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At the top of the downloads page is the league rules. In that it states: "The Home team shall provide a match sheet, which will be completed by both teams including the forename(s) and surname of all players and substitutes (in block letters). The match sheet shall be handed to the referee not...

As James says, different leagues do team sheets different ways. I do two sunday leagues - one has separate sheets for both teams, which must be given to the ref before the start. The other provides one sheet that both teams fill in, but no requirement to provide to the Referee at all. I go to...

My instructions were always basically "Wait. Get eye contact. See what I'm doing. If I'm making a definite decision then go with it. If I'm just looking at you then it means I'm not sure and in that case step in. If I've made a decision then don't go the other way." Going the other way to a...

Same here. I’ve seen players sharpening metal blades on the concrete outside the dressing room by scraping them to knock mud off before the game! I’ve seen badly gouged screw in studs that were razor sharp. But one of the worst injuries I’ve seen were caused by brand new Predators with metal blades.

You may hear the outcome, but to be honest I wouldn't worry about it. Some CFAs will notify the Referee, others won't, but it's really not our concern. All we can do is to report the facts and let them worry about it. In the past I have taken a player getting off a sending off personally...

Definitely report this to the County FA. Put it in as an extraordinary misconduct report and state that as well as making comments that you considered misconduct the manager also refused to deal with the spectator when asked to do so. The home team are responsible for the conduct of their...

You will sometimes have players moaning about consistent fouling but aren't seeing anything wrong. I had a team moaning about being fouled yesterday, but what was actually happening was that they have just been promoted to the premier division and were being heavily beaten by one of the top tams...

I stand corrected. They appear to accept the goal should stand, although they don’t like it!

This has just happened in the Bristol City v Middlesbrough match. The ball played forward by a M’boro player to a team mate in an offside position. A defender tries to cut the ball out and touches it but doesn’t change the direction. This resets the offside, and the forward runs on to score...

I agree with your post up to the last comment. Still don't agree the most important thing going forward in a situation like this is to control what you do. Yes, your positioning may help defuse a situation before it develops, but as you say "there is nothing you can do to control whether or not...

Do we know for certain that there even was a handball? Players round here have no idea about what handball actually is - although after the latest from IFAB I'm not sure I do either! Improved positioning may help "get it right" but it may not have been wrong. The OP is about abuse as a result of...

I seem to get a lot of ambulances - not sure what that says about me, but then I tend to get the games where it's not unexpected because they know I'll handle it. I had five in a single season about 15 years ago, then none for ten+ years, and then two in successive weeks a couple of seasons...

Context can help decide if there’s a foul. For example, when a player tries to trap the ball and it bounces away he will often jump into a challenge with little care for the opponent simply because he wants to get the ball back. Whether he wins the ball or not that’s probably at least a foul...

Sellotape is cheaper than electrical tape and being clear is the same colour as what's underneath it. Alternatively...

Because at the level I referee at these days (Sunday league) the players don’t know the law and I’m usually not looking for cheap cautions for “gotcha” technical offences that no one knows apart from a referee. If they’re on my case then they won’t get any warnings but as long as they’re...

I expect to see a few teams trying to find different ways to bend the laws like this. Personally if I see a team do this I'll probably call it a moving ball the first time and say retake. "and while we're about it lads. We call that circumventing and it's a mandatory caution! Don't do it again!"...

Was the link for you or is it a general one? If it’s general and you still have it can you post it here please.

And the trouble is, the players most of us have every week accept what they say as gospel! A game last season a player hit the ball ten yards outside the opposition penalty area, hitting an opponent a couple of yards away in the side / arm. The player could have easily retrieved the ball, but...

Another of football’s nice guys has passed away. 49 is much too young. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48568007

A local manager has a really bad case of small man syndrome. I sent off one of his players in a game which they unexpectedly lost, and he told me that “the next time I see you out I’m going to f***ing do you!” This obviously added a club report. A couple of weeks later I was in a local diy store...