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I had one today where a player who was already on a caution was running up to me to dispute a foul, judging by his body language I knew he was about to shout a fair amount of abuse and I was thinking to myself "oh great, here we go." Before he can even get a word in, his captain comes running...

Seven cautions, and a lot to improve on. But nobody died or got sent off, so I would consider this one a win. A couple of players treading on the line for a second yellow, but luckily the manager had the sense to take them off as a sub (I didn't ask him to do this, but it was obvious they were...

I have a family member who runs a Sunday League youth team. I don't do his games for obvious reasons, but I was told today the referee made a glaring error. Apparently, the referee blew up for a penalty against my family member's team, which isn't then issue in itself. His player turns round...

So I was reading the pre-course training booklet for my course which I took six years ago. It pays to look over your old files, as not only does it show you how far you've come as a referee, but you would be surprised what you can learn by doing so. A good bit of advice I saw in my booklet...

I was appointed to a cup quarter final today, and learning from the mistakes in my last game, I really stepped it up today. First card of the game came at 49 minutes, the home team player lunged into a challenge, two footed and off the ground. Luckily he got most of the ball, so the other bloke...

So a few weeks back, I had this team, and although they're generally decent blokes off the pitch, on the pitch they're quite difficult to deal with. Usually I end up sending someone off from their team, typically for violent conduct or OFFINABUS. Last time I had them, I sent a bloke off who...