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As James said, it’s where you draw the line personally. If you’re happy with it, I’m with you. For myself, I’d be getting the captain and keeper together for a chat. Next time anyone on that team crosses the line, they’re in the bin

I’ve known refs who make a habit at grassroots levels of getting packed up etc after a match on the pitch just in case someone who decides to have a pop post-game can be dismissed with a red

For me it’s a red, I’m not fussed with the whens and whereabouts of someone behaving like that towards me. But it’s hard to know how to react the first time you hear something like that at the end of the game and it comes down to where you draw the line between a yellow (dissent or USB) and...

I agree to an extent that it’s not ideal to be doing your first line in a cup semi final… but they’re quite hard to come by for level 7s other than the sharp end of league cups. And I imagine most ref secs would rather have anyone higher than that doing middles. Not an easy solution. If this is...

This is worth a go. It was a long time ago, but I passed the course when I was 13 and then started refereeing in practice when I was 14. With my dad alongside me who couldn’t give a hoot about football.

My CFA last month released the total number of sin bins issued so far this season… it turns I’ve given more than 5% of the county’s sin bins so I reckon they’re not being used as much as they could be round here! I like sin bins although: - The constant queries of how long of the 10mins is left...

I’ve been umming and ahhing about posting this as I don’t really feel the need to discuss it massively, but given all the discussion about abuse in recent days… Unfortunately after 16 years of refereeing I was assaulted for the first time last week. Nothing major and no harm done… a player...

Some I’ve worked with prefer assistants to flag if the ref has given a foul particularly near to them, even if they haven’t seen it necessarily. Just so the benches don’t think the referee has given something that wasn’t there - aka if the lino hasn’t flagged the bench may say “even the lino...

As Ben said higher up, I agree that football is broken in that it is wrong that it has become an accepted part of the game for refs to be abused. Personally I’ve reached a point in the last year or so where I no longer ignore most of the abuse and just set my stall out early. I’ve sin binned at...

Had exactly the same this weekend too. At least the message is getting through to some

Yeah I’ve gone for this. Interestingly my county has just announced yesterday a new ‘pledge’ against abusive behaviour. Hope that means tougher actions too.

Yeah it’s one of those ones that depends how literally you take the word attempt. He was trying to charge at me, what he would have done next is unclear. Either way, two yellows seems too soft so it’s gone through as OFFINABUS. Thanks for everyone’s input

Had the misfortune of refereeing a team who were out to get me from minute 1 today. Player from said team commits a reckless challenge on the outside of his penalty area and I award the free kick thinking I’m going to hand out a yellow. He then charges at me while yelling (incoherent) and has...

What a plonker. Perhaps an additional report to the league about his unauthorised equipment (watch) would remind him to turn around in future.

For me it’s a red. Kicking someone is a violent act in any other walk of life.

I only speak to the captains before the game (other than saying hello to the managers). I’ve never addressed a full team - feels weird and looks weird. Edit: apologies if I was unclear earlier. At the toss I let the captains know that I have a low tolerance for dissent and ask them to manage...

I see where you’re coming from with this, but I have such a low tolerance for dissent that I have no problem cautioning the first person to cross the line. Tends to nip it in the bud

Astonishing he stayed on the pitch really… that was the definition of dissent

Question out of curiosity for those refereeing at grassroots/park level. After sending a player off, how vigilant are you with getting them to leave the vicinity of the field of play? Or are you happy for them to hang around if there is no animosity/they’re not causing any problems/it wasn’t an...

Definitely onside