Even though I have done some open-age football, I reckon that my game tomorrow will be my toughest yet. I was appointed late as the original referee pulled out, and frankly I was surprised I was given it. It is U16 (my own age group) and I have been told that the away team can be 'feisty'...
Last Saturday Fleetwood took a quick free kick (badly) which hit a Southend player who was running back (not trying to block it) and the referee ordered a retake from which they scored (not that I'm bearing any grudges!) Today Southend attempted a quick free kick against Burton and a similar...
I'm so glad Atletico won. It serves Mourinho right for parking the bus in Madrid, and no doubt he'll criticise Atletico for time-wasting even though that's what he did in Madrid and Liverpool (much in the same way that he criticised West Ham's '19th Century' tactics). A good kick in the teeth...
I agree with the point, and as it happened what @svenny76 did was effective, but I think the majority of captains would have reacted very differently. It's certainly not advisable to say to a captain "I was going to send him off but your team started annoying me so I'm not going to."
In changing your decision you are allowing players to influence your decision, and I thinks it's a risky strategy telling the captain. In this case he took it well but if you tell a captain that you would have sent off an opponent then that doesn't look good on you. Yellow for USB using the same...
Two players from the same team injured have to leave the field - if it's one from each team (e.g. clash of heads) then they don't have to leave the field.
The assessor may also wish to consult the law - ten yards is not the 'recommended' distance, but the 'required' distance - a subtle but significant difference.
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