RK - not Stockport, no. We were going to Lincoln but have had a change of heart. I reckon the new eyes will be better for watching football though. It had all been getting a bit vague at the other end of the pitch.

That's an integrity issue OI and is usually based on a partisan view from supporters (perfectly acceptable of course). I've had more than game where a late decision on my part resulted in extra time. My tired legs had to keep going for a further 30 minutes and, contrary to some beliefs, we didn't get paid "overtime" 😄 At the end of the day all refs ( in my own experience) refereed with honesty and fairness even if, especially when I was a player, some were appalling.

Spurs should go the full Danny Blanchflower route and sack the new manager before they hire him.

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Padd, did i hear (or see) correctly, that you were going to Stockport? If so, how did it go with new eyes?

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Surely time for Sean Dyche

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Paddington - thanks. That makes a little bit more sense. I think.

TS - are you saying it could be true at times when people say "the referee seemed determined to play on until X equalised"?

REPD - if you're still here or read back - in your latest SW19 piece you write about being uncertain about the need to vote a second time. It's the usual crap writing from the club. You could choose to do votes one *and* two before the first AGM, or you could choose to do the first vote only and wait until the second AGM to do the second one. I hope that makes sense.

I think rugby has definitely got it right regarding blowing for ht/ft.

Alan, yellow card is an option in that case, in which case time would be added. The end of your posting is spot on and us common sense refereeing.

Rugby Union allows for 80 plus minutes as long as the ball is in play.

But the referee is (or was) the sole arbiter of time, it's not bending any rules. The wording of LOAF used to have the rider "if in the opinion of the referee". I seem to recall a game at Selhurst where we were awarded a corner "on 90 minutes". The taker (NA) asked the ref how.much time we had and was told that he time for the corner. No sooner had he kicked the ball than the ref blew for time. There was a great deal of "debate" from our players on that lack of common sense decision.

In that case I would have blown the whistle and not given the corner. Time can only be added for a oenalty to be taken. If I was due to blow the whistle while the corner was to be taken, I'd allow it to be taken and unless a goal was scored immediately I would blow for time.

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Rugby union does allow for a game to continue after 80 minutes when a penalty is awarded which seems right. I wouldn't oppose changing the laws of football to something similar but I don't agree with bending the existing laws.

What if the free kick happens in the 88th minute and the team taking it piss around to gerrymander a result? Blowing up a soon as the ball is kicked is down to them pissing around. But do really agree with the notion that if you give a kick, then it should play out, either by becoming dead, ball moves away from goal or that the phase, such as a goal mouth scramble end.

What if time is up just as a shot is in flight and a defending player then handles the ball? You allow extra seconds for the penalty but the keeper save it. Do you blow up just as the penalty taker is about to score from the rebound?

So a football match shouldn't be 90 minutes, it should be as long as one person thinks fulfills the spirit of the game? That is similar to saying don't whistle if someone is only a bit offside and they weren't offside a little earlier.

I wouldn't allow the corner nor and "secondaries" from a FK but the ref should tell the teams exp the one attacking

What if time is up just as the keeper tips the ball for a corner? If you allow the corner to be taken you have to wait to see if it results in a goal or else you're back to blowing the whistle when a shot is in flight.

When I was training to be a ref my trainer, John Crook (ex-League referee) told us to never blow for time if a shot was in flight. If a goal was scored, we should restart the game and blow the whistle for time seconds later. If it wasn't scored, blow for time as the goal kick was taken. There used to be a degree of "the spirit of the law" with some noteable exceptions.