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League have now sent out updated guidance to say that FA have mandated this across all competitions so they will have to adopt it this season.

This is key in my opinion. You can do all the stretches in the world but if you don’t identify and solve the problem it is just going to keep reoccurring. (Stretching may be solving the issue if it’s a tight muscle problem).

Precise reason the league gave for not adopting it… It was announced after their AGM and therefore not adopted as part of their rules.

Not disputing that. I am raising the fact that this has clearly not been communicated very well which, quite frankly is poor. Ultimately, as an L5, I have got to go and referee in Saturday potentially unclear on one of the laws - this does not help with people’s confidence in referees.

Our Step 7 feeder league has already met with the whole referee panel and the clubs from all divisions and explicitly stated that they will not be enforcing this rule but are ‘encouraging clubs to use it’. It’s caused a lot of confusion already and will cause even more so if it is going to be...

I think Frappart has had a fantastic game so far. There have been a few occasions where she has accidentally had her back to play during incidents. Shows how incredibly hard it is even as an elite official to get in the correct positions.

I struggled with this massively. I brought some heel raise insoles for my boots (Achilles tendinitis soles) and the problem was solved almost instantly. I do recommend physio but you need to find a good one. If they don’t identify the problem stretches that they prescribe for you is not going to...

I’m selling a yellow card on a Sunday for me. However if you pause video at point of contact I’m sure he would have gone on and rolled it into the net, it happens so quickly in real time.

I never said they were the same. Yes the VAR red or yellow aspect was subjective but the on field decision part was not subjective it was a missed handball, therefore an error.

In a cup final recently, I sent off a goalkeeper from an offside indirect free kick restart for delaying the restart of play (second yellow) and restarted with an indirect free kick to the other team. (I now know this was completely incorrect). Luckily it had little impact. With the recent no...

Ask your RDO. In my experience some do some don’t. I believe you can roll them on. For me.. I hadn’t even completed the expected amount of games by the time I revived my promotion, I had 2 that I was going to ref in the coming weeks that I submitted as part of my evidence, and I got my promotion.

Congrats on your appointments! I was a 4th last week. There is a huge amount of information that you can find on how to be a 4th. Here is a good video: To summarise: -support the referee and ARs in their duties -manage substitutions in the way an AR would -help to explain decisions to the...

Understood and that’s what I thought. I did, having dealt with the goalkeeper first, then publicly call the other offender to warn him that his conduct was not acceptable, I should have cautioned him. The players understood - I feel like everyone was obviously focussing on the kick as some...

I suppose my question is, ultimately - is everything there correct in law.

Situation today. Keeper from team A collects ball in hands, player from team B and keeper come together and the following happens: Player Team B runs past keeper and gives him a little nudge there’s contact but not a huge amount - keeper from team A then kicks out slightly (more of a trip)...

Be interesting to know what prompted the VAR intervention. Did any of the onfield officials see it and ask the question? Without VAR it appears that no one would have batted an eyelid and just played on, seems unnecessary for me. One of those as a referee you wish you had never been sent to...

As Rusty said, this would be something for the league to decide/ sort out. I am unsure as I have never been on a league committee. I would imagine you would have to prove, in law, that the referee made decisions that effected the outcome of the game, that is going to be very difficult unless...

Completely agree this seems very bad practice to me and entirely avoidable from what you have described.

As a vice - chairman of a club, I used to referee my team’s fixtures - albeit - development football, simply because there was such a shortage of referees that finding anyone to do it was a godsend. Not saying that this applies in this case - however - we have to remember we are talking about...

I know this has been discussed multiple times but to save brining up an old thread.. Just got a Valkeen. Previously used a Tornado 2000. I am finding the Valkeen a little bit odd sounding but when I listen to videos of how it sounds from a far it sounds great. Does anyone else think this...