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I said to him I was expecting a match coach session but he was adamant it was an observation. Very experienced observer too (L3 ref) so will have to wait and see.

That's what I thought but he said it's a full observation 🤔 We will find out!

I had my 1st 7-6 observation yesterday, I thought it was a coaching visit but its a full observation. Didn't go too well as got shin splints half way through and was a bit off my normal standard, let an obvious yellow go and didn't deal with some persistent fouling. Let's see what the report...

That decision is a joke. No way a pen.

Yes it is. Learn a lot from this forum 🙂

Be a sin bin from me.

Thanks. I have emailed a short report to the Safeguarding team.

Last min of u15 game, yellows score from a corner, blues protest about pushing, no way a factor - goal 2.2 Coach proceeds to call me a c*nt -- red card. 1 min later, end of game, blue captain also calls me that - red card. So, I've done wgs with a playing and a non-playing red, do I need to add...

I always ask the CAR to flag for offside, I ask them to make sure player is active, not to change their mind and to not be offended if I overturn them (once had a CAR run on the pitch saying "you said flag for offside!!" when the ball had rolled out for a G/K and attacker never moved for it....)...

Agree with that, it's all about doing games and getting experienced. You're doing the right thing by analysing each game and learning.

I'm pleased to hear it does rollover, I thought it was all in 1 season. Thanks

I was there, definitely offside. He's down on the ground in an offside position when cross comes in. Ref managed ok 1st half but did not give Barnes a YC for a clear foul on Ipswich goalie and in 2nd half was exactly the opposite of a "homer" ref!

Reading that IFAB bit reminded me of the games I had on a local school pitch. Beautifully lined but one penalty area was 18 yds but the other only 15 yds.! Cue coach saying "it's same for both sides" Yeah right. Said game would not go ahead unless he lined it properly, which he did albeit in blue

Bang on.

Yeah it says they were parents, bit of a fiasco!

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/southend-youth-football-game-chaos-8938067 Essex FA ref gave yellow card, then red card to club assistant ref! Is that even permissible??

Nor a penalty for me, players arm is where you'd expect it to be and ball is hit at short distance and bounces onto elbow.

Drol the C-bomb I guess

"So - Yellow card and sin bin for 'dissent' for the blue player, or red card for 'Foul and abusive language'?" Interested to hear what the outcome was... Maybe my threshold is high (poss too high) but I'd be having words for the first comment, rather than a card as I did at a Ladies game on...

Was told this on the ref course, when givne Mickey Mouse as a name, say "Mickey Mouse eh? Still want me to write that?" and put it in for County to sort.