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Why don’t you ask your RDO ? I can’t see that anyone would be better placed than them to advise

Nothing to the teams, to the captains I keep it short such as "you guys are captains for a reason, you know your players better than I do so help me to manage them. We're all here for a game of football so if you want to play, I'll stay out of your way, but if you don't then I've got a job to do."

90+6 for delaying restart of play. Excluding the post full time dismissals for foul and abusive whenever players have come up after full time…

Also have to take into account skill level etc but certainly doesn’t appear DOGSO from that location

That was the issue, I didn’t. Learnt a lot from the game and the observation and looking to try techniques to stop it/prevent it in future

Well my first observation at level 4 was an assassination! It was my third game but first observation - first two games were closer in terms of competitiveness but this one was just players on at me from the off, surrounding me at each decision (even when it was an obvious decision) so was...

I like the sound of that if I ever come away from Apple Watch but are you saying it needs charging each game?

Mine has a battery not charging? https://www.spintso.com/equipment/referee-watches/spintso-referee-watch-pro-blackgrey

I have RefSix on Apple Watch and then the Spintso Pro. Using both in conjunction with one another without issue

Could it? Yes. Should it? Depends on the level, the LOTG supplementary information for match officials states that a game should still start/continue if one or more corner flags are missing unless there are safety issues

I used to say "well if any of us were any good we'd be doing this at Old Trafford" and it's always diffused the situation and got a smile

When I was in sixth form I referred the year 10/11 mixed team and the ‘star’ player was my younger brother. In one of the school cup games I had to give a straight red to him for serious foul play. That didn’t go down too well (years later he accepts it was a red but reckons I caused it by...

I guess the true evidence of if it is too easy is if there are observer comments over the coming season that referees aren’t fit enough for the games?? If not then perhaps it shows that the test is more suited to refereeing and it opens up the pool of referees that would otherwise have not been...

Passed this morning, nice weather for it and the track is much easier than on grass. Combined with the adrenaline on the day and running in a group I much prefer it to the Cooper test! Not sure why the sprints are done first though I think they’d be better done afterwards - less chance of injury

I’ve also had the email for level 4 promotion! 😃

Same as above - did it about 10+ years ago for a couple of hours every Sunday night. After I had to send a player off, I was contacted by Leisure Leagues and told I’d be refereeing on the lower ability pitch from then on as the player had made a complaint and he was classed as a paying customer...

It’s nice when you get one of those games! My Sunday league game this morning was 90 minutes of trying to stop players fighting. Was mentally draining and made me wonder. Although I was observed and it was highlighted how tough it was so hopefully the mark reflects it. I’d have taken a game...

I had this today! Gave the corner but then it was obvious I’d got it wrong from reactions so I changed my mind and said “I knew it came off red guys I just forgot which way the teams were playing! My bad I signalled the wrong thing” Everyone accepted it

At grassroots my opinion is listen to the players and see what they want, you’re there to facilitate the game. If the players are happy then crack on. Last week I had two Sunday league teams playing in the same colour shirt with only socks being the difference! Was hard but the players were...

Running the line in a step five game. Manager is going apoplectic at me regarding repeated foul throws by the same player but I’m genuinely so confused what he’s on about. Next time I’m near the benches I ask him what he’s on about and he demos it by having the players foot half on the line and...