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What do you do to make your pre-match different? Typically they are pretty dull and all follow the same pattern, observers and ARs switch off. And to be honest, I find delivering a pre match boring too. Does anyone mix it up at all?

A typically inane way to pass the time during a rain delay at a cricket match is to discuss how many consecutive hundreds you are away from playing for England in a test match. I was wondering for a newly qualified L7 how many games do you think it would take to be selected as the referee in...

Does someone more in the know than me understand why MOAS can't be used across grassroots football? Closing dates in multiple systems is tiresome for referees and littered with errors and inconsistencies, which cause a lot of issues with appointing officers. I think most would agree that MOAS...

I was on the line for a game last week whereby the striker had a good go at attempting to stop stop the keeper from punting his drop kick up the field. The ref brings play back to caution and restarts with IDFK. I asked the ref what he has cautioned for as this wasn't a promising attack, and...

I've long had this thought at the back of my mind that I do not fully understand the interaction between the LoTG and the FA Caution codes. Recently I heard an observer mention that a pull should be a caution. This is not stated in the LoTG however FA caution codes specify pushing and pulling...

Left winger takes the ball passed the right back whilst going down the wing. Right back attempts to block the run and both players go down as I award the direct free kick. The winger then in frustration has a pop at his opposite number which when I had a few goes on the whistle defused. However...

Hi guys, I'll have my first middle with neutral assistants this weekend. Obviously I've done plenty of games on the line, but I was hoping to get some advice on how to get the best out of us as a team? From prematch instructions all the way through the game.

I was AR in my game at the weekend when for no reason the striker from the reds was trying to get in the way of the keeper for the blues drop kicking the ball up the field. It wasn't like the blues were trying to get a quick attack away and the ball didn't touch the striker despite his best...

Hi all, does anyone know how to move to a different CFA when re-registering for the new season?

Has anyone heard anything about 7-6 and 6-5 promotions? The FA and county FAs seem to be radio silent. Games restart in two weeks, we need to know what is going on!

Does anyone else track the distances that they cover in their matches? I'd be intrigued to hear what others do. Generally mine come up between 7-8.25 km depending on the size of the pitch

I referee in a fairly large league structure but always seem to get appointed in the same couple of mid tiered divisions. I'd love to get challenged with some tougher fixtures, has anyone had any experience with this? How did you go about asking for these. Also I've never been given a county cup...

1) Kicking the ball away - cautioned under what? Can it be a sin bin offence? 2) High boot, direct free kick? When do you determine its a yellow card?

Can an indirect free kick be taken from the edge of the 6 yard box? If the offence occurs on the goal line but outside of the 6 yard box, where is the kick taken from?

Calling an official a cheat? Straight red? Calling an opponent a cheat? ... What do you guys think?

Are sin bins use by every county FA in the country? Any tips for administering them?

In open age football what is everyone's routines specifically to do with talking to the players pre-match? Do you speak to the team when they are all together, if so what do you say to them? What do you say to the captains before the coin toss? I'm often unsure on what needs to be conveyed...

The ball has gone out of play for a throw, a player from either side has run towards the ball and are off the field of play. One takes a swing at the other, in an aggressive manner, with his right foot and trips his opponent who falls to the floor. How should play be restarted? Throw in/free...