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Ironically one of the reasons I enjoy officiating in the WNL is because the facilities, comms and general respect is much, much higher than in the men's regional leagues I've worked in.

I openly admit I am guessing here, but KFTPM don't count as being part of the game, so sanctions don't apply?

There's a saying that you don't make good law (legislation) based on hard cases. This is a perfect example, it only becomes controversial when someone gets into a highly unusual tricky situation.

Completely agree (and as a long-standing Liverpool fan too). To cover an earlier point, I imagine he's standing offside because that gives him space away from other players (from both teams) to carry out the move he's trying to do or, if it concerns the defenders enough, it encourages them to...

It isn't using laws that are particular to you as a person - it is applying the laws in the way that is expected in the modern game. Football expects the bar for penalties to be higher and, in terms of key match incidents, it is vital that you and virtually everyone else is 100% sure about...

Just on this one alone, your more likely issue is that the team who scored will be howling for the defender to be sent off! They won't be as familiar with the laws as you, and will see this as an attempted DOGSO. Even if they do understand the laws they may still do this, as the goal doesn't...

It's only restating the same thing, but I just remind myself that the keeper can't ever be DOGSO-H in the penalty area. That way, I identify the right offence and have something to say to all the other players/managers when they inevitably argue!

This is a really important thing to raise I think. I may be a similarly lenient ref, but for me it isn't so much the word(s) used, it is the manner, tone and volume. Someone making a sly/stupid remark like that in passing is very different to someone else running 30 yards, screaming in your...

You made me go and look (for the first time ever). I joined March 2011, so looks like I discovered it shortly after launch! Like others, I've learned a lot from here over the years, and even where I might not have, it's at least made me think. Onwards and upwards!

I agree, but only to the extent that it depends broadly on the skill level of the players. In the PL that fluffed opportunity definitely has to be considered, Dog & Duck v Kings Head I'm almost certainly giving offside.

I confess that I use 'I've seen it' all the time, precisely because it means whatever the players want it to mean. Normally what I'm actually thinking is 'I've seen what happened but it was trivial, so let's carry on', or 'I've seen what you think happened, but it was nothing' but if the player...

Bit sexist there @socal lurker - bet you wouldn't have said that if it was a male referee...;)😄

Lots of good advice in this thread - but this is a key one for me. In reality players can object to your decisions all they like, but if it's clear you are aware of - and concerned for - player safety, that is normally recognised as a positive.

Nice bit of safeguarding too - for the player but also for you, as they can't then claim you've sworn at them or anything.

Then we can see them drawing lines for five minutes to determine where the body and the arm is.... The law is never going to take account of every single circumstance, and it shouldn't IMO. Ones like this are tricky because they don't feel right, but establishing the broader point is more...

Culturally we all know that swearing at football happens, and there is a difference between swearing at a 9 yo and a 17 yo. Safeguarding is a policy though, and like legislation doesn't draw a distinction between age groups but focuses on adults and children. So, also like the law, where the...

Just on this, you absolutely shouldn't be reluctant to say anything. If they make such comments, just repeat that you are deaf (or ignore them, of course - with good reason ;) ). If the behaviour is dissentful or OFFINABUS, use the cards - they will soon learn. And there's the difference. If...

I like that advice. But I'm still smarting from being publicly ridiculed by a referee when I was AR a few years ago. A red defender traps the ball quite close to me with a blue player who was in an offside position behind him (closer to his own goal). 20-30 seconds go by whilst the defender...

I agree with everything you've said here and in my experience most of this works well. The one I would be careful about it smiling. Players do hate it, but they will also use it against you, so it can create more of a reaction rather than less. It probably depends on a few factors, but I just...

There used to be a brilliant question in the exam which gave the scenario of a defender successfully preventing the goal, realising his predicament and kicking the ball into the goal (before you could blow the whistle).