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Absolutely no need to be involved here. Don’t go looking for trouble, it will find you in its own time.

That last paragraph explains the penalty for me. First I can understand the call, the second is inexplicable. Doubts crept in over the other calls and that psychological pressure he put on himself to ensure he got the next big one correct has left him on a hiding to nothing. I’m sure we’ve all...

Historically, Supply League referred to Steps 5-6 of the pyramid. Contributory Leagues referred to Step 4-3 (Southern, Northern and Isthmian Leagues plus the top division of the Eastern Counties way, way back). It was once explained to me that these names arose because the Northern and...

I’m at the north end of BBFA’s geographical spread so work the Spartan and North Bucks leagues predominantly. Although reading Thames Valley and Combined Counties I suspect you’re much further south than I am. Depending on your exact locale you could also pick up Hellenic League Divison 2...

Is it grounds for abandoning? Not sure although definitely a criminal offence. The only remotely analogous example I can recall is an 1990s cup tie between Peterborough and Kingstonian. Similar issue affecting goalkeeper, who goes off and Posh end up winning 9-0. The FA then ordered the tie...

Thurlow Nunn (Eastern Counties) is your main Step 5 &6 league. Do have some teams in Essex and Cambs but majority are in Norfolk and Suffolk. By virtue of an anomaly the Eastern Counties did once have a presence at Step 4, but I believe that’s been subsumed into the Southern League Central. I...

Can’t help thinking the Caicedo one has gone because of the Everton-Brentford game last week. “It was momentum and unavoidable” or some such from the review panel; instructions from on high saying don’t bother boys.

You may also need to add a comment confirming why player was not sent to the sin bin. “After the final whistle” is sufficient.

More “revelations” today. After the Kieran Trippier stuff, which I felt to be ridiculous if I’m honest this showed incredible naïvety if true. But more than that the slow drip feeding of things to the media screams someone with an axe to grind. Whatever the veracity of some allegations this...

I’ll add an aside to this drawing on the time of year. We are approaching the frost season - icy pitches, postponements etc all of which will start adding in breaks. You haven’t said when at the weekends you do your games but perhaps taking the weather into account will help you make the...

Bear with me on this, as I explain my thinking here. Yellow card because it would have been an Arsenal throw, akin to delaying the restart of play for his team? And by extension red had it been going for an Inter throw, like delaying the restart for the opposition?

This came from Berks & Bucks RDO this afternoon.

Explicit now that trouser are permitted so long as shorts are worn. Reinforces for me the media story has been blown out of all proportion- someone not listening to what’s been said properly, be that player or referee in question.

Emailed out this afternoon: Update from FA Refereeing regarding undergarments Dear Referee, Please see below an important update from the FA in regards to undergarments, and a reminder that allowances should be made to allow football to be accessible for all. Faith & Religious Clothing The...

It’s this latter paragraph that nails it for me. As usual, media has taken one side of a story and blown it out of all proportion. I don’t believe for a minute a player was prevented from playing because of trackies, but because no shorts were worn over the top. Half truths and innuendo; the...

This is one of those cases that lends credence to the “safety net” argument as regards VAR. Go safe, go yellow. Have a second chance just in case. Is that the thought process? Probably not - it’s a wrong KMI of course but the nature of PGMOL contracts means those expectations on us at all...

This will depend on the competition rules. In theory they’re different competitions so could be permissible bit not for us as referees to adjudicate.

Not in that scenario. Final warning and next time he’s gone. Had he gone sliding in and wiped him out or grabbed a handful of shirt it’s a different story, but despite the petulant trip the Leicester player has run straight at him in an attempt to get him sent off, hence the imaginary card...

Lesson here for all of us. Physio deals with the injury, not us. Keep an eye on everyone else. Also has a similar angle to the AR which could’ve caused issues.

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