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General Discussion / Re: Crystal Palace v Chelsea - D England (VAR M Donohue)
« Last post by rustyref on Mon 26 Jan 2026 19:14 »
For completeness, this was the rationale for the 2024 law change that Dermot referred to.  Nothing to do with a shot being on target, rather to bring it in line with other DOGSO offences so that players who give away a penalty as a consequence of their arm position aren't sent off.

Non-deliberate handball offences are usually the result of a player attempting to play fairly, so when a penalty kick is awarded for such offences, the same philosophy should apply as for offences (fouls) which are an attempt to play the ball or a challenge for the ball, i.e. DOGSO offences result in a yellow card and SPA offences result in no card. Deliberate handball remains a red-card offence when a penalty kick is awarded, as it is similar to holding, pulling, pushing, no possibility to play the ball etc
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General Discussion / Jarred Gillett - Newcastle v Aston Villa
« Last post by TA_Ref on Mon 26 Jan 2026 19:04 »
I have to ask a question for the sake of my own sanity.

Over the last 24 hours, I have seen so many comments on social media (I know…) saying he had a terrible game, he was remarkably inconsistent etc. But when I was watching the game I thought he was magnificent. No thread on here suggests he put in a very good performance but I have to ask do others agree with me?
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General Discussion / Re: Farai Hallam - Manchester City v Wolves
« Last post by Microscopist on Mon 26 Jan 2026 19:00 »
https://x.com/propsMCFC/status/2015413140805021830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2015413140805021830%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=

Apart from the penalty there were a couple of other odd decisions.  The clip above shows a corner where Donnarumma seems to have comfortably kept the ball in play.  Both the commentary on the City webpage and City fans at the match agree that this decision was given by the referee (some 25 yards away) and there was no flag by the Assistant referee.  (Edited)

The other was a discretionary choice, but one that I have rarely seen.  Doku was fouled, a regular occurrence, firstly as he was moving forward he was forcibly pushed in the back causing him to fall forward and then as he fell a boot was planted on his ankle.  A yellow card was issued and Doku was treated on the pitch.  He was then sent to the sidelines and not allowed to return to the field immediately.  Now the treatment was on the long side and I know referees have discretion on this matter, but in the circumstances I would regard that as a harsh decision.
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Cup Appointments / Re: The EFL Cup (Carabao Cup) – 2025/2026
« Last post by olliebcafc on Mon 26 Jan 2026 18:57 »
Has Hooper had it yet?
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Cup Appointments / Re: The EFL Cup (Carabao Cup) – 2025/2026
« Last post by TheThingFromLewes on Mon 26 Jan 2026 18:40 »
I think it’ll be Jones or Gillett for the final….
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Select Group - Premier League / Re: Sat 31st Jan - Mon 2nd Feb 2026
« Last post by robbieg on Mon 26 Jan 2026 18:23 »
Nice to see Tierney at Sunderland next Monday night.

Evens out the names we have seen so far this season a bit after having Rob Jones three times from eleven home fixtures.
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General Discussion / Re: M OLIVER - Fulham v Brighton.
« Last post by TheThingFromLewes on Mon 26 Jan 2026 18:08 »
Quote from: Whistleblower on Mon 26 Jan 2026 12:09
Quote from: gooner on Mon 26 Jan 2026 09:48
Quote from: Whistleblower on Mon 26 Jan 2026 09:09

I always assumed Seagull was a Brighton correspondent on this Forum but I may well be mistaken.

hi,

a natural assumption, but then again, maybe he's an ornithologist

great display be MO

regards,

gnr

then again, maybe s/he just likes nicking other people's chips !

The seagulls in Brighton and my home town of Eastbourne are vicious little buggers… any sniff of food being consumed in the open and they will literally fly at you from behind and snatch it.
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International Appointments / Re: UEFA Referee Updates
« Last post by Ben on Mon 26 Jan 2026 17:34 »
The 34th UEFA Advanced Course for Top Referees will be held in Limassol, Cyprus.

