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Would you believe it, I'm on the line for one of the teams involved again tomorrow. Fifty pence says their team will look a little bit different this week!

I imagine this would probably lead to a 'failing to control players' charge for both clubs, but does anyone know what sanctions, if any, are involved in allowing members of the public to get involved on the pitch? It's a fairly low-level game so there were no stewards or anything, I assume the...

Astonishing finish to today - 88th minute, DOGSO foul tackle outside of the box at 2-2, and what should have been a fairly routine red for the offending player turned into a 22-player melee, and once the two big culprits were finally removed, and the game was about to restart, I hear something...

Report it to your CFA Safeguarding officer. Either the club aren't aware of how matey boy is behaving and will be glad to have strong words when they hear about it, or they are aware and when the county ask them about it they'll have some intersting questions to ask, particularly about any...

To answer the various questions above: - Men's sunday football - The first one, the player committed the foul, heard the whistle, turned to me and shouted '**** off' loud enough that the whole park could hear. No room for maneouvre there, even if I wanted to do him a favour. - Second one, as I...

Centre of the park, two players jump up for the ball. I see yellow has his hands on blue's shoulders, and he appears to win the ball by holding his opponent down on the ground. Simple FK. Yellow turns to me and shouts "**** OFF!" Sin bin, off you pop. His team are winning this game at a...

I think that was the one I was with you at - was this the one which was saved anyway?

From freeze-frames, you can get a shot on that which shows the Claret player with both legs around the Blue player's standing leg. That's one of the criteria I was trained to look for when giving a red card, but it's not always a bang-on certainty.

As a small bit of practical advice, if you realise 'oh sugar, I've lost control of this game', get cards out quickly. I'm not suggesting you go looking for fouls, but if you see something that's too fast or too forceful, get the card out, and make it clear to both teams that you're turning the...

Had my first OUAFC match today between two Oxford colleges, very polite affair - I think they must have been glad just to have a ref for once. First half, some robust challenges, but nothing that really merited a card, and the temperature of the game was very low so I was quite happy, was...

I'm on the line for an ESFA game Thursday afternoon - I must have impressed someone, since I understand they don't give those out easily. Fingers crossed it's a good game, though, most of the schoolage matches I've done so far this year have been very one-sided.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59820040 Congratulations to our colleague - I'm sure she won't be the last!

It's often the way that there's an early decision that we 'let go' because we don't want to escalate things too quickly, and then find that we lose control. In the first ten minutes, I've found being sympathetic isn't going to help - for the good of the rest of the match, long-term, I'll be a...

I've finally managed to get the hard bit done for my level 7 -> 6 promotion - got twenty games in and been observed three times, two 'at standards' and one 'above standard'. All I'll have to do now is pass an LotG exam and I'll finally have managed it! Two COVID-stopped seasons have stopped my...

I wouldn't worry too much about the line about affording the fine - if Mum can afford weekly subs, boots and all the other accoutrements, then ten quid shouldn't beyond her, or the club. This sounds a lot like a game I had some months ago with abuse from both sides, and I should have abandoned...

- Red card from a keeper in the 10th minute headbutting someone after he's picked up the ball and is perfectly safe to play! - Seven yellows, including a double! - A sin bin (again I've given it far too late, let the players whinge all day long, could have had one early in the second half) - And...

I'll keep this one brief: about halfway through the half of a pretty ordinary sunday cup game (very one-sided!) there's a mass con after someone was unhappy with a tackle (which I had already blown for a foul on!). They get up and start shoving, home player on a yellow already starts shoving, I...

This! I learned a huge amount from starting off doing lines in the UCL (United Counties League, not the other one!) and I still look forward to match days where I'm in a team of three.

Which age group have you been doing so far? It's not an easy role to play, and most of the fun seems to come (for me at least) when I know I've got one right, or if something totally silly happens like Little Timmy trying to kick the ball and going arse-over-tit Charlie-Brown style.

One of the things I've picked up lately is not to go steaming in to give a card - take your time, even if it's a bad one, partly to give you time to think, partly to make sure you can see any afters clearly and identify players who decide to take things into their own hands, but mostly so that...