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I refereed my 2nd OA game today, only big decision was whether or not to give a penalty, and I decided to give it. Final score was 5-1 to the home team. After the game there was lots of positive feedback from both managers and players. They said I had "a cracking game" and made some good...

I was out watching Bristol City vs Bradford last night and I noticed a few times that the referee was gesturing to his Junior assistant on what the decision was being made when down the far end of the field of play. The assistant would then flag afterwards. Would this just be to make it look...

I am watching Colombia against Uruguay this evening I am wondering why Colombia were not allowed to take the fake corner. Player A taps ball off corner arc while pretending to swap with Player B as corner kick taker and then Player B runs towards goal with ball. I am wondering because the ball...

Today I was in the middle for a top of the table clash in an U12 division, Yellows vs Reds. A bit of background: Fairly early on I denied a goal for the yellows, it hit the post, rolled across the goal line and went to a red defender. After realising that I was not giving the goal (while the...

Hello all, I was in the middle for an U13's match yesterday and I had the same incident happen a few times but didn't do anything about it because I wasn't sure. The blue goalkeeper claimed the ball with his hands after a cross or a shot and then goes to the edge of the box to kick from his...

I'm fairly new to refereeing; I have refereed 5 games now and I'm wondering if anybody has any tips or advice for keeping control of the game. I was the referee in an U10's game this morning and there were occasions where I felt that the players were making the decisions instead of me. How can I...