dissent

Just had my first game since 2018, an u18s game. When I was a ref before dissent wasn't a thing so I have never had to use it. I made myself familiar with the rules, but there seems to be some guidelines lacking on when to actually use it. Had many incidents where players from one team would...

Morning all. I qualified as a referee in October last year and referee exclusively at youth level (trying to balance coaching, taking my kids to their football/hockey/cricket with refereeing). I've been involved in youth football for six years now but it's only since qualifying and taking a...

So dissent cautions with a sin bin are different to normal cautions (a red card isn’t shown for two). If a sub is shown a yellow card for dissent and then commits a yellow card offence on the pitch are they shown a second yellow then red?

Where do I go on whole game if I want to caution a manager for dissent?

So I had an u16’s game yesterday, the home team my former team (I left at about u11’s, still go to school with some of them and coach one of the coaches sons at u14’s for a different club). It was a league cup plate match (I think, if that makes sense?) and I had a few incidents. The main one...

Had a pretty intense game today, but felt I handled things fairly well. I gave three yellow cards; in the first half, persistence (player A). In the second, one for tripping and another for persistence. In the second half, I sent off player A after he shouted "it's b0ll0cks" after not getting a...

Why do professionals get away with dissent so often? Every time I watch a game, I see pro players get away with dissent and even OFFINABUS. As referees we’re told not to take anything like that, yet it’s rare pros ever get booked for dissent and sent off for offensive language.

Hi All, Just wondered if some of you can share the techniques you use to deal with dissent throughout the match. I understand the Steps approach and it can work really well but for some reason my mind goes completely blank when calling a player in for a "chat". I've identified the dissent and...

Recently I gave two yellows in an U11 match both for dissent. This put me up to 5 cards this season at that age. Are the rules the same for dissent at this age as adult football as I feel I might be giving too many cards?

At what point do you caution for dissent at youth level? I referee u12 and U11 at the moment both being competitive (have to report score and discipline) and let most things go. But I have have had some Lippy kids recently. So at what point do I clamp down and start dishing out cards?

As there are no official guidelines as to what constitutes 'dissent', where do you draw the line and issue a caution for words or actions?