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Had my second MDC yesterday. Really nice fella (L4) and incredibly helpful and constructive, as my first one was. Because subs prootocol has come up numerous times on here I specifically raised it with him pre-game and his advice was a) at this level (Sunday local league) with no NARs you can...

This is pretty simple. You can keep ignoring the medical advice but some point you’ll be looking at way longer “off games” than if you just listened to the medical advice. I completely understand it both personally (played through a Grade 1 MCL/meniscus tear and it became a Grade 2; gutted...

Playing Devil’s advocate, is there anything wrong with that?

I really see no issue with posting on here. The whole point of this forum is to educate, advise and support. It’s not like @Gabriel has done anything to identify said ref or match.

I As a coach I absolutely SHOULD be invested, and as a parent I WANT my coach to be invested, not in any negligible and in the grander scheme of things unimportant impact of a referee, but in the development of children/my child as a footballer, teammate and individual. As a coach I’ve never...

Having mentioned on another thread about player reactions sometimes leading us to the correct decision, I noticed that too.

There have been other threads on here discussing incidents where a promising attack was allowed to develop even though time was up and causing issues. Another example of refereeing being damned if you do, damned if you don't.

On first watch and at game speed I agree it looks like red. for SFP. From different angles or slowed down I can see why some would think yellow, but we see it in real time and I don't think there can be much argument.

When you genuinely don't know for sure who touched it last, and the assistant (whether NAR or CAR) doesn't either, two tips that work really well for me (one I just do, one I picked up on here) are: 1. Delay - player reactions can sometimes lead you to the correct call. 2. Choose the least...

Re the handshake, all the competitions I do have it in their competition rules (generally cut and pasted from the FA's standard ones) but none do it. The only time I enforce it is for semi-finals to try and give it a sense of occasion. As for boot/jewellery checks, as well as briefing the...

Keep your head up @The Ginger Ref - there are always some parents/coaches/players that never fail to live down to expectations. I've had games where I think I've not been great but been praised, and others where I was confident I'd had a good game and was criticised, the latter often by teams...

Try pressing the Windows button and full stop at the same time and the emojis should appear.

I CAR for my boy's team regularly and NEVER tell the ref in advance that I'm a referee too! I take my instructions and do as asked (with an occasional 'FFS ref' whispered under my breath!!!).

What a disgrace. Firstly from the players regardless of their age - I've watched/coached loads of U9s upwards and seen petulant stuff and occasional pushing and shoving but nothing like that. As for the parents, whilst I understand the natural instinct to protect your child, the less said...

Well done. First few games are always a whirlwind and you feel like you’ve gone 10 rounds with someone. Three years in and I take little pleasure in YCs & RCs (with one or two exceptions). However we’re there to enforce the LOTG and protect the players/ensure a safe environment, and it gets...

100%. To this end, it's from U13s when I'm saying to captains at the toss "I might ask for your help managing your players if they're getting close to the line as it's better if you do than I have to". Very rarely is it an issue but I've certainly had times where this chat has led to U13...

2017?! Our local Dog & Duck league still uses those pads! Now try and explain to anyone under 40 how we used to take debit/credit card payments. with a card imprinter...!!!

I'd echo what others have said. Sounds like you did the right thing for U11s with a warning for delaying the restart of play (kicking the ball away). My experience at U14s is that whilst there'll be some swearing, it's almost always frustration as opposed to being directed at you or other...

Agreed. I was amazed he wasn't YC'd.

I'm a West Ham fan, but even I was surprised that Jarrod Bowen clearly told the referee to "f**k off" and faced no consequences. Didn't need to be a genius lip reader either. When stuff like that goes unpunished I don't care what anyone says it filters down and we have to pick up the pieces.