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Interesting, I’ve seen one or two 17s but nothing below that

Yeah, 18s and 23s have been on for a while haven’t they

Apparently Premier League academy football (training and matches) can continue from March 8th

Ahh, is that why when I watch U23 games, they’re sometimes wearing a different brand of kit? I’ve always wondered that

Not sure if I was a coach that I'd want challenges like that to be common in U23s. One bad injury and that's potentially their career over before it's even properly began. You saw the reaction of the players too - in the context of the game, I think a yellow card is expected

Not sure how much I agree with this. In my opinion, it was more Mings’ fault for taking a bad touch into a player who wasn’t challenging him. Surprised at this, but it will definitely cause less debate, so that’s always a positive! (now it’s guaranteed that this will happen this weekend and be...

I’m personally of the viewpoint that keepers should be disadvantaged at penalties and the taker should have every advantage. That’s the whole point of the penalty imo

My favourite was this season, when my coach watched me for the first time. A spectator came by at full time when my coach was telling me how I did, etc and said ‘you’re the best ref we’ve had up here for years’. Appreciate the timing as it was right in front of my coach😂

Wondered why so many MLS kits had the exact same template - had no idea about that! They’re pretty much all really nice kits from what I’ve seen. Shame about these referee kits imo

Howard Webb’s autobiography is good. Currently reading and enjoying ‘Blowing the Whistle: the Psychology of Football Refereeing’ and that’s really good. Although that might just be because I studied psychology. Not sure how enjoyable it’d be if I didn’t

I bought some a while ago and have them on my cards, but I have genuinely never used them. Notepad is a lot easier to write on imo

I’ve started to find my U16-18 games have been more challenging than my open age games. Players seem to be easier to manage and more mature (generally...). I was really nervous for starting OA football, but I’ve ended up preferring it to youth. The standard isn’t great and the academy games are...

Depends how many times I’ve already had to say the same answer without a teammate hearing and then asking again😂

Interesting tactic - not sure I'd fancy trying that though, could definitely invite comments saying you've bottled a red or something But definitely, I've always got the expectation of a red when a referee reaches for their back pocket

Fair enough!

I think it’s just a preference. For me, it’s genuinely now easier to use my pockets to get a yellow card out, as I’m not fiddling with the book. Same for second yellows. Since I played and now I’m a referee, I assume whenever a ref goes to his back pocket, he’s going for a red (of course not...

Yellow right short pocket. Red in back pocket and a red in the left short pocket (for second yellows) and a spare yellow in my top right pocket which I’ve never needed to use yet. I used to have a yellow in my book instead of my pocket, but my latest one is just too tight to hold my cards which...

I’m now 20 and my only regret is not starting earlier. Genuinely. I loved playing and had some of my favourite memories playing, but I wish I had started when I was 16, straight after I finished playing. I’m also really shy and quiet, but, like playing, I’m a completely different person on the...

A good bit of advice I had going into adult football was to not many soft free kicks. I was used to youth football, where smaller nudges in the back and trips were expected to be fouls. I found that in my first couple of adult games, I was giving too many soft free kicks, which led to the game...