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  1. RefJef

    Drop ball

    I think this is a great clip for a learning/training point of view - lots to think about. I suggest you watch the clip first and ponder on it yourself before reading any comments, either in the twitter thread or this thread, and decide what you’d do/would have done before commenting yourself or...
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    The games changed!

    Yesterday was my first game of the season. Unlike many on the forum, I quite enjoy pre-season friendlies, and for the first half, this was no different: two good teams, playing good football and everyone, myself included, enjoying the game. Five minutes into the second half and, without...
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    Unpick this!

    This popped up in my twitter feed: Who’d be a ref?!
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    Six seconds

    Can a referee be both right and wrong at the same time? I think this video suggests they can. Watch from 2 min. 25 secs if you want to jump straight to the incident. Roth watching with sound on to hear the commentary. I think we’ll all agree the ref was right in law … but would you have done...
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    Red, yellow (or no card?)

    Scenario: Blu v white, blue attacking. ”Soft” foul by white on blue in attacking third, near touch line. Quite a few bodies around the free kick site, so I’m heading over to manage a ceremonial fk (chance for quick fk has passed). White is retreating, with his back to the ball, blue throws...
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    Keeper sees red for peeing in the hedge

    Sounds like an interesting game … https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/20899252.fa-cup-blackfield-langley-shepton-mallet-unusual-red-card/
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    Pen, or no pen? You are the ref!

    Just seen this. Took me a while to work out what has happened- it seems the ball has hit the wheel at the base of the goal and spun back onto. 5he pitch. Defender has then caught the ball and thrown it back to the keeper. Nearly everyone (including ref) thinks it’s a goal kick, but there is the...
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    This’ll put a smile on your face

    You’ve probably already seen this, but in case you’ve missed it, can I present “Referees with big collars” Enjoy:
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    They didn’t…

    They didn’t teach me how to deal with this at Ref school (best with sound on):
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    Oldham free kick

    Have a look at this free kick from Oldham. I think it should have been disallowed, when the ball was struck at least one Oldham player was within 1m of the wall. Easy for to spot when watching several replies in my armchair, less easy for our man in the middle. Any thoughts?
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    A rare occurrence?

    Have you seen the League Two table today*? if not, you should take a look. (This rare occurrence won’t hang around for long, so if you’re a little late to the party and already missed it, I preserved it for posterity on my blog: http://www.amathsteacherwrites.co.uk/top-ten/ ) *Friday 26 Feb ‘21
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    Blame the lino!

    As match official, we are often blamed for all sorts of things beyond our control. However, in this particular case, the Assistant Referee’s bald head is the cause of the problem. A game was being filmed by an AI (artificial intelligence ) camera which kept mistaking our hero’s bald head for...
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    How much for a YC?

    Does anyone know what a player/club gets fined for a yellow card? I ask because, as you may know, I’m involved in schools’ football. In a recent cup competition two of our players were booked (C1, foul tackle for both. No complaints, correct decisions) and we’ve just received the paperwork...
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    Sub question

    After your thoughts, please, about an incident from my game this morning. I am more than happy with how I dealt with it from the context of this particular game, but curious as to what should be done by law. 15 mins to go. Blues 5-0 up, game was only ever going to end one way (I give you this...
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    DOGSO (HB) scenario

    Ok, so this didn’t happen in my game today, but had the striker not lofted the ball over the bar it might have done, and got me thinking.... Keeper way out of position, attacker gathers ball 10 yards outside box and shoots at empty net. Covering defender has spotted the danger and has...
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    Some good news ...

    ... for me, at least. Apologies if there is a bit of a din coming from mid-Somerset, that’ll be me blowing my own trumpet, but I’ve received a letter (electronically) from Somerset FA confirming my promotion from level 7 to level 6. I’d met all the criteria, except I’d only had two out of my 3...
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    A brief history of the penalty area

    Thought some of you might find this blog post (no, it’s not mine!) interesting. A couple of minutes reading looking at how the markings in and around the penalty area evolved. http://www.robeastaway.com/blog/six-yard-box
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    Goal keepers and sin bins.

    On the line today, and a keeper “nearly” talked himself into a sin binning. He didn’t, but it did prompt a question from a coach after the game: If a keeper is sin binned, you can’t bring on a substitute keeper until the ball next goes out of play. I.e., outfield player puts on keepers shirt...
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    A question for you ... (football, but not referee, related)

    Watching the Club World Club final on Saturday, my nephew said (completely sincerely) that he’d heard that Everton (the EPL club) were interested in signing Everton Riberio, the Flamengo midfielder. Now that got my brother & I thinking: has anyone, in the English leagues, played for a club with...
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    Two technicalities

    A couple of “technicalities” from my game today that I’d like your thoughts on. 1. DFK just outside box. As taker shapes to strike the ball, a defender in the wall shouts to distract the kicker. So yellow card for the “shouter”, but what’s the re-start? IDFK? I let the play develop a little...
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