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No half decent ref is showing leniency when they see a player scuffing up the penalty mark. A caution could be given every time and some players would still do it, because it is worth 'taking one for the team' to make the opposition's penalty kick more difficult.

These premeditated cheating behaviours have to be dealt with from the top down. Players like to emulate what they see in the pro game. If it is made a sending off offence then VAR can help deal with it at the top level and set the right example for others. I do think a team of 3 officials...

Making 'unauthorised marks' on a penalty spot should be a sending off offence.

Very bad idea with a U18 player as this case involved.

Especially when the 3 who correctly thought it was a foul also thought it was reckless!

Poor angle?

Bet this one doesn't make it onto the Mic'd Up show either!

No a DOGSO offence does not only apply when the offending player is already 'beaten', and alternative options available to the offender is not a consideration. A goalkeeper handling outside their own penalty area is supposed to be penalised in the same manner as any other player.

The ball was loose and the goalkeeper took the risk by going for it with his hands. The wide angle clearly shows it is an OGSO.

I too would have preferred SFP for this challenge, it reminded me a bit of Lisandro Martinez's 'stamp'. Arias left the ground late and his action was dangerous and uncontrolled. Kavanagh and Webb seemed happy to focus on the outcome above everything else.

The women's progression pathway is in a bit of flux at the moment as there are significantly more Level 3W officials than The FA wants to maintain. The updated performance criteria could result in a lot of reclassifications to Level 4W. The numbers being promoted to 3W could be more limited than...

Pushing / pulling usually comes under physical contact because it is an action 'unlikely to cause injury'.

They are very likely to contest the charge as the minimum ban for that offence is about 6 months, but it is a clear cut case then they might still admit to it to help them avoid an even longer ban.

Well done on dealing with things properly, hopefully the culprit will get what's coming to him. The RA also has guidance here https://www.the-ra.org/news/guidance-regarding-assaults-on-match-officials

Some CFAs seem to be trying to make themselves defunct with decisions like that and outsourcing their discipline to a for-profit company.

Before this season, Law 12 stated that a goalkeeper is considered in control of the ball with their hands 'by touching it with any part of the hands or arms, except if the ball rebounds from the goalkeeper or the goalkeeper has made a save'. However IFAB has now deleted that particular text...

It wasn't particularly, see my screenshot above. No they can't. If a defender's arm position makes their body unnaturally bigger and is not due to the overall body movement then it is handball.

This actually hits his left arm first which is not extended much, and does not appear definitive whether it goes on to hit his right arm. Don't think VAR would intervene whether penalised or not, and I think it would be harsh to penalise given the overall body movement.

Clip starts very slightly earlier here Vanishing spray has been used so this is clearly an 'on the whistle' FK. Looks like ref delays his whistle while thinking about whether to intervene on the holding in front of him. Whistling at the moment the free kick is being taken always risks causing...

3:02 - any ideas what was said here?!