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Have a very quick question regarding the below : Does the part in bold mean that if a player commits a DOGSO tackle and the other team decide to take a quick free kick that leads to a clear goal scoring opportunity, then the DOGSO is just a caution and not a sending off?

I had an assessment last week. During the match a player crossed the ball towards a player in an offside position, the CAR flagged but the ball was intercepted by a defender and the attacker didn't influence the defender. The defender then cleared the ball straight to an attacker and they...

Had a match today which finished 5-0 to the away team. Prior to the match my mentor had sent me a few pdfs on positioning and today was the day I was going to put what I learnt into action. I have to say it was one of my best matches to date. To be honest there werent many fouls and any that...

I've just had contact from the home team for my next match. I've noticed on their website it says: Before the game Ill have a chat with the managers to remind, same again with the captains in the middle, I was also thinking about shouting loudly 'mind your language guys' as a warning if I ever...

Gave my first red card today and it was very odd. Away team 10-1 up. Away team attacker played through but was offside so I blow. He swears in frustration, I call him over to tell him to calm down. He asks why I gave offside, which I explained l. After this he says 'I don't like cheating'...

Had a situation in my match today where I gave offside. After I had given offside I was having a chat with a player regarding a few tackles and was making sure ball was correctly positioned (no ARs) During this time I didn't realise the team who had the IDFK were making a sub. I blew the...

Gave my first sin today. Easy enough player said f*** off ref after I gave his team a throw not a free kick. I called the player over and he looked and continued walking, blew my whistle and called him over again, same response. At this point I said to his team mate who was next to me he needs...

Had my first OA assistant referee yesterday. Felt it largely went well, the referee said I needed to be more confident in my decisions and maintain myI flags longer which I agreed with. There were a few points of note in the match. 1) I gave an offside because an attacker was a few yards past...

After a few weeks break I have 3 matches this weekend. One of them will be for a league that has a rule of no CARs and NARs are only assigned to the top league, as such I'll be the only referee. This is my first match for this league and I was wondering if anyone has any tips for calling...

Had my first two matches in the middle today. First was an u12s match, CARs and ended 3-3. Nothing much happened in the match, very little fouls. It got a bit scrappy at times but very rarely was anything a bad tackle / careless. Both of the CARs were good and helped with in/out of play and...

Reading the penalty procedure on the LotG this morning. It states the below: The kicker must not play the ball again until it has touched another player. However isn't the kicker allowed the play the ball again if it rebounds of the crossbar / posts?