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One of my friends gave me this. I’d never give them to ARs as part of my talk, but I’ve always just used the list at the bottom as a guide for what to speak about. As I’m a level 7, I rarely lead a team of 3, but I try to memorise that list as it pretty much covers everything

Cards do tend to be discouraged at younger academy games, but you can still use them. I think what you did in your situation is definitely fair enough, but for things like deliberately reckless fouls or consistently stopping promising attacks, I’ve never had complaints for cards at academy...

Looks like it’s going ahead. Disgusting and embarrassing - tonight’s showed the owners involved really do not care for football or the fans. Gary Neville got it spot on, ever word. I was wondering who will ref their games? The clubs are essentially not going to be part of FIFA or UEFA

Although I definitely prefer Nike, I actually really like the black one with blue accents. Surprisingly, I actually really like the Macron kits they use in the UEL and UCL. Didn’t like them at first but they’ve really grown on me

They've given away a last minute penalty, of course they're going to be angry. He probably knows it's his fault but deflects the blames onto you. It might even be a subconscious thing, so he's making himself believe it isn't his fault. Just don't take it personally, football's passionate and...

Mine was fine yesterday but I've never really had any issues with it in 3 years - I know for a lot of people, it's really unreliable

Exactly

As per the LOTG, I think yellow is right, but I'd like to see things like this be red cards. Obviously slight trips and shirt pulls should still be yellow (almost tactically part of the game), but a deliberately reckless foul, where there is no attempt to play the ball should be a red imo. A...

To be fair I didn’t know ‘reckless’ was terminology for a yellow card until I was a ref. Although I’ve definitely used ‘reckless means it’s a yellow card’ to players who ask for a red by telling me a foul was reckless...

I thought he went down a little easy and it wasn't a clear and obvious error not to award the penalty. Thought the VAR process for the second one was a very good example of VAR working well

I’m a Leeds fan and I thought that was a red for SFP. It was a lengthy delay because of the injury which does always throw things off. Although I think that was a red, I the ref actually had a very good game and was really consistent throughout Also, there were literally no appeals from Leeds...

Thanks! I emailed them and got an informative reply which is good

I’m a level 7. I managed 17 games in the 20/21 season, but only about 7 or 8 adult middles. It’s annoying because I’ve felt really good about them and had good advice and feedback so was really hoping I could go for promotion in the 21/22 season

I guess no changes in number of games needed to apply for promotion then?

You might think I’n wrong, but I think this is a stone wall penalty. In my opinion, I don’t think he’s ran into the challenge - I think when he’s stopped the ball from going out, him breaking his momentum has unintentionally carried him into the challenge. I think it’s a foul and defenders...

I’ll be really gutted if I can’t go for promotion next season. Had my first full season of adult’s middles (still did some youth as well), and didn’t reach the required number of games. I’ve had a good season and my coach has massively helped me. I feel totally ready for promotion and it’ll...

I love this kit. Nothing’s ever fallen out. I clip my pen to my chest pocket, but my pen also fits in there. Usually if I’m trying to hurry things up, I won’t clip it in and I’ll just put it in the chest pocket and it’s fine - although not as easy to get out as when it’s clipped. I keep a red in...

Personally never been a fan of this idea, although I do understand it. It doesn’t sit right that a decision could be wrong because they didn’t have a second extra to spot the mistake. I like the Dutch method, where if the two lines overlap, they stick with the decision (or give the goal, can’t...

That isn’t too bad to be fair. Nike will always be my favourite though!

There are some handy profit/loss spreadsheets out there which help calculate the tax to pay if you choose to declare it. I think there are some on here. It’s quite possible that you actually take a ‘loss’ while refereeing, due to expenses (kit, boots, whistles, equipment...). I don’t think I...