Always worth repeating the exchange some of us had with Mike Riley back in 2012.A few seasons ago I was reffing a Northern Premier game. The striker went round the keeper who tripped him up about 2 yards outside the box but before I blew up the striker got to his feet and put the ball into the empty net. I thought "great advantage". However, in the changing room the assessor says I should have blown up and red carded the keeper as you should never play an advantage from a red card incident. I asked him what red card incident, too which he said "denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity". He did not really have an answer when I pointed out he had not denied the goalscoring opportunity.
like when we played stoke away a couple of seasons ago early on in the season......corner to stoke next minute the ref points to the spot Raheem gets booked..commentary team announce that its a new rule that any infringement (player being held) on a corner will result in a penalty......another rule applied to city never to be seen again
One for refs amongst us:
What happens when you're reffing a match in which an established team is drawing 3-3 with its local rivals, but they desperately need a win to maintain both their title challenge and perceived superiority over said up and coming rivals and you've added four minutes of injury time?