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Should obviously read “I think that sets a very poor example…”

As a former coach and now simply a referee who occasionally gets to watch his 13yo play (and am inevitably the CAR when I do, so don’t get to watch him much anyway!) I understand the frustrations that can arise from genuinely poor refereeing (as opposed to decisions that are debatable). It’s...

Interesting early-season case for The FA. Robinson isn't being abusive or implying bias, and I accept he's posting solely an opinion, but there's a prima facie case of a breach of his opinion - however honestly held - is in breach of E3: "A Participant shall at all times act in the best...

Got my brain whirring now!

Wider elaboration on why PGMOL has come out and said it was an error - as others on here have said it's the intervention of VAR that's wrong, not whether or not it was a foul - VAR Review: As @Big Cat has previously said, this whole incident is football in a nutshell: Technically it's a...

Horseracing?

I'd have a good read through Ian Plenderleith's blog first! It's a shame he stopped reffing as I loved reading his blog. https://refereetales.blogspot.com/

In Wiltshire and Hampshire you'd be given a list detailing all the leagues (kick off times, fees, contacts) and have to contact them yourself.

I'd imagine any grassroots referee is giving this as a foul because in real time it looks like he's dislodged the ball from the goalkeepers control, and outside of some whinging and complaining from the attacker I doubt there'd be much debate.

Year three and first full year of Open Age. As others who are in the first few years of their refereeing journey have said, I've come on so much as a referee over the course of the season, and even when I drop an occasional clanger or have an especially challenging game, I'm much better...

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I think we agree that 5hit happens, and that the "delay flag" protocol didn't cause the injury. My point is the injury was avoidable in the specific circumstances and wouldn't have occurred with a different protocol.

It wasn't an officiating error and I've never said it was. Sian Massey did nothing wrong.

There is a clear rationale, you just disagree with it. I recognise when different sides of the debate are entrenched and not for changing, so there's little point debating further.

Yes, but it wasn't offside and therefore was not during a phase of play that was going to be called back.

It’s totally fair enough to disagree, but to say the flag or lack thereof had nothing to do with the injury and offering ludicrous comparators to argue against it when the rationale has been clearly explained is pretty feeble.

He’d deserve a little bit trimmed off the sentence.

Correct. What I would say is this. With the media and social media they way it is, the referees performance, decision making and "role" in the outcome of any game is going to be intensely critiqued, massively overblown and subjected to ignorant (in every sense of the word) comment and...

I’ve not blamed the officials at any stage, and very few others have either - the issue is with the directive that allows play to continue wholly unnecessarily.

That's a fatuous comparison.