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Anyone else reaaaaally rate Farai Hallam - started the season on a high!

Hopefully this doesn’t jinx it and he doesn’t go on to drop a clanger in the second half…

With the latest law changes the little joy left in reffing is being sucked out.

For the majority of refs who operate down the local park on a Sunday what is being asked of them is ridiculous.

All these countdowns, DOGSO changes, substitution changes. Where is there time for a ref to enjoy the game?

I've been reffing 35+ years so i'm at the ...

FA email with lots if words faying we are going to follow the laws of the game. What were they doing before?

"As part of our ongoing support around the recent Laws of the Game updates, we wanted to share some additional guidance regarding situations where a player deliberately handles the ball immediately following a goal kick.



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Hi all, I've just received this email with snippets of an email from the FA regarding the 10 second substitution protocol and U18 players.. so according to the FA due to safeguarding, the 10 seconds wont apply to U18 players.. Not sure how you would enforce this in a game where some players are U18 and some arent.. just curious if this was received by anyone else, it was sent to...

As we all know, since the United States made it to the Round of 16, it's still called soccer for another 16 months.

Leagues Cup, Tigres (MEX) vs Vancouver (CAN); as the Tigres goalkeeper looks to distribute, an off-camera foul seems to happen near the center line. As the Tigres GK rushes forwards to quickly take the freekick from half, Referee Ivan Barton, beloved i...