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For me, neither were penalties, but a lot of respect for Nigel Pearson for saying that referees are human beings and thus accepting that mistakes are made rather than just criticising Mike Jones.

As you say, the video is far from ideal so you cannot know for sure, but it has the look of a red card challenge. The old adage, it doesn't look right.

Who was 4th official for the Southampton game?

What did you all think of Top Gear? I was shocked at just how little the police intervened, and how they effectively supported the attackers.

For me, Mason got it right with both the yellow card and the penalty. Thoughts?

I was accused of costing a team the game when I did not disallow a 75th minute goal which put them 5-1 down!

I guess this summarises being a referee - whatever you do, your wrong!

I'm in the US at the moment (hence the apparent ungodly hour of my post - 5.30am GMT I believe) and the pundits on American TV (who were English) and they spent a long time complimenting the decision. Sky Sports, take note.

For me: Top Left Pen and pencil Top Right Coin (in first half - I put it back in my bag in second half) Right Shorts Write on yellow card Left Shorts Match pad and spare whistles Back Shorts Red card

I will always defend a correct refereeing decision, much to their annoyance (unless it's Southend!)

Sadly we lost to Chester in the 1st round so in each round I find myself supporting the lowest ranked team in the hope that the money teams will be weeded out.

When I'm playing and have one of those intolerable referees who approach the game with completely the wrong attitude and consequently don't fully know the laws, I always like to have a copy of the LotG in my kit bag to 'clarify any confusion.'

As a fan of a team who are often losing, and consequently playing against other teams who waste time, the lack of enforcement of this law really frustrates me. Having said this, because it is not implemented across the board, I have to apply what is regarded as the 'common sense' approach. If...

It would be quicker to count the ones he got right rather than the ones he got wrong!

I had something similar (although even more complicated with two other non-caution reports which I will not go into) where I yellow carded a player during the match for dissent, and gave him a second yellow for the same offence just after the final whistle - 1st report. Then, after a mass...

What do you do about a hoodie?

This won't work in football - as soon as that happens the referee has undermined his authority and lost all credibility. On a more general note, I am against video technology in football as it will slow the game down - in rugby there are many breaks in play so this is implemented naturally...

With regards to the second yellow card, he did not even argue that it shouldn't have been a card - merely that he thought the Chelsea players influenced him. He had a top game and got all the big decisions right in my view.

I thought Moss did well on the red card - he waited to see if the ball would be cleared to determine whether it was DOGSO - it wasn't, so a red card was the correct decision.

A tip - if at half time always blow when the ball is in play rather than when it has gone off for a goal kick, for example, because the chances are that you'll be the one who has to run to get the ball!