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By a very strange coincidence, as an Observer I received my match confirmation yesterday for a Step 6 match this week, and it included a request for the away club to advise whether Under-18 players will be included, so that appropriate dressing room arrangements can be made. First time I've...

Premier League and associated clubs must provide separate changing facilities for Under-18's. Team hotel bookings are covered by the same set of regulations.

If only one member of the attacking team can go for the ball, and they are in an offside position, experienced referees will whistle immediately to avoid the goalkeeper/attacker contact. Similar situation arises when a winger chases the ball along the touchline, with no other attackers able to...

In this case, the red cards appear to have been issued after the match. Odd!

It was a brief delay - they plugged it back in.

If the change does come in as discussed here, the Brentford goalkeeper needs to go down "injured" until Kayode has wandered across to take the throw🫢😁🥵

From memory, Steve, I think it is Women's FA Cup(?) Was discussed on here about 3 seasons back.

The chants from the home supporters are worse than a bunch of childish booing.

Have a look on the Resources tab, search on NAR's.

It will depend to a large degree on the number of available qualifying matches in your area, and the availability of Match Day Coaches to watch you. If you don't fit them in, as @Archer has said, you can carry over.

No, the team of three can concentrate on everything else😁 Great experience for the younger/ newer officials, who are put into teams with senior colleagues.

Yes - teams of three alternating between refereeing and acting as AR throughout the afternoon.

I refereed at a youth league 6-a-side competition when a player collected the ball from the second row of the (nearly empty) grandstand and threw from there. The throw was not the most accurate, and hit the AR on the back of the neck😕 Both teams claimed the restart, of course.

The Rules also include: "What happens if? A player is hit on the hand/arm by the ball from a team-mate’s kick/header? This is not a handball (unless the ball goes directly into the opponents’ goal or the player scores immediately afterwards, in which case a direct free kick is awarded to the...

10 seconds at a substitution of a player going off with a bad leg injury. . . hmm!

2023 . . . point made😁

There is a fuller explanation at https://inside.fifa.com/campaigns/no-discrimination/no-racism, James, and other articles at INSIDE FIFA.

The crossed arms part (only) is the racism allegation signal. "FIFA has introduced a new official signal to be used when there is a racist incident during a match. Just like we have hand signals for VAR reviews, penalties, and throw-ins, this new gesture — crossing the hands — indicates a...

You have low expectations re players knowing the laws . . . disgraceful 🤭