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Aston Villa appear to defend the free kick with two walls. No Arsenal player is near the main wall (left) but there's an Arsenal player lurking within 1m of the other wall (right). The free kick was scored directly and allowed to stand...

Let's do a poll; no one ever posts a poll

When and why did UEFA scrap these? tbh, I didn't notice their absence (because they didn't do much) but now I think about it, I don't remember seeing them last season and I'm just curious as to where they've gone. Anyone know?

A player, who has already been cautioned for an earlier offense, has been gobby all match. Can you show him a second caution just to get rid of him for the day? Or, do you have to use the sin bin? Of course, you should always use sin bins when they are in operation; I'm just curious about what...

Keeper gathers the ball in his hands but goes down hurt after a late challenge by an attacker. It would be more advantageous for the goalkeeper if, instead of a free kick, play was just stopped for the injury and play continued with a dropped ball where the keeper can just pick the ball up again...

The answer to a quiz question stumped me somewhat. Here's the question: A player scores a goal by supporting himself on the shoulders of a team-mate. What does the referee do? I thought the answer was award an indirect free kick but the 'correct' answer was . I couldn't find anything in the...

Not sure if this is just poorly worded from the BBC but here is a quote from a recent BBC Sport article: For offsides, the Premier League is advising assistant referees to flag for clear incidents, but to keep their flag down for tight calls, knowing these will be corrected by VAR should it be...

What do you guys do if it's raining too heavily for you to write anything down in your notebook?

Question one: A person is stood in the technical area and is clearly involved with the team (he knows the players, gives instructions, ect) but he is NOT named on the team sheet; he can't be cautioned, right? Question two: Were a team official commits a cautionable offense but the perpetrator...

Mr Riley has made a few comments: Firstly, there will be a 'high bar' for VAR use in the Premier League. But more importantly, that controversial handball penalty Netherlands scored against Japan will NOT be considered handball in England. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48903289

In England's loss to Sweden yesterday, an England goal was correctly disallowed for handball since the ball touched an attackers hand just before the attacker scored the goal after an on-field review. This particular handball offense is independent of intent or arm position since a goal has...

After, a quick-counter attack, the defending team is out of shape and no defenders are in position. Attacker 1 is stood in the penalty area. The ball has just gone out for a throw-in to the attacking team and Attacker 2 is about to take a quick throw - all he needs to do is throw the ball to...

Here's what I think, referees like this encourage diving.

England stick the ball in the net. Offside flag goes up. VAR correctly overturns the offside and a goal is awarded. Cameron are unhappy and refuse to kick off; they have a team huddle for a few minutes before kicking off again. The referee allows this to happen; good game management or week...

For Germany's first goal, the Nigerian goalkeeper's vision was clearly obstructed by an offside German player. After a video review, the referee awarded the goal. Is there any official guidance on how to interpret the law?

The referee keeps track of time but after the referee's incompetence in this match, I feel this will soon change (basketball-style time systems have been floated) and will lead to further divergence in the laws between the pro game and grassroots football. (I didn't mention the GK off the line...

After the VAR madness in this match, I am absolutely convinced that the game would be better if VAR wasn't involved in the actual penalty taking procedure. It won't be long until VAR start a six second countdown for keepers holding the ball.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/48640816 Thoughts?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0005qy3/fifa-womens-world-cup-2019-france-v-south-korea Please view the incident at 2:22:00 in the video (92nd minute of the match) where the ball hits the referee. Have the new laws been applied correctly?