Can anybody shine any light onto this issue for me.
I was watching an u14's game this weekend where the referee kept awarding free kicks against players saying "leave it" or "my ball".
This was said between players communicating on the same team.
In my mind this was not verbal distraction but communication and instructions exchanged between team mates.
I spoke to the referee after the game and he insisted that a player must call his name when going for the ball.
I have read FIFAs laws of the game from cover to cover and I can find no mention of a player having to call his name or put his name on the ball when calling for it.
Does this rule exist and have I missed it?
In my mind if the Ref saw this as verbal distraction he should have produced a yellow card to the offending players but he did not.
Any advice would be greatfully received.
I was watching an u14's game this weekend where the referee kept awarding free kicks against players saying "leave it" or "my ball".
This was said between players communicating on the same team.
In my mind this was not verbal distraction but communication and instructions exchanged between team mates.
I spoke to the referee after the game and he insisted that a player must call his name when going for the ball.
I have read FIFAs laws of the game from cover to cover and I can find no mention of a player having to call his name or put his name on the ball when calling for it.
Does this rule exist and have I missed it?
In my mind if the Ref saw this as verbal distraction he should have produced a yellow card to the offending players but he did not.
Any advice would be greatfully received.