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Just before the Everton red card for the handbags to team mate (yellow better IMHO) I was quite stunned that Webb supported the yellow for the Wolves (? Vs Palace) two footed stamp. Easy red surely. Not a footballing action. Out of control. Moderate force but whole bodyweight, contact by studs...

I’ve got another confession to make… It’s been a few weeks and I’m ready to share. Backstory: my only other video review was 7 years ago and I was nervous and tanked in front of my chiefs. Fast forward to the other week, OA tournament finals and my old refsec mentor-type is back after 5 years...

The ball is in play, a player goes down injured and seems in distress, the referee stops the game to attend to the injured player, the player then says she does need the physio. Can the player remain on the field or do they have to leave the field? (Citations from IFAB or anywhere else...

Luckily I’ve had really good advice before about being careful and avoiding ultimatums: “next time it’s a booking”, “don’t make me have to talk to you again.” Don’t dig your own hole. But this can be difficult with cumulative fouls. Especially deciding whether to signal with “cut the grass” and...

Hot off the heels of a recent thread where I explained I know not to give a yellow card after a stopping-a-promising-attack foul and advantage… I was working with a colleague today. Classic long shirt pull as the attacker crossed the half way line. He wriggled free. Ref called a great...

I am on iOS. For the last week -ish when I come to (world’s greatest) Refchat I have to reinput my credentials. The site is mot keeping me logged in and my phone’s pw manager is not prepopulating the log in fields, so I am manually logging in every time😒 Just wondering if there are new...

Had a top of the table challenging match with an observer. Quite niggly. A lot of foul decisions and cards. Highlight for me was probably a reckless advantage in an attacking area. The fouled player didn’t use a great passing option and lost the ball. Play continued and I verbally reminded the...

First 11-a-side of the season. Tasty winter league, minus one, 5-5 first half. Home are 5-6 down, 2 mins to go, fast break, reckless cynical hack just inside the away half. Reckless and SPA. Attacker down injured, second yellow for defender. I blow for the foul. Coach goes ballistic as the...

Had my first match today under the new “only captains can approach the ref”… and I know many members here have had a few more weeks. How are you dealing with it? Are you using the hand/halt signal - and when? Has it changed your approach (i.e. are you more careful about moving towards action...

My head hurts… reckless advantage doesn’t accrue due to SPA. Jarod gives both YC. Feels like a two cherry bites thing. Not so sure football expects a pair of yellows… Thoughts?

With a bit of rain the sliding tackles are coming out in the artificial turf here. A lot of matches recently and 3 similar decisions to make this week. All in mildly competitive but still grassroots level. Winger has cut inside and dribbling just inside a crowded box. Chasing defender slides...

71 mins BHA vs MUN 1984 grudge match. (I was there at Wembley) Amazing offside on the goal line… footage anyone?

First for me, 4 yellows yesterday: A - USB B - dissent C - cumulative D - delay of game Our codes also have E for not respecting the distance. Obviously I will be looking for the full 5-card trick in future! In other news, same game, I always ask the ARs how new they are. AR2 said two years...

My tuppence - great that you continue to develop the site, overall excellent usability and moderation, well done. But… the new up/down vote thing just takes up space on my screen, and duplicates “like” functionality. I don’t want to downvote individual comments. I just don’t think it’s needed...

Spotted, @Big Cat side hustle?

You know where this is heading… Every time i look up the ref is giving advantage. WTF is doing with one arm in the air!? And why does he point at the floor for every free kick. So confusing. Like he has a different book.

Someone gonna tell AR2 to hold the flag in the correct hand. 🫢

Broke mine last night. What’s your top count? 15 cards in 90 mins. 10 USB 3 delay of game 2 red cards for second yellows Match started with a few players wanting to kick each other and tackle with odd body parts. Pitch was a bit small. Some early cards. A careless clash leading to blood head...

Our season started in April, and there’s a mid-season summer 5 week break coming, so now is the time to go for it. And we have matches all week. Last 10 days I have had a run of high level matches (4th tier) as AR1 for some pretty special referees. It has been a brilliant spell, all with comms...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/may/15/erosion-of-trust-wolves-trigger-vote-to-scrap-var-in-premier-league In a statement Wolves said: “After five seasons of VAR in the Premier League, it is time for a constructive and critical debate on its future. Our position is that the...