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My last ever Sunday legue game for a long time on Sunday due to joining the Royal Navy in January... Pitch was a bit chewed up and very muddy. U16s red v whites. The away manager whined and whined and whined that the pitch wasn't playable - home manager bitterly disagreed. The home manager went...

I watched match of the day this morning and witnessed beteke blatantly dive trying to win a penalty.. The referee didn't give a Pena but didn't book Benteke either so he probably wasn't 100% However, my question is... What if as Beteke was being subbed and got to the dugout he openly admitted to...

I was inspired by a post a read recently and I'm not sure if this belongs on this particular forum section.... But I was curious as to the best/funniest complaints from a team you've ever received ? Mine personally was during my first season and home team beat the away team 15-1 - absolutely...

The team I reffed for on Sunday I've done many times and often do their home games and I would like to start by saying they are genuinely one of the best behaved teams I've had the pleasure to referee for - the managers are all really nice guys and the team are good as gold... Anyways, I got to...

I was reffing an under 14's cup game yesterday. The home team were two divisions above away and it certainly showed - the score was 5-0 after 20 mins. It was a quiet game with not much to give and most decisions were going for the away team. Then the ball went out for a throw in to home - que...

In my u14s semi-final yesterday there was a blatant back pass. The Keeper realised and tried to drop the ball before I noticed.... I noticed ! But this got me thinking, if say the same situation occurred, the keeper picks up a back pass, and before you can blow your whistle he drops it; the...

This was something very minor that cropped up in my game yesterday. The home team manager had put white cones down to mark out the 10 yards from the corner flag because "his team were guna take lots of short coners today and didn't want the team encroaching". I didn't do anything about it at the...

My game on Saturday was a u16 semi final which on the whole went really well. The only issue was a centre back who complained (at me) and shouted (at his own team mostly)... I could tell this kid had issues so I warned him and warned him again for good measure then eventually booked him for...

After reffing for 7/8 years (since the age of 15) I've only ever reported 2 managers for misconduct. However, strangely enough each of the two managers before the game gave me "oh well all we want is a fair game ref, that's all we ask". One even went as far as to tell me he'd reported the...

I've had a couple of experiences this weekend whereby managers have tried to carefully con me... I should first explain that, of course, the weather has been quite bad over the last couple of weeks and my games have been borderline playable but most teams in my leagues are okay and just want to...