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Did the referee tell the goalkeeper to leave the field from the nearest point?

Context here: Hampshire has nearly 2000 referees.

Because many referees were loathe to award ifk's . . .

Endangered is the past tense of the verb "to endanger", surely?

That's interesting - I observe in leagues above grass roots, through to semi-pro, and the visible count has been a regular feature in every match. I observed at around 65 matches in the season just finished. Only on 3 occasions did it result in a corner kick award, so the count did its job

Law 5 wording has been changed by the removal of the requirement for a quick assessment, so now there is no time limit.

Appreciating that our regular IFAB contact is via @JamesL I saw that he is busy sorting @RefereeX out, so I e-mailed IFAB directly with a LOTG question. The reference to 20-25 seconds when deciding whether a player can remain on the f. o. p. after being injured in a caution/dismissal offence...

Ref busy at corners . . . (?)

We are going to get into semantics about the difference between the referee stopping play and the referee delaying the restart of play to ask the player whether they need the physio🤔

As throws are only used from age 12 upwards, we are looking at youth football rather than mini-soccer; from my experience, most teenagers just want to get on with it. Awareness of the count if needed early in the game will sort any stragglers.

Does the CFA website show the answer? If a larger CFA, is there an Observer Coordinator who could answer your question? Do you know when the fitness test is going to be?

Ask your RDO, as the approach seems to vary.

You asked for it! "According to Curacao's own regulatory authority, the country was assigned the code 'CW' by the ISO in 2010 after it gained a new constitutional status, changing to an autonomous nation within the Dutch Kingdom having previous been part of the island territory known as the...

I believe that @DavidObs used to go out with a young lady of that name . . .

90 minutes before k. o. time is the minimum in our local Step 5/6 league.

Suggestion: when you ask for feedback from AR's, try asking them "Thinking about that half, which decision would you have changed?" or similar wording, rather than a more generic question. Suggesting that you have a couple of issues worth reviewing opens the door for the AR's to comment. If a...

How do you know you are missing the offences? If one or other coaches are telling you, chances are their team lost(!) If both coaches say the same, ask a more experienced local referee to watch one of your games - the local FA or Referees' Association can help with that. If you are missing...

You can e-mail them via their website to ask about suppliers.

Although it was published a long time ago, https://footballsouthcoast.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/10/Fitness-for-Refereeing.pdf may be helpful.

But you thought @Archer was going to pay for it(?)