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Sorry you’ve had such a cr@p day today. I’m increasingly finding youth grassroots football at “higher” (ha! It’s still grassroots whether branded JPL or ‘Grassroots League Premier’) levels more grief than it’s worth. I’m with you re Open Age - even when it’s a tricky or difficult game, or...

Sounds like an awful experience @Ori - I hope youre okay? I also hope you took notes as soon as you could afterwards and have submitted a detailed Extraordinary Report. Numerous things to go in that report - the coach putting his face in yours (you are right it should have been red and that you...

If the words you typed were verbatim (or thereabouts) the words that were said, and they were said in a non-aggressive, reasonable manner, that is never a YC sin-bin for dissent. If he added “you don’t know what you’re doing” or words to that effect, or approached the referee aggressively...

I was around 200 games in for my first (two coaches would disagree as to whether I should have done so before though) so it's coming, don't worry! I've still not had a RC for SFP or VC, though 100% missed one of each this year based on a review of the VEO footage. 😭🤦‍♀️

I would agree with this - it's very unnatural to run around with your arms behind your back so if the LOTG simply referred to unnatural position even the arms being clasped tightly behind the back would be handball.

I don't disagree with any of that David. As I've said on here before, I work with athletes so am quite the opposite of anti-athlete, understand the frustrations and that regrettable behaviour will happen and fully support an appeal system and any outcomes. My comment re striking was more as...

If there's evidence to support the referee's decision was wrong re Bellingham then I have no problem with that, but I have a problem with the 6 match ban and I hope even more that they go on strike after that.

Don’t blame the ref at all but that sure looks like a foul by Vardy on Sa.

Yes. I think the key difference was in part by luck, and in part by making my own luck, the outcome was better. That is not at all a criticism of you by the way, but more to highlight that fortune plays a big part. LUCK 1. A captain who was willing and able to do his job as you'd want a...

I'm glad someone posted this. Real should have the book thrown at them, then the book should be picked back up and smashed over their head. But it won't happen, which is the fundamental problem the world over. If the Spanish refs walked out, they'd 100% have my support.

That's what I'd probably do too in the circumstances I described, but following the behaviour of that team in the first half, they were already on their last warning and no player had any doubt about that. Even with just 5 or 6 minutes left, it felt important to follow that final warning through.

Aye, I could have accepted the frustration point without the off.

Had something similar earlier this year. Ball in far corner so I'm about 20 yards away near the corner of the penalty area. Hear shouting from behind that might have been "Ref! Ref" but one team had a player whose name when shouted from the bench sounded like 'ref' (honestly!) so didn't look...

I got that, don't worry! 👍

Many thanks James. The sin-bin was easily sold and no one complained, but I think I'd have struggled to sell RC for OFFINABUS! If he was up in my face screaming it then it's different, but no way would I view what he said, how he said it, and where he said it, as OFFINABUS though some would...

Genuinely not looking for affirmation so please feel free to criticise, but looking for opinions/advice/comments on a game I refereed midweek. To set the scene, Local Sunday league game, Div 3 out of 3. Refereed home team four times already this season, first time refereeing away team. Home...

That's a brain teaser! On the one hand, you've played advantage for the DOGSO so should still come back and caution for USB. However, the DOGSO never developed (as the advantage was there and not taken, as opposed to never developing, one has to assume the attacker either chose not to shoot or...

I don’t enjoy reffing them TBH - if anything I am almost certainly biased against them and we have a couple of players prone to YCs, which you never feel great about. Was happy to help this year as it was a new club and I’ve saved them about £1000 in fees, but it’s more aggro than it’s worth.

Accidental repeat!

100% not a foul from that angle, but it looks a lot more like an airshot and fall, than dive. However, it just so happens to be on ITV right now and a different angle shows a push, and whilst it might be soft and the attacker might make a meal of it, it’s not the absolute shocker it looks from...