had a good game.