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IFAB have their AGM on Tuesday. Here’s the agenda, featuring potential Law changes and amendments: https://downloads.theifab.com/downloads/annual-business-meeting-2025-agenda Couple of interesting proposed changes…

IFAB Circular #31: 02 June 2025 https://downloads.theifab.com/downloads/circular-31

Stoppage time DOGSO pen given to Middlesbrough (scored) at home to Plymouth. Score 1-1 at the time. Not great IMO.

Cor blimey. Late VAR call for a defender giving an opponent 'the middle finger' - red card for the gesture, and IDFK awarded (scored). Enjoy. (This won't embed, but click the link to watch. Starts at 2:10)

Anyone else having recent issues with RefSix? While 90% of it works as normal, I’m frequently having to log back in on the app on my phone and have noticed that the exporting to a subscription calendar (iCal) has stopped working in the last week. Have asked them on social media but no reply...

Three scenarios, that all result in a IDFK in the penalty area. What are the additional sanctions for the goalkeeper, if any? Scenario 1: Goal kick. Taken by the GK who scuffs it. With the ball still in the penalty area, and an attacker sprinting on to it, the GK picks the ball up without...

Regarding Law 15: The Throw-in There's nothing in Law (though, as we all know, that doesn't mean it wasn't in circular 2.145 as an amendment to paragraph 3.6 on an ifab 2015 document) regarding how far back from the field markings that encompass the field of play that a player may 'deliver' a...

Hey all, sat almost immediately following a match in which I was physically assaulted (punched twice in the face). I’ll keep things vague until I do the necessary, but from my more experienced colleagues… who should I be reporting this to? Obviously it’ll go in through WGS, but are there any...

How long are you going without being paid by bank transfer, before you start to get itchy? Competition rules (that affect me) say immediately after the game, but they hark back to a pre-Covid world where you’d get your £40 or whatever in the clubhouse after a shower. With the majority of...

U18 match yesterday, tight affair, game competitive but no major incidents. Couple of the lads more... enthusiastic... than others with tackles and tongue, but everything managed, captains and coaches on side to keep everything ticking along quite nicely. But one player was, while not actually...