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I believe the most up to date RPP promotion pack specifies 25 adult games (21+) for 6-5. Many of the criteria change from season to season, so could be you were sent / are working off an old booklet? If you can get in some more adult games before the next deadline (end Apr) then it may be that...

No job at Bletchley for you David … 😀

A 'light touch', 'minimal intervention' VAR is certainly (IMO) better than the lengthy delay, overly forensic approach. However, it exacerbates the issue where 'sub-optimal' subjective on field decisions get "confirmed" by VAR leading to (even more) outrage that the "correct" decision wasn't...

If not, I can sort you out .. unfortunately I have little use for my old cards now I’m working as an AR :hmmm:

I'm a bit the same. These type of situations, not long left on the clock, team winning, are exactly the ones where GKs historically pushed their luck, leading to the 8 second introduction. In this case, the GK didn't help himself by 'flopping' to the ground unnecessarily having made the save...

I’d also suggest ensuring that said 11 year old signs up for a New Referee course at the first allowable opportunity ….. 🤔😀

Think the reality is that because the option of a quick FK should still be available to the attacking team, a defensive player taking action which denies this opportunity is DTR - clear, deliberate and impactful. Trying to predict whether a quick FK might theoretically have led to an OGSO is...

1) Lead the award of GK/CK up to the near post. Be credible to do so by being on / near to the goal line 2) Let referee lead the GK/CK choice beyond your far post 3) Monitor that the ball is overhanging the 6 yard line at the first few goal kicks and likewise ensure that at GK punts, the ball...

I'm sure there will be plenty of intended impacts :) . As for unintended, you're right, we will setting up a similar situation to the one we now see with the GK punts of teams that are leading. They will typically wait until the count is low before putting the ball back into play. Fortunately...

This tactic does indeed make it difficult for referees not to stop the game. However possession of the ball (via a drop ball) is not guaranteed to the defensive team just because the 'injury' is in the penalty area

In principle, I think the GK / TI countdown has the potential to be just as effective as the GK 8 second one. However, as with that change, the devil will be in the detail as we aim for consistency regarding if / when to start the count. I really hope that this detail is spelled out for clubs...

Had the foul been made by a defender then, assuming a rushed shot towards a goal guarded by a keeper, I'd totally agree with you. However, in the OP, it was the GK committing the foul. And the striker has then missed an open goal. If, as seems likely, this was genuinely a better opportunity...

There's plenty of coaching at higher levels that will support your action and I'm not surprised that the Observer backed you. That said, I'm strongly of the opinion that this is not the best course of action. As referees, our #1 priority is player safety, #2 is fairness to both teams. In this...

Typically, rightly or wrongly, referees will be forgiving over FK / TI placements if the team is going to kick / throw backwards and therefore not likely to start an immediate promising attack. 99 times out of 100, this works out well for the game as an entertainment spectacle. However, there...

That's a fair response. I guess, in reality, it would be judged on the level of force with which the studs made contact with the opponent. If they did indeed 'plant', as you put it, then fair enough. Alternatively, we've seen plenty of 'glancing blows' which have been deemed to be Reckless...

I see this as a very marginal call. The defender's boot is at waist level. I'd argue that this height is one where you would expect players to be going with the boot or chest rather than the head. He plays the ball, there's no malice. I can see the argument that any subsequent contact with...

The unfortunate reality is that if the events were subjective decisions (rather than obvious mistakes) VAR is unlikely / not meant to step in and "solve" the differing on-field decisions in any case ......

From my 20+ games in National League games this season, the GK count has been utilised in every single one of them and referees have penalised the majority of DTR offences (including one in stoppage time in my game on Tuesday evening). The one 'initiative' that IMO has only been patchily...

I have a great deal of sympathy for this view. And will be very interested to learn the 'official' perspective on this. For me, if the attacker in an offside position doesn't attempt to play then the ball, then there is no offence as his obvious action (running towards the ball) does not...

The fundamental question (for me) is whether the undoubted benefit of clearing up the occasional clear and obvious howler is, in fact, more than offset by the much increased controversy over the far more frequent subjective calls. Even if you leave to one side the impact on fan celebrations and...