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    New SFA Referee Kit for 2024/25?

    The officials on the Senior List are being provided with new kit from the Adidas 24 range. The SFA have initially decided on Black, Red and yellow. The current mint green and purple from the Adidas 22 Range are also being retained for next season to give five colour options. It is worth...
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    match off but pitch fine

    In many, many years of refereeing, I really don’t think I have ever heard anything as ludicrous as this. At no point have I ever, or any referee I know, on hearing that a game has been postponed, decided to turn up the next day and inspect the field anyway. To then have the audacity to ask for...
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    What do you write?

    Over the years I must have tried near enough every type of match card/pad on the market and none really suited. I just use a standard 3x5 index card and draw lines on it to create spaces for team names, goals, cards and subs. In the leagues that I have refereed on, it was necessary to record...
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    Curious handball in Saudi League

    I wouldn’t be giving that. There was a very similar case in Scotland earlier this season. It wasn’t given and after it the Scottish FA issued a coaching point saying that was correct and in that case they don’t expect a penalty to be given.
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    SFA Adidas Referee black kit short sleeve

    As others have said above, the local association is normally good for some starter kit and then as your son progresses and decides to stick with refereeing then new kit can be purchased. The current black and yellow look like they will be replaced at the end of this season so no need to rush...
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    Has anything changed?

    I recently came across this documentary from the late 90s. The main key points from it seem to be, the issue of violence against referees and issues of recruiting and retaining referees. It seems like not a lot has changed in the last 25 years or so. I also wonder how those in the...
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    Can anyone expand on this?

    Sorry to hear you feel this way. You must have joined one of the SFA Referee Associations when you moved, training takes place weekly in every association and meetings held every couple of months. Get yourself along to these and meet other referees at all levels of the game. Each...
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    Vanishing spray

    Vanishing spray is not permitted in Scotland below the Lowland/Highland League levels where it is provided for officials to use. It is certainly not to be used at grassroots. If you are in any doubt of this please contact your local referees association or the Scottish FA Referee dept.
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    MNC vs CHE red card Greenwood

    Nearly 30 seconds to take a free kick that included an attempt to take it then the player dropping back as if she’s going long, then a stuttered run up followed by a circular run up that looked like she was running away from the ball, perhaps for someone else to take it. I’m not surprised the...
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    Beckham red

    The problem is that you are using a current understanding of the Laws of the Game and applying it to something that happens a quarter of a century ago. Back in the mid to late 90s this was a common sending off, any petulant flick or kick out would normally be penalised as a sending off and was...
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    The mentioned rope in law 1

    it’s been in the laws since I started refereeing. However it used to say that a rope is not a suitable replacement for competitive matches however in friendlies it could be used as a replacement as long as both teams agreed.
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    Vanishing spray

    As @Degnann has already mentioned vanishing spray is only for use lowland/highland league or higher and also SWPL1. Pic attached from the SFA extranet clearly shows where it can be used, generally if it can be used it will be supplied by the SFA.
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    New card wallet set recommendations

    In Scotland team lines are used in every competitive match from the lowest youth/grassroots level all the way up to the SPFL. Although leagues require different information at a minimum the referee must write the final score and subs used on the form. Other leagues can require both half time...
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    World Cup WWC Final - Spain v England

    Plenty of comments on here have been about the lack of the 2nd YC for the Spain player but not one person has suggested that the referee missed a caution on the England player for trying to get in the face of the Spanish penalty taker! I thought the referee did a good job in what was a keenly...
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    World Cup China vs England

    The England player doesn’t touch the ball. It comes off the back of the Chinese defender and falls to the England player who was originally offside.
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    World Cup China vs England

    The ball is not headed, it comes off the Chinese defenders back, that means it’s a deflection and not a deliberate play. The only decision in this situation can be offside.
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    Bobby Madden article

    I’m not sure why you think this would cause ‘uproar’ and even if it did, why would it matter. As someone from a different country and system it absolutely blows my mind that club marks still are used and also play such an influential part in the progress of referees. The only people who should...
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    Badges

    Just move up to Scotland… we all wear the same badge at all levels… well apart from FIFA officials who get to wear their white badge!
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    Violent Conduct between Teammates

    Bizarrely referee is in Adidas 1994 yellow grid shirt (but with the shorts to match the white/grey shirt) and AR is in the pre 1994 black shirt…wouldn’t happen these days 😂😂😂
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    2022 in Review

    My Year Refereeing #refsix ⚽️ 39 🟨 127 🟥 14 🏃‍♂️ 261.61 km
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