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Apologies if this has been covered. Apparently ‘Wengers’ offside proposal is to be trialled (in China, I think!?). The jist of it is, if any part of the attackers body is in line with the defender, then he’s onside. The claims are this will stop VAR reviewing tight OS decisions by the mm...

Yesterday’s match was going quite smoothly until around the 77th minute, after which I encountered a couple of firsts. Away side were 2-0 up after an hour against the run of play. Match control was spot on, player behaviour was good, challenges were fair etc. Offside calls are all on me for...

Had a scenario last week (friendly academy game), I was AR. Ball played through into penalty area over the far side from me, referee in a really good position, attacker beats defender to it, defender charges him in the back and sends him flying. From my angle, penalty. Referee doesn’t give...

Referee has played advantage a couple of times the last few minutes. First one: ball was given away 2 seconds or so into the advantage. Second advantage: Vardy was dispossessed almost straight after advantage was given. Am I wrong in saying both should’ve been brought back as the advantage...

Evening all, Just thought I’d canvass opinion on the following scenario: •Blue team breaks away in a counter attack 3v2. •Red player attempts a sliding trip on halfway line (not reckless), on yellow player in possessionwhich causes him to stumble slightly, but remains on his feet and in...

Does anyone know of any decent quality referee wallets? All I can find online are the rubbish plasticy ones that tear at the fold. I thought a leather one would decent, but not for £60!

This may very well be the most random question ever posted but I’m struggling to double-blow (a whistle- just thought I’d make that clear!). I find I just end up with one continuous whistle with varying volume/tone as opposed to two distinctive whistles. When I slow it down to ensure I get...

I appreciate pacing out the 10 yards isn’t a precise science, but this guy hasn’t done himself any favours here. They’re pretty standard strides, not sure how he believes 7 of them would equate to 10 yards? Pretty silly way of losing players confidence in you.

I don’t know what the player was thinking but you have to question why the ref hasn’t booked him here!

Just curious on this one. Let’s say you award a FK 10 yards in a teams own half. They place the ball on the halfway line and you tell them to go back the 10 yards. They do but instead of placing the ball down they throw it forward so it’s closer to the halfway line again. Would this be a...

Apologies if this one has been done but just came across it on twitter... Excessive force? Reckless? Or ‘carry on, next’? As Sheffield’s finest would put it! There was enough in it to make the rangers player summersault through the air. Yes it’s a fine tackle in the good old days, the type I...

Well, I’ve just had my first ‘is this worth it’ game after 6 months or so officiating. OA league match where it seemed like every man and his dog was out to make my life as miserable as possible! So need to vent. Trying my best to figure out where it all went wrong really, first 10 mins there...

Penalty- saved. Rebound put in. VAR rules encroachment, ref cautions attacker who encroached & subsequently scored. Ref orders re-take...goal! Is it just me or shouldn’t it have been a caution & IFK to defending team?

Had the home team manager moaning to me about teamsheets after the match today because the away team hadn’t submitted one. They away team had a parent running the team in the absence of the manager and I don’t think he knew the procedure....which made two of us! What’s my responsibility here...

Afternoon all, Newly qualified ref. Completed my safeguarding Thursday & CRC is boxed off so I’m good to go! First off, got in touch with my local appointments officer to get some games. From the forms he’s sent it appears as though he’s only looking to give me youth matches. I’m prepared to...

Afternoon all, I’m a newly qualified referee & as such I’ve ordered the laws of the game book. After finally completing the arduous order process (I think that took 2 weeks!), I finally have confirmation of dispatch. However...they’ve informed me it may take upto 4-6 weeks to arrive. I nearly...