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The players in China get high wages, but do the referees?

First Chelsea goal, the ball got moved back whilst the ref was moving the wall, so the wall was 12 yards out. Second Chelsea goal, ref awards a penalty for Loftus-Cheek diving outside the penalty area... Things like this make video refereeing more and more appealing.

I am often asked to do friendly matches for a local school and the guy who organises the matches says to me "No cards mate". So far I haven't needed to award a red card, but the matches are getting more intense and they are playing some of the best teams of the region and they play in the...

What do people think about this? Suarez was outside the box until Messi kicked it, even though most people disagree. Pen starts at 25 seconds.

Found this, there are others. I'd like to see what the majority of you lot would do... (Move this if its the wrong place for it :P )

I'm I allowed to wear a jacket if it is raining? What sort of jacket? I'm finding that my cards and notebook is getting soaked and unusable. And FW has these see through yellow shirts, which go very see through in rain. Thanks!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/referee-defends-himself-after-awarding-4583172 Basically, the team tapped the ball back to the goalie, because they thought the challenge wasn't worth a pen. So the ref cautioned the pen taker for dissent. Any thoughts on that?

What do you do about people saying stuff after the game? For example, today, after the match one of the coaches came up to me and shook my hand. Then he walks back to his team, and says loudly enough so I could hear "He's a s*** ref" in front of his 13-14 yr old team. Act like an adult man...

Hello everyone! How's it going? I've played for a while and refereed for 2 years. I enjoy being a ref, just not any of the coaches. Here in Australia, I think they have no shame. If you were blind, you wouldn't think they are adults. I'm looking forward to learn some new skills and stuff from...