penalty

Saw this: https://x.com/Rootz_TV/status/1701587506758631935?s=20 The behaviour of W14 is another matter ..... Thoughts ?

Had two games this weekend, and two nearly identical incidents. Attackers through on goal, keepers comes out, may or may not have got the ball first, (marginal at best, but don’t see the ball changing direction), but completely wipes out the players. I give penalties for both, as I think both of...

Hello. This is my first post asking a question about my 5th game for U13s. The match was 1-1 at the time, and the defender handled the ball into their own net. By the time I noticed and blew, the ball had entered the net with no intervention from any other player. I awarded the goal, should it...

Sunday morning: a throw in was taken and the ball was travelling back to the keeper, the keeper was stood right down on the touchline inside his penalty area about to recieve the ball when an opposition player nips in front of him, taking the ball out of play and is clattered by the keeper -...

Why is holding in the box so often ignored at professional level? If this happened on a Sunday league pitch it’d be given every time, so why do pros get away with it?

I'll begin by saying that I know we got it right, but things could have gone quite wrong. That's why I seek a bit of advice. Adults game, good regional division. The ARs are good friends and very good referees I can rely on, and we use communicators. It's 0-0 and just 7 minutes left on the...

One of the biggest discussions in refereeing world was the penalty that Bjorn Kuipers awarded in the game between Croatia and Italy. Was it a penalty? And if so, why no retake? Uefa referee boss now said, and that's according to the new Laws of the Game, that the goalie deserves a yellow card...

What do people think about this? Suarez was outside the box until Messi kicked it, even though most people disagree. Pen starts at 25 seconds.

Controversial week in the Australian Hyundai A-League (HAL): 2 games: SFC (Sydney) in blue, CCM (Central Coast Mariners) in yellow This game was a chuckle - instead of a coin toss they pulled a Christmas cracker/bon bon to see who won! 1:15 in. Penalty decision. SFC player is clearly...