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I can't think of the last Sunday League game I did where people weren't smoking weed. Just the way it is in certain parts of the country now but thankfully no dugouts so I just leave them to it. I turn up changed too so never use any of the changing rooms and therefore dont see them all smoking...

That is some of the worst defending I've ever seen!

At the Level 4 development day at the start of this season this was one of the quiz questions and the discussion after made it very clear that it is not a caution unless reckless play has occured. If a player fouls the goalkeeper then you've got the chance to caution for reckless, but most of...

Sounds like it works for you so in that respect it's great. For me that's just alot of effort! Your point about it not being personal and it being the same towards every ref is spot on. They're just spouting and whinging and unleashing some frustration. Deal with it and then forget it after the...

I've been doing Sunday League just up the road since I moved down to an area between Bath and Bristol 2 years ago and I must say that 75% of my games are an absolute dream. Yeah some of the City teams are a pain but the majority of the teams I've done have been almost perfect to referee. It's...

Alot of it comes with experience. Once you've done 100s of games it just natural becomes easier because you've experienced almost everything on multiple occasions and it all just seems a lot less of a big deal, things just seem smaller. You gain perspective. It's a ballance but I'm a big...

I dont keep a record but I imagine it's 1 in 4/5 games at step 5/6. Not given one in Sunday League for a couple of years now. Not even considered it due to a mixture of man management, knowing when things may escalate and some good luck.

If the player doesn't make contact with the ball but does with the attacker then there's every chance a penalty is awarded. If the ball has been won and no contact has been made then there is no chance a penalty is awarded. When these challenges go to VAR a large focus is whether the ball is won...

We can all look forward to another subscription and paying more to watch the PL but at least the customer isn't suffering from the monopoly SKY had when we could watch it all for much less..... Anyway, back to refereeing :)

"You're captains for a reason. If I speak to one of your players about dissent then shut them up before they earn themselves 10 minutes in the bin. Heads or tails". Something similar to that. Anything you say is a rod for your own back, I just remind them that they've been chosen as a leader...

You've pretty much summed it up correctly. It's an old myth, I was always coached from a kid that saying those things was an offence but of course it isn't. If it is a deliberate attempt to deceive then it's an IDFK and a yellow card but I've never had to give one in my almost 400 games as a...

Many moons ago it was common for alot of refs we had on Sunday mornings to place the ball on the spot and then blow the whistle after they'd taken a couple of steps to the side. They weren't in the way because the ball had to be played forward from kick off back then so you had 2 players around...

The context of any debate changes as the debate continues. You've even highlighted this in your second paragraph. I've highlighted a common occurrence which is when a defender makes no attempt to go off his feet or make any contact with the attacker at all. They've literally flicked a toe out...

Do all the mandatory checks. So proper kit checks with both teams, check the pitch and nets etc. Make sure you go over to the halfway line to check kit when subs are made. Ensure players who've had the trainer on when injured leave the FOP (unless the opposition player who injured them is booked...

It isn't incompatible with law. A tackle in the penalty area where the defender is stood up and flicks his toe at the ball is the perfect scenario for using the 'point' signal. The only consideration there is whether the defender has touched the ball or not and therefore its a good communication...

Are we suggesting that we can only make signals that are in the law of the game? Communicating with our hands is just human tendency. If we were to watch ourselves back we would be amazed about the communication we do with our hands

I do yes. Maybe it's a cultural thing but I applaud myself if I get through 2 sentences without swearing in any walk of life!

100% on board with this. If a player has left their feet and slid in with any force whatsoever then I'm never using the gesture. But if there's a challenge in the box for example where a player is on his feet and his tried to flick a toe out to knick the ball and he does so then its a very clear...

Also he and the AR missed the clearest holding/SPA on KDB imaginable and the (correctly) booked KDB for dissent. I've watched almost all of KDBs games as a City fan and I've never seen him react like that, it really was a poor decision (but obviously that doesn't justify the dissent). The pen is...

I agree. Its impossible for us as individuals to do anything. I just find the inaction from those that can change things so frustrating.