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I can see both sides to this argument, but thankfully I've never had a CAR called a cheat, even though I've seen blatant cheating from CARs over the years. It goes without saying - and hopefully even the most lenient with OFFINABUS to CARs or themselves - would agree that calling the referee a...

Firstly, well done on the S/F appointment. First time with NARs can be a bit daunting, but being part of a team and have two extra sets of eyes makes such a huge difference. Useful pre-match notes from @MarcusSFARef that you can adopt as you see fit can be found here.

Think they got confused with initiating a trick to pass the ball back to GK as referenced in 12.2 (I did the same in my head when reading the question!).

Saints fan so feared it was my bias causing me to scream at the TV “Red! RED!!!” 😂 In all seriousness, I’m showing red for that on a Sunday. Like @one says, I don’t care whether he knew it was the ref he was shoving or not. As for the question of whether it’s RC if he pushed another player...

If you don’t get to the 25 games this season your CFA should let you roll over into next season, and hopefully then you can get the promotion before Xmas.

I've been a "club" referee, middling games for my son's U12 to U14 teams in a league that never allocates. I've always been upfront about my son playing for one of the teams and never had an issue, though I'll be honest and say I ended up almost certainly subconsciously favouring the opposing...

I’m with @Archer & @Gabriel - all are RC for OFFINABUS, with the last example being aggravated OFFINABUS that would have resulted in a minimum 6 game suspension, That all happened at U18 and below makes them even worse IMHO. You have to nip all of them, particularly the homophobic one, in the...

I completely understand that take, even though I take a very view. I know this over-simplifies it and each incident is its own dynamic event but one player wins every genuine (ie both trying to win the ball) aerial battle and it would follow that when there’s a clash of heads then it’s a foul...

👍 They’re great, even better when you have team sheets and can pre-fill (you can tell the level I referee at!). Word of warning - in the rain they’re useless, though will work with a thicker tip Sharpie. Also, if you’re prone to being sweaty, or referee in hotter temps, make sure the match...

Don’t even see careless there, let alone reckless, let alone SFP. Stop game for head injuries, drop ball to light blue.

Touche!

Based on the video timer, it's in the keeper's hands at 7'29, and the whistle blows at 7'39. I'm with others that the presence of the first and then second attackers complicates matters, and I'd have paused the count, but when the hand's raised and the count is going the GK has only really got...

I got these last year - very sturdy/hard, blank on the side you show and saves money on stickers. https://www.refstore.co.uk/products/write-on-card-set?srsltid=AfmBOopnqr6ZrenWJylTCgEVui1UmWztjotmEFFsXJ-hXpZBeIOp6TZk

It gets pretty lonely, that's for sure!

"That's not a mass confrontation. That's a mass confrontation." (In strongest Crocodile Dundee accent).

Super, thanks @one - never had this situation before (similar issue where I’d shown the YC for a sin bin and then was called an effing c so out came the RC) and every day in the middle is a learning day. Put the YC through but separately emailed my the CFA’s Discipline team, RDO and league ref...

Thanks James. The yellow was communicated insofar as I had it out of my pocket and was about to write his name down, but not shown because of how quickly he told me to eff off. I’d played an advantage after the initial foul so the player was already agitated when I then began the process after...

Perfect, thanks Rusty!

I really ought to know this answer but never had it occur before so just wanted to ask the wise heads on here to make sure I do it correctly. U16s game today. In the process of issuing a YC for a foul tackle to a defender and before I’ve even been able to ask his name he’s aggressively told me...

No I wouldn’t, because you’re comparing two completely different actions. However, much as I think it isn’t a penalty, I can entirely understand the rationale of saying it is a penalty, which I think is your point about clear and obvious. In my mind it was a clear and obvious error - though...