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Scale of Expenses to be Paid to Match Officials (i) In all rounds of the Competition, standard class railway fares at the cheapest available rate operating on the day of the match may be allowed. (ii) An allowance of £0.40 per mile will be allowed to all officials officiating in the...

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Failed to retire the required distance at a free kick and prevented it being taken quickly. Call it that and all of a sudden the Pedro incident fades into irrelevancy.

Many clubs around me operate their own referee “pools” who are appointed to games under the club structure within their respective leagues. And many of these have a referee coaching structure or proper mentors in place too. They work hand in hand with the youth leagues here, so it can be a...

Cash’s actions prevent Soucek from recovering the loose ball. No complaints there over a penalty. I can understand the played the ball defence if it’s ball and man simultaneously but in this case it’s a wilfully misleading statement.

Definitely think the second one is playing advantage. Hits the post and blocked on the line on the follow up. Looks nailed on to score the first effort too - absolutely no way to come back to a penalty there and not have it blow up in your face. For me all three are not penalties. My initial...

A referee will give a decision accurately and in accordance with a law change for this season, and pundits will tear them apart for it, because they’re not up to speed.

My prediction for tonight is sour grapes on social media. And lots of them. If England lose, it will be the fault of the manager. If England win, it will be in spite of the manager.

Now with that angle and speed I’m much more comfortable with a penalty than I was last night.

Really not sure it needed a caution though.

I’ll take it 🙂

There is still a very prevalent mindset, especially among UK users that its English referees are wrong. Collina still held up as this sort of demigod (despite his shortcomings and other issues), European referees better by virtue of instructions on using VAR, and most of all the tournament where...

The field does encompass some of the ground beyond the touch lines and goal lines but that’s all. Beyond the barrier is outside of the boundary of the field. Must be taken from inside them.

I’d back this with the possible caveat for rebounding off your own body like heading onto your arm. Sanctions are moving in this direction with the 24/25 laws that a non-deliberate is punished like other offences.

The Senior Youth League appoints assistants for midweek floodlit games which will offer you some opportunities. I did several stints on it, and that was invaluable when I first started taking refereeing seriously in the early 2000s as otherwise I was on my own all the time. I only stopped as...

I watched it back again and I do think Cucurella should be off to get a lottery ticket. His right arm (opposite side to the shot), he tucks in, but the left moves away from his body into the the path of the ball. If the Denmark finger flicking is a penalty, then this… Although that said the...

Based solely on this tournament and the guidance/instructions issued that’s a penalty. Isn’t it?

Roberto Martinez with a managerial masterstroke. This will be the end of Ronaldo as an international player. For all the likely pre-tournament talk about being undroppable, the star man etc, he’s proven that he is no longer. Father Time wins again.