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Hello, first time poster and new referee. Had my first game in the middle today at an academy U12, 9v9 with offsides. I was told prior to the game we do our own offsides. No AR's or Club assistants. I found it really difficult to keep an eye on the offsides as well as everything else. I called...

On saturday i got appointed to a Open Age cup, the 3rd tier of cups. With most of the teams being Divsion 3 and 4 from the Open Age league. However both of my teams are division 2. Any advice for controlling the teams as I mainly referee Division 4 at the moment? Also is there anything I should...

Hi all. I bought some touchline buzzer flags off a colleague. All have seem okay..Then yesterday one flag decided to think it was permanently vibrating and red light flashing on it. I have swapped batteries (not new ones) and it keeps happening). I have tried to resync them...no luck. Obviously...

Just received an appeal in the Red card I talked about around 2-4 weeks ago. Any advice to handling this situation in regards to giving them my statement. The appeal is against an OFFINABUS (S6) in which the player called me a 'daft c**t'. Advice? Note: In this match

This is gonna be a bit long-winded so strap in. I have been trying to get qualified with my CFA but their courses seem to be constantly booked up. I am currently a club assistant in a Step 7 league and have received really positive feedback from experienced referees and any of their observers...

Evening all. I hope someone can help me with this. During a game today, a direct free kick was awarded on the edge of the opposing penalty area. The attacking team wanted to hold the ball in place with their finger (similarly to a rugby conversion or penalty situation) whilst the kick was taken...

Hi, new ref here. I’ve got a handful of games under my belt now, age range between 10s-14s. Had a few games now where my decisions have been questioned. Penalties for clumsy fouls in the box mainly (had to give 2 tonight so it’s fresh in my mind), player charging in from behind claiming...

Hi, Usually I use Refsix to referee from my Apple Watch (I’m sure most of you are aware what it is) I have not used paper for a long time properly. At half time I usually right down the number of individual players who are on ‘thin ice’, but apart from that, I don’t really use my notebook. I...

Hi everyone, It's my first game on Saturday! I'll be refereeing the U10s. Any tips, tricks and advice would be appreciated. Cheers

I’m a fairly new referee and was wondering about carding youth players. As a player, I very rarely saw yellow cards (up to around u17/18) and only saw one red which was after a fight. My first (and only so far, as I’ve only done about 5 games) booking came at an u15 friendly for dissent and I...

Hi, on the weekend I’m doing my first course, i have only done 2 games and they didn’t go that well as I made a few bad decisions that I couldn’t really do anything about as I couldn’t see what was going on. Can someone give me some tips so I know what it’s going to be like, my one is in Leyland...

Yesterday I was refereeing a youth game in the league cup. It was a great game with the full time score being 5-5. For me it was a very easy game; there weren't any decisions that I struggled on (apart from when the linesman flagged and I couldn't really see it becuase he had wrapped the flag...