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U18 boys match. Local Watford friendly league. Game was pretty much without incident. Couple of bookings for fouls. Pretty much in good spirit. 5 minutes to end keeper (away team) decides to be an idiot. Ball coming in and I can see he can’t get to it from within his box and I’m positioning...

So today I took all your advice and put it into play. No dad available and subs were going to be used as a CAR. first half the kid was excellent. I felt all his calls were great and I gave him the full respect and thumbs up and all that jazz. 2nd half, they replaced him as he wanted to go...

Our league doesn’t allow coaching from the line, but I tend to let most of it go. I don’t believe you can be focused on the job though if your screaming at your players to push up and pull back and tack and cover when you’re supposed to watching for throw ins, offsides etc….. I do love having...

I have rarely had issues with car when it’s an adult. Occasionally have to tell them not to coach, but I have a good routine with them at the start explaining signals and always give them a thumbs up after a call. Have a chat with them at half time and see how they are getting on and a little...

So a sub can’t be assistant a junior level?

How does that work if they want to bring that player on after 20 mins? Do I have to brief a new assistant in the middle of the match? The player coming off takes his role? It’s not practical at youth level. Or is that player now not eligible to play? I e had situations where they have offered...

Old navy, I appreciate the advice and of course I take it in the spirit it is given. My thoughts on subs running the line is it’s bad all round. Sometimes they give offsides out of bias and other times they don’t out of the fear of being accused of bias. Everytime I have had one it has been...

I do know that. Maybe I just expect more. My son’s team had home and away following right up until his last u18 match. Loads of mums, dads, siblings, dogs………. Yes loads of them drive, but they drive their parents. We always had a match delegate. We always had dads ready to run the line. I know...

They do offsides here too too, but not fouls. Although number of times they flag for a foul when they aren’t supposed to always makes me laugh.

If we had enough qualified referees and clubs/parents were willing to pay for it………

It’s up to the ref to decide when to stop play and allow a sub. Happens all the time. Ball goes out of play and team has advantage of taking a quick throw and at that point the opposition manager shouts ref sub! Without a 4th official to handle subs, it’s completely up to the ref to stop play...

Personal choice. In this league if no assistant is provided, I can just play without one. Have to say, found it difficult. Kept glancing in the direction of where an assistant would be in order to get a call. ;)

Funnily enough, I do that too. I always tell the players to play to the whistle, and my assistants to not take it personally if I overrule them. However, as you say. He wasn’t working with me. Literally didn’t move from half way line so he could talk to his other coach and players. Yet...

Oh it’s been a weekend for me! I think I handled this one spot on. However, let’s see how wrong I got it! ;) U18 boys league match. Start of match, no parents around to be AR for away team. One of the coaches reluctantly agrees after I said I won’t have a substitute do it. 20 mins into...

I’ll be honest and say that I didn’t even think about subs for penalty shoot out. In a normal match it makes no difference. He still shouldn’t have left it until 5-10 seconds to go. What if the ball hadn’t gone out of play? Thanks for advice. We learn and move on.

Good advice there. I will caveat and say that I added 3 mins of added time and told him as such when he asked me 5 minutes before. He then waited until 10 seconds from the end to request the sub. They won the shoot out ;)

Of course you are right, but it’s just something that runs through my head everytime I put them through. I know managers who work in these areas and parents aren’t interested and he doesn’t know how many players he will get let alone have any parents supporting their kids out there. It sad...

So I did something yesterday which had me questioning myself. We are in added time (u16 girls cup match). I’m about to blow the whistle. Probably in 5-10 seconds when the home team have a throw in, the away manager shouts “ref!!! Sub!!” I turn him away, allow the throw and instantly blow for...

I have real issues putting cards through in certain youth football matches…..especially in deprived areas where the fine is going to hit the family hard. I feel bad doing it.

Yeah, but he has to take account of the player next to him who might try and head the ball. I can’t see this not being interference.