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Cheers all - good advice. Can I borrow a few hundred quid??

Hi Ref team, I’m reffing my first cup final Monday night and have a 4th official to boot which is great. Having not had one before, how do I communicate to them (and the NARs?) how much time I’m going to add on? Is it as simple as keeping tabs on time and using a few fingers to signal just...

Point taken, but sometimes it’s nice when a particularly irritating player allows you to (appropriately and deservedly) remove them from the game

Interesting perspectives - to clarify, I’m quite happy with the process I went through - 2nd yellow for AA, esp as it was shouted at another player right in front of me. For me, I wouldn’t be dismissing if it’d been more discreet/in passing - my bar is a little higher. I felt he had to go as I...

Could’ve OFFINABUS but result was the same and it was an easy sell

I went for adopting aggressive attitude

Had a pearler on Saturday - 30m in, gobby player leaves a very high lazy foot in a tackle albeit without aggression - easy caution. As I call him over he starts shouting at an oppo player and calls him a tw*t which clearly upset the oppo (and me) so thought, he can have one for that too...

Yeah that was right as per ifab.

Given there’s been so many posts, it allays my concern I may not have 100% nailed the original decision. For what it’s worth, the player lent a hand down and across a bit (but deliberate) in more of a ‘oh FFS another goal’ rather than Suarez style. Given game was as good as gone and we’re not...

Al so very much noted not all CARs are made equal - there’s plenty I wouldn’t ask…

Ta for the responses. For some context, defending team were already down 3-0 and getting battered in the first half at this point. As there was a lot of appeals for a lot of things, and I wasn’t 100%, I paused, gave a penalty whilst stating I’m going to check. I feel that going over to and...

Thanks for the feedback - really helpful. Can I press on the ‘holding decision’ question? Is there the same expectation throughout the levels that you give a decision and then overrule only if you’ve got sound NAR advice to what you gave?

Incident from today where we had a bit of a goalmouth scramble and ball pops up towards/in the goal, where defender handles it to keep it out. Lots of shouts either way, defending team saying it was already in (probs to avoid pen/RC). I wasn’t 100% either way so blew to stop the game, and...

Tom Bramall having a great game in the middle at the moment. One thing I wanted to clarify - PNE player chops down BR attacker who is running at goal ~40yds out. Ref plays good advantage which comes to nothing and then goes back to caution PNE culprit. Given it shouldn’t be advantage and a...

Just on the language point, I’d agree that shouldn’t be tolerated at that age. Try talking about use of language in a prematch chat (just 30s or so) to set expectations, including in front of coaches etc - that then gives you a reference for if there is any poor language/dissent going forward...

My thoughts exactly - seemed aggy to me, not authoritative 👍

Here's one that I personally struggle with - I've seen numerous examples either via YouTube or running the line, and now here on Sky Sports...