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Nip this immediately. After the second one, at least approach the touch line and calmly tell the coach that his behavior is out of line. Future instances can then go up the misconduct chain. If you let several of these go, it will funnel to the players and make things tougher.

As @socal lurker says, all of the local guidance allows black hats. In our high school and college rulebooks, a hat is explicitly listed as an optional part of a referee uniform. For me, I never wear one in the middle. I just feel too hot wearing one. As an assistant, I’ll wear one if I’m...

This is why many of us on a US-based forum scratch our heads at some of the stuff Dale Johnson writes. https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/38297757/the-var-review-havertz-penalty-cancelled-ten-hag-rant-akanji-offside I simply have no idea how someone who claims to understand the law and its...

Yeah, it's very expensive. Like I said, watches are one of the very few things on which I splurge. I'm pretty cheap on just about everything else, but a really good watch will be what I use to break the bank. :)

I'm not really sure if I'd call Dale Johnson an "expert". He seems to be more of a PR conduit for PGMOL to defend decisions in most cases. I try to read some of his work on ESPN's website here in the US, and some of his explanations really make me scratch my head.

So a bit off topic, but I’ll add it here instead of starting a new watch-related thread. Does anyone have an Apple Watch Ultra? If so, what do you think of it? I know it’s quite a bit more expensive in the UK compared to the US. The only two things I really splurge on are watches and laptops, so...

If PGMOL, PRO, or the relevant governing organization wants to make that public later, that’s fine. I stand by my original post. Post game interviews are pointless and useless for officials. They are not ever going to convince fans and pundits that referees actually can explain a decision. They...

Doing some basic checking on the Garmin site, and the Referee Watch app mentioned does work on the Forerunner 55. In the US, that watch is $200. So for $75-80 more than a retro Spintso, you can get a running watch with step counting, GPS, the ability to structure customized interval workouts...

Here is how things would go. Fans - "Call sucked! Ref's a w***er!" Referee - "Here is why I made the call and the Law supporting the decision." Fans - "Call sucked, and the explanation sucked! Ref's an even bigger w***er!" Unfortunately, the theory of referees giving interviews after a game...

I almost always bring my gear to any soccer match I attend. Whether it’s been for no shows, injury, or lack of scheduled officials, I’m generally called into service 2-3 times a year. I also have my gear with me on days I’m not scheduled to officiate, as I never know when I may get a 3 PM call...

I’m just firmly convinced that FIFA doesn’t want something like that as a 2CT in a major tournament knockout game. We can debate all day about whether that’s right. I don’t think it is, but we see this all the time at the elite professional/senior international level. We have to remember that...

I do agree with you on this, and I think it’s why you hardly ever see it. The last time I remember it happening in a major event was 2016, when Clattenberg had (I believe) a semifinal Champions League 1st leg and then the final. All of this continues to be speculation, but on a similar US-based...

Also some rumors flying around that perhaps Jacewicz was in consideration for the final after Australia lost, but was injured. I do not know if this is true. There was a late switch of fourth officials taking Yamashita off of the AUS-ENG semi, but who knows what drove that. Obviously, the US...

Did not see this one coming - at all. So based on what I have seen in another forum, there is a lot of history in this appointment. First Americans to be onfield officials (referee, AR1, AR2) for a senior World Cup final Back to back World Cup finals with American officials on the crew...

Thought penalty in real time, thought penalty in slow motion, thought penalty during the VAR check. I thought it was a brave and 100% correct call on the field, and that VAR overturned it was wrong and a bad use of VAR to re-referee the game. We have to remember once again that it doesn’t have...

I'm going to test this on some of my old college soccer shirts. Our college governing organization has moved to a standard uniform after a couple of years of the two different assigning organizations having unique uniforms (please don't ask - we do some dumb things on this side of the Atlantic...

(Ignorant fans or pundits) x the Internet = blatantly incorrect information being presented as fact.

I fully realize that this situation was a first (at least that I've seen) in an event like this with GLT. But I have to think that, in theory at least, you should have the following sequence of events. In the absence of any clear evidence to the contrary, the onfield call is goal if the GLT...

This is the ultimate question. What will happen in the Premier League or the Championship when a big-name player already on a caution should be cautioned again based on what is in these edicts? Will the referees issue the second caution, and will they be backed by the league and PGMOL? That's...

EDIT - Nevermind. I found you've all discussed at this link - https://refchat.co.uk/threads/instructions-to-match-officials-for-the-2023-24-season.21903/ As opposed to starting a new thread, I figured this wouid fit in this thread...