Referee red cards linesman after penalty argument at Essex youth football game An Essex FA referee sent off one of his own match officials following a controversial penalty decision www.essexlive.news Essex FA ref gave yellow card, then red card to club assistant ref! Is that even permissible ..read more

VAR is so rubbish. I tuned in for injury time, just in time to see another match ruined. "It makes a mockery..." of the whole sport. (No way I'm paying to watch this rubbish ..read more

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1729616569670520903 Thoughts? Does this qualify as challenging the keeper while he has the ball? The goal stood fwiw ..read more

Newcastle very unlucky with a penalty decision in the last minute. Thoughts ..read more

I recently came across this documentary from the late 90s. The main key points from it seem to be, the issue of violence against referees and issues of recruiting and retaining referees. It seems like not a lot has changed in the last 25 years or so. I also wonder how those in the documentary progressed/stayed involved in refereeing ..read more

Just seen this posted by a colleague of mine on social media. Generally speaking I think our county are very good and the standards of behaviour are as good as anywhere else I've been, so I can only imagine this was a very serious... Read more ..read more

'Player behaviour towards referees tops agenda at Tuesday's IFAB meeting' IFAB: Player behaviour towards referees tops agenda at Tuesday's meeting of game's lawmakers IFAB board meeting at Heathrow on Tuesday to look at player behaviour including proposals for further trials of sin-bins at grassroots level and potential trial of only captains speaking to referee; board will also be updated on the ongoing FIFA-led review of the VAR protocol www.skysports.com I'm sure they'll took themselves up in a fancy hotel somewhere and come up with more ways to confuse us ..read more

I get it's 5 minutes into the match but how has Robinson avoided a card here and how has Salisbury deemed that as an advantage and not bring that back? There was clear no advantage gained and the better option was a free kick. Awful tackle by Robinson ..read more

Brych was officiating his 344th Bundesliga game, which tied a record. He was injured in the 33rd minute of the Eintracht Frankfurt game, with 28 year old Patrick Schwengers stepping in at the start of the 2nd half in his Bundesliga debut. Best wishes to Dr. Brych on his recovery. Hopefully, he will recover in a manner to conclude his elite refereeing career on his terms instead of this injury dictating the end of his career. German referee suffers ligament rupture in record-equalling game German referee Felix Brych has suffered cruciate ligament rupture while officiating record-equalling B ..read more

Just after a bit of a straw poll here, I know it's subjective but I'm interested in what other refs think as I've not had this happen before. Level 6 ref going up to 5 this season. I'm quite chatty on the pitch, giving players an idea of if the things they are doing are likely to result in a free kick at some point (e.g arms in the back but not pushing, I'll tell the player to watch their arms because if they push it's gonna be a foul, good tackle but make sure you play the ball or its gonna... Read more ..read more