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Either way, his interpretation of the rules is different to everybody else’s and that is a problem (one way or the other).
If he allows it and then blows for time afterwards, he faces fury from the other side- especially if he shows his watch to them and its OVER the time he said would be added on...
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If he allows it and then blows for time afterwards, he faces fury from the other side- especially if he shows his watch to them and its OVER the time he said would be added on...
Time added on is a minimum, but I think my point still stands - the scoring side can feel hard done by because in every other game in the country it’s likely that goal would stand (regardless of the actual rules).
So what does he do. His watch hits time shortly before the goal. Does he unfairly prejudice the defending team by playing extra to give the attacker a chance to score?
Convention - and what referees are encouraged to do - is to allow play to run until the ball heads into a neutral area. Blowing the whistle when the ball is bouncing round the six yard box is a blatant attention-seeking act. Ridiculous, egotistical thing to do.
Out of interest- what should he do there? Blow early in case a goal is scored, or let time run on to allow a goal, when time is actually up?
There's no specific law to cover this. You would normally expect added on time at the end of a half, and the only reference to the timing of this is that 'The additional time may be increased by the referee but not reduced'. So it's at the ref's discretion when to blow the whistle beyond 45'+ any added time.
I think we all know that in the example above refs would normally let such a phase of play complete - it's exceedingly harsh since the shot was taken before the whistle was first blown.
There's no specific law to cover this. You would normally expect added on time at the end of a half, and the only reference to the timing of this is that 'The additional time may be increased by the referee but not reduced'. So it's at the ref's discretion when to blow the whistle beyond 45'+ any added time.
I think we all know that in the example above refs would normally let such a phase of play complete - it's exceedingly harsh since the shot was taken before the whistle was first blown.
Kettle should have had his chips for that imo.
I did my refereeing badges many years ago and the Clive Thomas Brazil-Sweden corner came up. The referee instructor had no doubt whatsoever that the goal should have stood.
Of course, that was slightly different, in that the corner provided a break in the play when Thomas could have blown for HT. He should have made a calculated decision to either blow then, or once the passage of play had passed after the corner. Which he didn't.
But the point about allowing a passage of play to complete was reiterated by referee instructor. A sensible referee allows play to continue until the ball rolls into a neutral (or relatively neutral, given circumstances in play) area. It's a matter of common sense, basically.
I did my refereeing badges many years ago and the Clive Thomas Brazil-Sweden corner came up. The referee instructor had no doubt whatsoever that the goal should have stood.
Of course, that was slightly different, in that the corner provided a break in the play when Thomas could have blown for HT. He should have made a calculated decision to either blow then, or once the passage of play had passed after the corner. Which he didn't.
But the point about allowing a passage of play to complete was reiterated by referee instructor. A sensible referee allows play to continue until the ball rolls into a neutral (or relatively neutral, given circumstances in play) area. It's a matter of common sense, basically.
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