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Well I don't mind admitting it confused the hell out of me!

Game at the weekend where a player went sliding in to tackle and totally missed the ball and player. The player had to leap to get out of the way of the player which allowed the opposition to gain possession. Other than having to leap over the tackle, the player was otherwise unimpeded. I gave...

It was pretty much the only time he had to blow his whistle all game!

I reckon so. I assume north of the border so caution for dissent rather than a sin bin? I do think with some players "foul throw" is a form of tourettes.

In my son's first ever game as a ref he had to penalise his sister for handball about 10 seconds after she'd come on. 😂

It's not easy this refereeing lark is it! All this mental juggling either in 2 seconds before you blow the whistle or the few seconds after when you need to explain it to the players. I reckon on balance we all do a pretty good job.

I actually pretty much had this offence last season. Player standing to shield the ball and went down under absolutely minimal contact. I decided nowhere near enough for a foul as he was clearly looking for it. He assumed he was going to get the free kick so grabbed the ball and was getting...

Actually... I take it back. I get it now. 2 offences, 1 caution. I was missthinking 2 offences as 2 cautions.

I can't work out from this if it should be 2 cautions or 1 at the discretion of the referee.

Play it to your advantage!

Sounds like a fun way to spend the evening! I'll ask Mrs Viridis to act as keeper. 🤣

But in terms of the pitch he would still be behind... just facing the wrong way.

@zurdin65 are you really a L2 ref? Why are we doing your homework for you! 😂

I'm trying to work out how the kicker could be in front of the ball and take the kick. 🤔

When I used to do anything at U12 or below I would allow one retake. I would also stipulate that it should also be the same player doing the retake. For U12 at half time I would go to both teams and say "you know the standard for throw in now, and I know you can do it. Second half there's only...

I'm loaded! 💷

I went for the same.

Red every single day.

I never go out expecting NOT to make a mistake. It's part of life and definitely part of refereeing. I just go out trying to do my best and with time and experience you will get better. When you do make a mistake, it's important not to dwell on it at the time. Box it off in your head, refocus...

It might be that you need to build up your experience doing youth games for a bit and then make the step into open age fixtures. You can get a good level of competition at U16 and U18 to just build up your general competencies and confidence and the dip into the older ones. Getting nervous...