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I saw Sunny Singh Gil on a Championship game recently and I thought he was outstanding - akin to watching a Premier League ref drop down to do a Championship game. He now seems to be back on L1/L2 games.

I respect your point of view, but try not to look at your game(s) through the wider prism of your league as a whole, or how other match officials deal / don't deal with dissent in their games. I would say it would be far beneficial for you to focus on your own officiating and how you can manage...

This is a truly bizarre comment in my opinion. Sin bins don't need a quota, and nobody is working hard to "justify" dissent. They are a tool available to us to utilise, along with the list @george.g provides (managing players better, talking my way through things, involving skippers more). I...

I'm a big fan of letting a referee manage the nuances and individuality of every particular match, and dare I say, this attitude is actively encouraged at the high echelons of the senior game. "Empathy for the game", I think is the phrase I've heard used? Having such a rigid/mandatory policy for...

Out of interest, what does this acronym stand for? Thank you

What do you use to wipe them clear? I've used them for the first time today, but not sure how to get them clean for tomorrow morning 😂

Is there anywhere I can find this guidance? Tomorrow I have a game where I know a player is going to say that his chain has religious significance, that'll have it taped to his chest, and that he has a "religious exemption" from the FA. I refereed them four weeks ago, and he said the same...

I had my first OFFINABUS for discriminatory (homophobic) language this weekend - not toward me, but toward an opposition player. I filled out the relevant misconduct form on WholeGame, but how/where would I complete an extraordinary report?