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The part of the video that really frustrated me was the interview with the guy from the FA. All he talked about was support for referees, not stamping out the abuse. Seemed like he was saying, abuse of referees was OK, we will just help them deal with it.

All of these were in U12 games a couple of years ago. Running the line as CAR for my son's game. Crabbing right, right studs catch in mud, fall over, roll and jump up hoping nobody saw. All the parents on the over touch line saw it. Could hear the laughter. Jogging backwards at goal kick...

I also CAR regularly for my son's team and they are always playing attackers onside. I think it is because at a younger age it is drummed into them to be 'goal side' of attackers. They get very nervous to have an attacker nearer to their goal than they are. For me it gets frustrating, in my...

In my son's league they play all rules at that age group. Its 9v9, shorter halves but all other laws applied including offside.

Well I think the ref has now closed his twitter account to being viewed, as I have just read the thread and can't see any of his comments.

I can see the logic to that. But, in most cases when it hits the wire it drops dead to the ground and I am struggling to see how any of the three options given under the 'touching a match official' part fits.

True. This occurred at a thrown in, straight into the wire. At the time seemed right thing to just retake. But on re-reading not the correct thing to do.

The former. He didn’t say it to me, so not questioning me. I heard it later. Just made me think about the pros and cons.

I often referee on a 3G pitch which has a wire crossing the centre of the 11 a side pitch, which is used to hold a net to split up the pitch when used for 5 a side games. The sports centre won't take it down for 11 a side matches. I always brief both teams about what will happen. "If it skims...

Yes, I do this as well. A couple of weeks ago a throw in rebounded off the wire. The most sensible thing to do seemed to be retake throw in.

I referee on a similar pitch. If the ball clips the wire but keeps going in the same general direction, play on. If it hits the wire and drops dead or goes off wildly, drop ball to team who had possession. I explain this to both coaches before kick off.

Here is the official news item from Essex FA web site: http://www.essexfa.com/news/2018/oct/25/alternative-referee-shirt-colours I'm a bit out of date, it seems you can use *any* alternative colour for most matches, however, Volt is the only alternative allowed for "When officiating in...

Yes, the volt colour.

Essex FA have sanctioned the use of the bright green alternative colour for grassroots football. This happened last year. But I also think that some League rules have something about alternative colours as well.

Agree with making sure it is sorted. Had a player lose a boot on Sunday, played on until it went out for a throw in. Waited for him to sort out the boot. He looked gobsmacked when I also told him to do up his laces on his right boot while he was at it as well.

So in my case, the Ref Sec was completely aware of my connection before I started and we discussed this. So for all appointments I get from him through the Full Time system, I consider that I have already declared my interest.

Yes, in this situation it is right to be up front about the involvement.

Yes, I agree with this. I am appointed by the league ref sec and was completely open about my involvement. We discussed whether I should make a declaration at each match and he was clear that it wasn't necessary. I make myself available for all my son's home matches and through the year will...

I’ve refereed most of my son’s home matches for a couple of seasons (he is U13 now). Before I did it I discussed this with the County RDO and league Ref Sec. Neither had a problem with me doing this. The County RDO told me he had often refereed his brother at a fairly senior level. The leagues...

Fairly new (3rd season), not going for promotion, so no observations yet. But I’m very self-conscious that I put my hands on my hips during stoppages. Catch myself doing it all the time. I’m sure if I was observed there’d be far more things to discuss than where I put my hands.