Limassol (Cyprus)
02 - 05 February 2026

Elite

Emanuela Rusta ALB
Erik Lambrechts BEL
Irfan Peljto BIH
Ivana Martincic CRO
Frida Mia Klarlund DEN
Michael Oliver ENG
Anthony Taylor ENG
Christopher Kavanagh ENG
Marta Huerta de Aza ESP
Olatz Rivera Olmedo ESP
Jesús Gil Manzano ESP
Alejandro Jose Hernandez Hernandez ESP
José María Sanchez Martínez ESP
Lina Lehtovaara FIN
Stéphanie Frappart FRA
Clément Turpin FRA
Benoît Bastien FRA
François Letexier FRA
Felix Zwayer GER
Tobias Stieler GER
Daniel Siebert GER
Sven Jablonski GER
Eleni Antoniou GRE
Katalin Kulcsar HUN
Orel Grinfeld ISR
Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi ITA
Silvia Gasperotti ITA
Marco Guida ITA
Davide Massa ITA
Maurizio Mariani ITA
Donatas Rumsas LTU
Ivana Projkovska MKD
Danny Makkelie NED
Serdar Gozubuyuk NED
Espen Eskås NOR
Ewa Augustyn POL
Szymon Marciniak POL
Catarina Isabel Ferreira Campos POR
Joao Pedro Silva Pinheiro POR
Alina Pesu ROU
Iuliana Elena Demetrescu ROU
Istvan Kovacs ROU
Nicolas Walsh SCO
Jelena Cvetkovic SRB
Srdjan Jovanovic SRB
Désirée Blanco SUI
Sandro Schärer SUI
Ivan Kruzliak SVK
Slavko Vincic SVN
Rade Obrenovic SVN
Tess Olofsson SWE
Glenn Nyberg SWE
Halil Umut Meler TUR

Category 1

Juxhin Xhaja ALB
Sebastian Gishamer AUT
Aliyar Aghayev AZE
Caroline Lanssens BEL
Jasper Vergoote BEL
Georgi Kabakov BUL
Igor Pajac CRO
John Brooks ENG
Juan Martinez Munuera ESP
Ricardo De Burgos ESP
Javier Alberola Rojas ESP
Mohammed Al-Emara FIN
Fabienne Michel GER
Sascha Stegemann GER
Vasileios Fotias GRE
Simone Sozza ITA
Andrea Colombo ITA
Manfredas Lukjancukas LTU
Andris Treimanis LVA
Nikola Dabanovic MNE
Sander van der Eijk NED
Rohit Saggi NOR
Michalina Diakow POL
Damian Sylwestrzak POL
Luis Godinho POR
Marian Barbu ROU
Radu Marian Petrescu ROU
Nenad Minakovic SRB
Urs Schnyder SUI
Miriama Bočková SVK
Mykola Balakin UKR

VAR

Bram Van Driessche BEL
Jarred Gillett ENG
Michael Salisbury ENG
Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP
Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez ESP
Jérôme Brisard FRA
Bastian Dankert GER
Christian Dingert GER
Marco Di Bello ITA
Daniele Chiffi ITA
Dennis Johan Higler NED
Pol van Boekel NED
Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins POR
Andrew Dallas SCO
Fedayi San SUI
69
Select Group - Premier League / Re: Sat 31st Jan - Mon 2nd Feb 2026
« Last post by TheThingFromLewes on Mon 26 Jan 2026 17:34 »
Oliver was impeccable as always at Fulham last Saturday and I agree with Claretman totally.

He will have a very busy summer coming up so will want to head into the World Cup in top form.

In other news, Brooks for us at Old Trafford.

A very good game for Jones at Spurs.

I shall be at the Amex on Saturday as Mrs Thing is an Everton fan… and finally get to see Kavanagh in the flesh. 
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EFL League 1, 2 & National League Prem / Re: Sat 31st JAN – Thu 5th FEB 2026
« Last post by TheThingFromLewes on Mon 26 Jan 2026 17:29 »
Alan Young with a decent derbyish tie at Priestfield…..

Reeves with a basement battle at Crawley.
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