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This is an interesting one. Around 02.52 into the clip below the St Johnstone player receives a caution (his second so is sent off) for pulling back the Dundee Utd attacker, despite the referee playing advantage after the foul. (Clip doesn't show the card being shown but does show the referee...

Approximately 02:55 in this

Opposite for me - I'm left handed but hold in my right hand. I use two clipped together on a lanyard, although I only really use one of the two as the second one is there as I find it easier for grip.

Can only agree about having to resit some kind of test every few years. I was talking to a family member recently - he's a coach for a grassroots team - and he was saying he's due to go on a coaching course soon to renew his "badges" he has that qualify him as a coach. I feel something similar...

Got 2 youth games - one on Saturday and one on Sunday. Saturday one called off today - presuming covid - but league is short so already been appointed to another game instead. Sunday game is still on but who knows if it still will come Sunday.

Yes. Changed last year I believe.

Just seen this from the Scottish Premiership this afternoon

Has happened at that level before if I recall correctly - albeit only one occasion I can think of. Sure it was Andre Marriner who gave Zaha a caution, quickly followed by a second for sarcastic clapping in reaction to the first one.

Had to stop play and give an indirect free kick and caution for dissent a few weeks back. Indirect free kicks - outwith offside - aren't very common so one of the comments was "is he offside?". Yeah mate I'm stopping the winger who's just run 10 yards up the wing to now pull it back for offside.

The other issue we have is we have the cards to deal with it, yet many seem to see us as card-happy, unapproachable robots if we dare to use them.

True. I try to avoid doing it as well. I managed to bluff my way out of one recently but that was because it was just after HT, so I made some excuse about "still signalling from the first half". You tend to only have a couple of minutes in which you can get away with that one though.

Had a good one when I was on the line yesterday. Clear reckless challenge on the home team’s young winger which caused a few afters as it was right in front of the dugouts. When the ref got round to issuing the caution, the home team wanted a red for the challenge as “he’s only 17”.

Add "you're just going with the shouts". Usually followed or preceded by "nobody even claimed for it" for another foul.

2nd one I’d agree. 1st one I can see why it’s given offside.

Interesting technique I saw once when I was watching a game was the ref answering by asking the coach “why do you think it is/isn’t a foul?”. Not one I’ve ever used but seemed to work for him.

A shake of the head tends to work for me, often accompanied with a “No foul!”.

Yep - it's either "come on ref, you've just given it because they're appealing for it" or "come on ref, no-one even claimed for that". Can't win either way!

Yellow (stopping a promising attack)

The attacker was standing in an offside position - not in itself an offence as you say. However, as he was in the line of vision of the goalkeeper whilst standing in an offside position it was an offside offence.

To me if the goal area is so waterlogged that it would affect the game in this way then I’m calling the game off