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Just got back from officiating said game. And it was TOUGH. I wasn't expecting the game to be so difficult. I appreciate it was a semi-final so stakes were high. But these kids were acting very aggressively towards each other. 1 Yellow for each team, one team for a trip/late challenge after the...

I was club linesmen for the team I coach for yesterday morning- it was the team I coach for (let’s call them team A) against the team who my brother plays for (team B) so that was interesting 😒. It was a cup game. Team sheets were being used. It was u13’s. One of our players turned up late and...

Hi all Last Sunday I was refereeing a semi-final at a leisure centre. They offered two choices of goal: An adults goal, and a goal that was 5 feet narrower than the competition rules. The competition rules said that if the right sized goal wasn’t available then an adults goal was to be used...

Tuesday Night was the Cup finals briefing for Northants FA, completely surprised by my allocation this season! Was expecting a line or a couple of 4ths, but turns out I've been awarded a middle on the 13s cup final. Second season in a row I've been involved in the Sixfields showpiece!