Referee Exam

[AgnesIO]

whats in the rulebook for a player who runs into an opposition? the opposition man just stands there and the player getting by gets floored? it happened in our match today and the referee did nothing, i thought it was a free kick.

If you mean literally ran into one of your players in a careless/reckless way then it is a direct freekick.

So say player A is standing there (with the ball) and Player B (Opposition) runs into him without intending to get the ball it would be a Direct Free Kick (Charging an opponent is one of the ten direct freekick offences). Now whether the referee cautions/sends off the player depends on if he think it was only careless, or if it was reckless a booking.

If I was the referee going by what you have said happened, I would have booked the player for charging the opponent (if he had the ball) and given a Direct Freekick.

[Liampowell]

Thanks, how many marks did you need to get and out of how many, i know you need 75% but how many marks what did you get?

Did any 1 fail on your course?

[Black_Apalachi]

Hey Liam.

The beginning like 15-20 questions are very easy. They are all videos of offsides etc - easiest 20 marks on the test.

After this on the video it gets slightly harder.

Oh and here is a tip: If a player hand balls the ball in the penalty/goal area it is a caution (even though it looks like Maradona!) On the course EVERYONE got that wrngo - so remember caution not sending off lol

Then you get onto the question paper. This again starts off very easy, but be warned that some of the questions are worded 'cleverly' (or damn right stupidly) so make sure you read and reread the question!

Hope that helped

Does the context on the hand-ball not make a difference? :S Like if you hand-ball it in your own box to prevent a goal, or if you hand-ball it in their box to score a goal, etc rather than just moving your arm slightly so it hits it but without effecting play too much?

[AgnesIO]

Does the context on the hand-ball not make a difference? :S Like if you hand-ball it in your own box to prevent a goal, or if you hand-ball it in their box to score a goal, etc rather than just moving your arm slightly so it hits it but without effecting play too much?

Well sort of.

However if it is denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity (which it blatantly was) or scoring a goal with your hands then I would always give a sending off.

On the video though it was a defender inbetween two attackers they all jumped up to head it in the goal area and the defender punched the ball off (above head height) for a corner.

But for some reason the test says that is only a caution.

However on the send off report forms reason S4 (Send off/reason 4) you ticdk that box if the player in question has "Denied an obvious goal scoring opportunity"

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Ok about the test:

• 100 Marks Overall
• 30 Marks based on video evidence
• 70 Marks based on option paper

The option paper, we all originally though would be 70 questions - but it is 2 marks per answer - so it's only 35 questions

75% therefore is literally 75 (which is MUCH harder than it seems)

Half the people on my course go 76 - 81, and half of us got 82-91 (nobody got above that.) I got 83.

[Black_Apalachi]

Sounds like a pretty tough exam, purely because virtually everything in football is debatable lol.

[AgnesIO]

Sounds like a pretty tough exam, purely because virtually everything in football is debatable lol.

Yep that was what made it so hard.

You basically had to try ang guess at some points what the FA (well whoever made the question) would give. Which on the video section, when they were doing about fouls that is a bloody hard decision.

[Liampowell]

What laws do you think need to be revised the most before the exam??

[AgnesIO]

What laws do you think need to be revised the most before the exam??

Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct - Make sure you know the ten Direct Freekick offences - Don't worry about Indirect ones - as if you know it is not a direct offence then it is obvious

Law 2 - Have a quick check up on the ball - if I remember rightly one of the earliest questions on the paper are about the weight of the ball.

The rest of it just check up a little bit on every law - Law 12 is certainly the hardest one though

[Liampowell]

Off to my exam in 15 minutes, i hope its not hard i rele do!

Wish me luck! Got any last tips or tricky questions i shud b aware of b4 i go?

[AgnesIO]

Sorry mate I didn't see this thread until later.

Good luck - hope you pass!

Remember if you fail, in one month you can retake the exam, free of charge (without going to the sessions) at your local FA branch