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I refereed U15s yesterday and had an interesting tactic by one particular player. When his team was defending a goal kick, or defensive free kick, he would closely mark an opposition player and follow him around everywhere - sometimes blocking his path causing contact, sometimes just jumping...

Very poor not to come back for Spurs free kick... ref was clearly signalling advantage, which has not been allowed to accrue! And elbow looks like a straight red to me. Has a look where Son is first, then smacks him Was it reviewed?

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Based on last night's 'non-offside', I bet Fulham can't wait to get back into the Premier League!

What are team lines?

Ball went high in the air. As it came down in the penalty area, the penalty taker challenged for the ball. Now, I was 'hoping' that he would win the header, so that I could award a free kick to the defence team for the taker playing the ball twice. But as the defender won the header, I...

The club only made that much PROFIT because so many people within the club gave their time for free... I'm a referee who is also involved with a Colts football club in the South East. We charge teams £35 to enter and have over 100 teams over the weekend. We have six pitches and 9 referees...

Love this... printed and will display at our grounds... should start some interesting conversations!

Thanks both for the additional advice. Although the league does not have a formal 'Respect programme' I'm sure that they will take action as you suggest - so we will share a copy of the report with them. Have also informed our club welfare officer....

As well as being a referee, I'm also involved with a kids football club. After an UNDER 10s match last weekend, one of our CHILD referees (age 15) had to write the following misconduct report about an ADULT coach from the opposition team! The referee left at the end of the match in tears...

I seem to have had a number of incidents recently where players shout just as an opponent is about to shoot... usually just a loud noise, rather than anything specific, but could be "miss" or worse... I've not had any complaint from the attackers, but I have had a word with the player in...

Sorry - not up to your standard... but a start... I'm the ref and it’s red verses blue, With a whistle and cards, I have two, I run and I blow, And the cards I do show, So the county can have their big do.

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Thank you all for your considered replies, and of course as we might expect there's quite a large range of opinions. SF makes a good point that many of the issuese also apply to any 'normal' teenager and in some ways that is the problem! How do we separate this child's genuine illness from...

Absolutely within the limits for me... probably less than 5 yards from where it went out. Play on...

I've just read the thread about making allowances for a child with one arm taking throw ins, and it reminded me of a question I'm keen to get views on. I'm a referee and a coach at youth level. I have been asked by another coach in my club whether he should tell each referee before his...

Ha ha.... not surprised he's gone! Failing to beat Man United really isn't acceptable!!

I've also watched some of these matches and agree with the points above about how well the matches have flowed. The funniest (best) example for me has been the player who gets 'sent off' for 2 minutes following a green card. No argument, no delay - she just sprints to the sideline and sits...

No sorry - he was manager of 'team taking the GK'... so didn't believe it was an infringement at all.

Great - thanks...