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Not sure you can say he's 'nowhere near the ball', he gets pretty close to it IMO. If it's a cynical and tactical foul it seems a strange thing to do in the 11th minute knowing you're going to get a red card.

In my sons league (U10, 7v7 and no offside) they have the 'Powerplay' rule where you can bring an extra player on if a team goes 4 goals behind but i don't think it applies once you go to 9v9 with offside. EDIT: Found this...

Decision looks correct. Just outside area and red card. In real time I think I'd have given the penalty, he practically ends up in the middle of the area after the foul ! VAR is good for something after all...

Thanks for all the tips guys, very useful....!

I've been having a bit of trouble dealing with pushing and shoving in a few games (usually at corners) where players are jostling for position etc. Does anyone have any advice on what to say to players or how to deal with it. I find it difficult to determine who, if anyone, is actually commiting...

Thanks. That's what I have been giving !

During a few of my games 9v9 games, I've had to stop the game mid play to deal with an injury or a player hurt etc. The team in possession are sometimes unhappy with this as they may have a promising attack etc. but player safety comes first. What is the correct way to restart play after the...

Ok thanks. I've got settled doing these U11/U12 games then an appointment came through to do an U16 game which I wasn't sure I was allowed to do yet. I couldn't actually do the game as it happened due to other commitments but it made me a bit nervous as it seemed a big step up from what I've...

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I'm a relatively new referee, UK based, having done a dozen or so games at U11/U12 9v9 so still finding my feet a little bit. Do I have to further qualify in order to referee 11v11 or is this now OK that I've done the 5 games with offsides that the FA require. Thanks.

Thanks, good advice. Yes the first time I was asked to ref I said 'No chance I'm not doing that!'...Then it was quite apparent that there was no one else to do it and the rest is history.... 😂

I've refereed about 8/9 matches at U11/U12 level so far without the need for any cards. Sure, there's been a little bit of backchat but nothing to warrant a card IMO. Last week I was refereeing my sons U10 match. I've been doing these matches for free as a parent volunteer for about a year and a...

Thanks guys for your replies, glad to know I was in the right !

Refereed two games today with just one minor incident of note. U11's football so playing offsides etc. Defender passes back to the goalkeeper who picks the ball up. I award an IDFK and play continues without incident. At HT, the coach approaches me (in a nice civilised manner I'm happy to add)...

Yes sorry it's U12's that's in question, shouldn't have put that U10 at the start, confuses things. There's no retreating required in U11/U12 it's just the other goal kick issues I need a bit of help on ! cheers...

Thanks for the reply. The first example you found will be the same one I found. However I also downloaded the attached from the FA website which states normal laws apply. i have no idea how old it is though as it's not dated. I'm going contact the referee officials from the league I'm in to see...

My sons U10 coach approached me recently to ask me about goal kicks in 9v9 U12 football. One of the teams he coaches is struggling to effectively clear the ball from goal kicks so he wants to work on some drills. He asked me for clarity in the law, specifically are defenders allowed to receive...

As far as I was told you have to log your games on the FA Whole Game website. You should have a FAN number and log in etc and a 'Referee Dashboard'. It seems to be just for logging misconduct reports though as it doesn't ask for score details. It may differ in your area but I was given a link to...

I wear two watches, one is a proper referee watch that counts down and buzzes when finished, the other counts up. I've been asked both 'how long is left' and 'how long have we played' so it's nice to have both options easy to hand. At youth level I tend not to stop the watches and just use my...

Thanks.