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That's an age thing.

Yes. One of those in Dog & Duck football where you'd likely get a comment along the lines of "it's not the Premier League, Ref!" but he's got a chance either to carry the ball or play it through for a potential 1v1, but it's not an egregious error imho. Nailed the decision. Would echo others...

Almost certainly. It's all about social media views/clicks/engagements.

I feel it's a much easier sell for the referee to award the goal with the explanation "sorry lads, I didn't see it" than to guess the decision as he clearly has.

Gr8 question - I've always wondered what I'd do if a defender made a diving save with hand on the goalline but didn't DOG as the ball was already going wide. advantage played then no DOGSO therefore no RC but think it's YC for USB?

Just ask the club. I always ask because I'm keen to review and improve. Never known a request to be turned down (though had one or two where I wish they had 😭!!!).

Obviously you had to be there, but I’m a firm believer that keeping cards in the pocket at U12s and up is simply doing the players a disservice. I do on occasion, depending on the nature of the game, not issue cards at this age for what LOTG says should be but when it comes to things like DOGSO...

There but for the grace of God! Finally got a VEO through yesterday from an U18s Cup Semi-Final a few weeks back and the one decision I thought I'd got wrong (missing SFP) I absolutely had and it's so obvious from the film. Long(ish) story - I thought it was SFP in real time, but working with...

It varies wildly. One of our local youth leagues doesn’t allocate referees. I’ve done at least 100 games for them over the last six years - 3 as volunteer, 3 as qualified - and never had a final. I know I get good scores and feedback, but turns out even though they don’t and never have...

I'm with Kes - ball was in play and it's a direct free kick offence that happened in the penalty area, so penalty sounds 100% the right decision.

100%. Couple of local teams post clips on Insta but nothing worse than that round here. You're on a hiding to nothing, whether you have a good game or (as in this case) a bit of a shocker. As an aside, it was great to hear the manager at half time berating his team for whinging at the ref...

Morbidly fascinating is how I'd describe it!

My two penneth's worth of advice, and will try to cover several of your points. NERVES - I'm worried when I have no nerves at all before a game. I've had a couple of games where I've not been at all nervous (low level youth football) and realised after 10 minutes or so that because of that I...

RC all day long (Saints fan, so please factor that in!).

I coached alongside someone who got a ban in adult football and it was "all football activity" so his wife brought their lad along for three weeks. Now, whether he could have watched as a spectator or not was unclear, but we didn't chance it. I don't know whether this web page is out of date or...

I tend to agree it isn't SFP, but equally would understand if it was. Likewise, on film it looks like DOGSO but I'm not 100% and in real time I can completely understand the BOD being given to the defender. Not that is should matter too much, but the reaction of the players suggest his...

Late to this one - apologies - but hopefully not so late to be resurrecting a dead thread. I've used a waller until recently and this one has held up very well indeed (still in one piece and not split or frayed at all) - Ref Stuff Ref Wallet However, it undoubtedly caused minor delays when...

OMG, what have I started...?!?

100% agree. Being on your own and rarely operating with NARs, finding this site has been a Godsend (despite having to witness occasional pointless bickering because people struggle to agree to disagree!).

Well done. As you move through the ages of reffing youth football from U13s to U18s is that different challenges present themselves. All part of the learning process. One thing I would say is in relation to this: This is a RC at any age group. I appreciated we all have different tolerances...