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Well the lines were right for once I guess, I should have taken a trip to specsavers a bit earlier :D :D Turns out my astigmatism has gotten stronger. I have noticed I'm squinting a bit more and often things are a bit more blurry than they used to be. This really hit home when I was AR and...

I'm trying to clear up my understanding of the various scenarios where a player and or manager commit an offence off the FOP. Here IFAB give this Q&A: A player who is already off the field of play (having been treated for an injury) argues with a ball boy/girl and spits at him/her. What is the...

As part of a selection process I will be doing a video call with 2 referee assessors. On the call they will show me 20 video clips of incidents from matches and ask me what my considerations are. Does anyone have an acronym or guide of some sort on how best to approach or look at situations and...

Dimitri Payet hit in the head by a water bottle from the stands. It appears that despite what the LOTG say, it is anything but the referee's decision whether the game is restarted after a period of suspension. The ref appears to have decided to restart it after OL said they had arrested the...

Well guys, doing my first game today with assistants. Any last minute pointers? 😁

I referee in Ireland under the FAI. I have recently been nominated to attend the FAI's Referee School of Excellence (SOE). In essence it's a fast track programme aimed at bringing referees from grassroots up to professional/semi professional football. There are no guarantees of success after it...

Dublin referees have had enough ... https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2021/1108/1258612-ndsl-suspends-games-as-abuse-of-referees-escalates/ https://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/over-500-games-cancelled-as-soccer-referees-to-hold-strike-due-to-continuous-abuse-1210341.html?preview=1 The statement...

Cuneyt Cakir is coming in for a lot of abuse from Milan over last night. Mainly surrounding an early red card and a late penalty. The penalty is at 8:25 I must say I find myself agreeing with Cakir. The blue player tries to control it and it touches his hand accidentally imo. The red player...

Not sure what the setup is in England but where I am it's expected you referee multiple games on matchdays. Usually it is an U13 and U14 or an U12 then an U16, sometimes you get 3 x U13/14/15 games but it's rare. Anyway this Sunday I have been assigned 4 youth boys gamesright after each other...

Here's one: U18 game The away team arrive late requesting to start late, their GK requests to wear a random black nike jersey claiming to not have any GK jersey. I got them going as soon as I could and insisted their GK wore a GK jersey (which then miraculously appeared from the kit bag). The...