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Just looking for some advice. I’m in my second season at L4, and I’ve found that my observation mark has dipped significantly since I started. My first three of my first season were either average or above average. My final three, and my most recent one have all been the high end of 71, with...

I would like to ask about fitness tests for promotion. It is my understanding that from a 5-4 the fitness test is towards the end of the off-season, and only once a fitness test is passed can the process for promotion be continued. However, should I wish to book a holiday around late July, which...

I've been thinking about going for promotion to Level 4 next season, but I'm not sure the environment is conducive to me. I have been living abroad for most of this season and have only refereed a handful of games and I am due to complete a Bachelor's degree during next season. Intending to...

I’ve been hesitant to post this sort of opinion but with the new crackdown of dissent at the elite level I feel that the way officials are being asked to referee makes it very hard to be consistent and actually makes it more difficult for us at grassroots level as it isn’t representative of the...

I’ve read that the IFAB could potentially bring in sin-bins to the top flight, but I’m seeing a lot on Twitter from fans and media outlets assuming they are for what are being described as “orange card” offences. Surely sin bins will just be for dissent if introduced to elite football?

For those of you who use RefSix, how do you make the most of the new “tags” feature, and what do you write in your “notes” section?

I have the large b+d yellow and red cards from The Ref Stop, only issue I have is that I don’t know how to clean them? Any advice to clean these including ink stains?

Cup final for me on Thursday, late on in the first half, a goal was scored to put the team ahead, the goal scorer celebrated with his team, diving to ground with a teammate who grabbed the goalscorer’s shirt, causing it to come off. In the moment I concluded that this wasn’t an accident and a...

After several questionable offside decisions that was causing aggravation, I finally found myself credible to catch the CAR cheating with the flag, so I took it off him and carded him (he was a substitute). Are there better ways of dealing with the CAR cheating?

In the LOTG, there is an emphasis on player safety - is it unsafe for a player to wear metal studs on a 3G or 4G surfaced pitch?

What’s peoples thoughts on this? I’m not sure this is a foul.

It drives me up the wall, that a very clean, ball-playing tackle where the only contact that's actually been made is caused by the attacker's movement, made in the penalty area, warrants a massive appeal from players, surrounding me and contesting it like it's the worst decision they've ever...

Three years a referee, and yet never have I been sure on how to approach the claim that a player cannot say such a thing as "leave it" or "mine" and that a player must use a name. My practiced concept has been that unless there is a genuine attempt to distract a player, then it is permissible...

Not sure if this has been spoken about before on here, but what is the consequence for violent conduct between teammates? Had this at the weekend and was forced to abandon the match.

In a game today, the home goalkeeper had a nearly identical kit to the away team, it was agreed that he would wear a bib, but not without some dispute. Should the away team change their kit if there is a kit clash with the home goalkeeper?

Heard two different things from two ex-level 4s, so I find myself asking RefChat: If a team have received four red cards, and then have a sin-bin and are down to six players, is the match abandoned or does play continue because the team will have seven once the sin-bin has returned? If the...

When issuing a red card, I tend to do it almost immediately without taking the name first, asking one of the other players for the name. The advice I have received is to issue the red card quickly so to calm any growing tensions between the players, and this is the way I'm used to doing it. I...

I've heard different things on this topic, do I need to declare my income as a referee, and is the income taxable? I've been told that if you're below a level 3 referee, the income is not taxable. Is this true?

I had a BUCS game recently, with assistant referees. As a 6, I don't get the chance to have proper ARs and jumped at the chance to referee this game. A direct free kick was taken with a cross in the box, the keeper comes out to catch it and in my mind the attacker gets there first and headers...

Yesterday I had two games, a Sunday league men's in the morning which I abandoned because I completely lost control of the game, insults coming from all over the place and a coach refusing to leave the premises after I'd shown him a red card. Players and coaches alike not happy with me, a few...