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Have you reviewed Law 12 team official offences? 'Deliberately throwing/kicking an object onto the field of play' is listed as a sending off offence. Now of course this is mainly intended for when the ball is in play, but if you caution the thrower for throwing an object onto the field of play...

Cautioning the thrower is potentially wrong in law, as deliberately throwing an object onto the field is a sending off offence. The only way for that to work is if it went down as delaying their own team's restart. I think it would be better to make the injured player go off as injuries should...

The post says it was the assistant manager sent off so it is unlikely to be an 'unidentified occupant' unless the manager was not in the technical area for some reason. This was my first thought too.

The first time I saw this I thought I would not be giving that with how close the arm is to the body. But then from other angles you see how much he has moved to get in the way. You take the risk you pay the price and it is definitely not a decision for VAR to overturn. I'm sure this will get...

It is difficult to tell at the moment what marking will end up like overall because of the new marking scheme for this season. I got slightly over 71 for my first observation last week which I felt was fair.

A (minimum) second caution being issued here would have been praised beyond refereeing circles and demonstrated the various behaviour campaigns are not just empty words as far as the professional game is concerned.

This is the inevitable outcome of writing law that doesn't mean what it says.

I think the penalty is justifiable as a holding offence.

Thanks I have corrected my original post. The Laws of the Game are also clear that unused substitutions may be used in extra time.

I wear the King Tops and very happy with them.

It has been publicised that the Bridlington Town v Knaresborough Town FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Replay that was played last Tuesday will be replayed tonight. During extra time Knaresborough, the side that lost the tie, was refused their 5th substitution (3 in normal time + 2 in extra time)...

So far I have found that a shout to the goalkeeper the first time they have only a few seconds left is enough to remind them to get rid of it. After that the compliance is pretty good without counting out loud etc. It probably makes an easy proactive/preventative development point for an...

I was going to ask from the Southampton v Wrexham match should Edwards have been penalised for DOGSO when conceding the penalty for shoving in the back? There was not even a caution given but I personally would have not minded him being sent off given the circumstances and it did not appear to...

Sorry I've posted a duplicate thread (and poll) but my thinking is no one is entitled to a written aid that they haven't kept on their person so would not take action.

Right if we notice this as a ref should we caution or not!

For what purpose?

Lots of good info above about how these are being used more this season. I have seen it myself with a Step 4 AR appointment.

@Russell Jones @JamesL @socal lurker you were correct and I'm glad this came up for me now rather than later!

Following from this thread. I may be in a minority of one who read too much from the Law 8 change, but this may be of some use to others in case of any doubt. IFAB has confirmed via email that when play stops from the ball changing possession after striking a match official, the ball is...

Well presented :)