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I just wanted to gather peoples thoughts on levels of abuse this season. Have you noticed an increase? I most certainly have and i would go as far to say i have received more abuse this season than my other 8 put together. I have had 4 OFFINABUS red cards, ALL 4 have been to a player i have just...

Watched the highlights this morning and noticed this straight away. On Portugals first goal (Ronaldos free kick), there are two red shirts stood in the wall. Under the LOTG change as of 1st June, they shouldn't have been there. It clearly states that with a wall of 3 or more players defenders...

Very sad, Jlloyd was involved in grass roots football around our way and played only last week in the Cheshire League. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/jlloyd-samuel-dead-live-crash-14661129

Hypothetical situation, what would you do?? For one reason or another both teams have decided a pre-arranged protest. The game kicks of, the ball moves 5 yards and all 22 players sit down and do nothing for 20 minutes. Just to be clear the ball is in play. What do you do?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43314870

Was chatting with a colleague on Sunday and he made a good point all be it a little tongue in cheek. If a player is constantly offside then what would stop you from cautioning him for persistent infringement? According to Law 12, under cautionable offences: A player is cautioned if guilty of...

Decided to sit and watch this last night and their were a few strange decisions to say the least. England scored a second goal after 5/6 minutes that was deemed offside, it was one of those where you saw it real time and thought it was wrong. An then there was this, the penalty that was the...

So this year a colleague and i decided to embark on our first tournament and chose the Paris World Games. I thought i would share my experience with you all. We arrived late on Thursday 8th July after a 3 hour delay at Manchester Airport, we therefore missed the introduction meeting, but we...

Well i have heard Mark Saggers talk some guff but i think he may have excelled himself with this article. No yellow or red cards and a 15 minute sin bin for headbutting a player........https://you-are-the-ref.com/mark-saggers-heres-radical-plan-keep-playing-field-level/

Congratulations to Mr Taylor http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/anthony-taylor-appointed-fa-cup-10298412

Cant say i like this one bit......... https://you-are-the-ref.com/hacketts-verdict-sin-bins-going-work-heres-info/

One of my biggest pet hates as a referee is being asked the question, "Who was playing him on then ref?" when calling a player on side. More often than not i get this on the line and more often than not i can answer the question. I was after a bit of advice as to what the answer is if you don't...

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/2904034/vietnamese-football-team-dodgy-penalty/

Motherwell boss Mark McGhee 'to consult lawyer' after being sent off Just when you think you have heard it all........... http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11796/10769687/motherwell-boss-mark-mcghee-to-consult-lawyer-after-being-sent-off

Thoughts??

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/row-zed/referee-makes-absurd-decision-disallow-9119817

Is this what IFAB mean by spirit of the game? Nobody has appealed (somewhat amazingly) so i am not blowing my whistle,play on!!!!

I am sure most have seen the news relating to Daniel Wilkinson of Shaw Lane Aqua Force who went into cardiac arrest and tragically lost his life at weekend simply playing this game we all love. It really does hit home, the guy was 26. This could be anyone of us or any player that we are...

Just thought i would throw this one out to you all, some "advice" i was given by an observer on Saturday's game and i am not sure i agree. I will set the scene: Cup match, white v green and the score is 2-1 to green. Green are doing their best to kill the time as you would expect. From around...