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Hi all, After watching a few matches in the world cup I noticed that even if a player in an offside position ran after the ball, which was played when they were offside, the assistant referee only raised their flag when the player touched the ball. What I'm confused about is why the assistant...

Just a quick question about being offside, if an attacking player has dribbled past the second last defender and then passes it FORWARDS to a teammate who is also between the second last defender and the goalkeeper and is already infront of their teammate who is about to pass the ball, are they...

Hi everyone, I was just wondering if anyone was going to the womens referring event at Saint George's Park on Sunday the 3rd Feb?

Hi, I was just wondering how many yards players should be from the ball in a free kick on the edge of the box when the goal line is actually closer to the ball than the 10 yards (this was on a youth pitch)? Thanks.

Hi, I was just wondering whether anyone has been or is going to the above event at ST George's Park? Thanks

Just a quick question, does anyone know where the best place to buy a referee kit is? Thanks

Hi all, just a few questions. I was recently reffing an U12s match and I had to stop the match at least 6 or 7 times for kids dojng up their shoe laces. I kept having kids shout 'ref then pointing to a kid dojng their laces but by then a thrown in had been taken but this resulted in the team...

Hey all, Since my last post I have reffed In a few more games including a 5 a-side disability game, an U9's girls game, academy games and also Sunday league games. I also recently managed to pass the referee test so I am now officially a level 7 referee! Tbh it's not really an aim for me to...

Hi everyone, just one quick question about the offside rule. If an attacker is in an offsidepisition and their teammate attempts to pass the ball to them but it is intercepted by a defender, should the linesman raise their flag for offside?

Hi all, I just have two questions that I would be greatdulmif anyone could answer. 1. What is the offside signal for a referee? I always thought it was just the signal for an indirect free kick but from what I've noticed every ref seems to do it differently, for example one ref I saw does the...

Hi everyone, I reffed an U11s game a couple of weeks ago and it didn't go exactly as planned. I had no assisted referees so I had to call the offside myself and who received the throw in. Long story short, the away team apparently received the ball in an offside position but at the time i let...

I have been asked to ref an U11s academy match at the weekend and i have a few questions about the age group as it's been around 5 years since i played at their age: 1. Is it 7, 9 or 11 a side? 2. Is there any off sides, and if not, do i still need to get the parents to run the line so they can...

Hi, I have just completed a 2 day course and I now have to complete 5 matches followed by an exam. I was just wondering firstly, how do I find a match to ref when I'm not actually qualified yet and secondly, am I meant to record all the players names in my notebook and also record when...