Referees and Rules

[remmiboi]

Is it just me or have refereees been told to tighten up across the board? I have been to four games at various grounds this season and must have been 8-10 cards in each one and lots of added time. Even when they are not being assessed.

[wacker]

I am not against the extra time rule, but it needs to be constant. Having watched all 5 of Northallertons games this season, 4 of them saw 4-5 extra minutes added (normal) however at Redcar on Friday night its was over 12 , in which Redcar scored with virtually the last kick. There were very few stoppages .

[collierylad]

To me the extra time rule was brought in because of what is happening time wasting wise at the top level premier league through to football league. Is there as much time wasting goes on in the Northern league as there is in top flight football. The answer is absolutely not so to be adding 9 or 10 minutes on at this level in some cases more just because there doing it at top flight is absolutely ridiculous and theres no need for it. Referees should just play the situation. Add on whats necessery and nothing more just because it looks good elsewhere.

[dusty]

Time keeping aspect is not to be enforced as rigoursly at grass roots levels as it is not a factor as it is at professional levels.

The delaying of start of play (kicking the ball away, stopping a quick free kick etc) is to be enforced

[eastdurhamhopper]

I hope the kicking of a ball away, stopping a quick free kick or throw in etc. is managed a little more this year.

Players seemed to get away with it all too often last season

[kentrebel]

If the "time wasting" rule were to be enforced at Northern League level I would expect the added time to higher than in the Premier/EFL leagues just by virtue of the time taken to get stray balls back ready to play. The Prem for example mandates the number of balls ready on the sidelines to give to players following a hoof into the stands for example

[footyfollower]

Absolute farce today at Crook Town, finished one a piece v North Shields
First half there were 5, yes 5, lengthy injuries,(one went on for 7 or 8 mins at least) the ref added on only a brief amount of time
In the second half there were 4 lengthy injuries, and a one in added on time
There were also a number of substitutions made
The ref added on only 3 minutes, utterly ridiculous
Either team could have got a winner in added time, of course
I feel I was short changed, I paid for a game of the correct length , clearly this ref was just 'doing his own thing'
I can only presume he personally simply does not agree with adding on the correct time at the end of the game ( which I suppose he has been instructed to do by the FA)
Other than that he put in a decent performance

[squaddie]

I’ve saw a few games this season where players/managers try to speak to officials and officials get aggressive towards them. Is this a new directive from the FA?

[england]

Aug 19, 2023 19:23:01 GMT squaddie said:

I’ve saw a few games this season where players/managers try to speak to officials and officials get aggressive towards them. Is this a new directive from the FA?

I can’t say I’ve seen them get aggressive, but defo a zero tolerance approach.