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Jan 2016
11:42am, 20 Jan 2016
6,982 posts
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Binks
The 8 things a referee must bring to a football game...
A red card
A Yellow Card
A Whistle
A Notepad
A Pen/pencil
A Coin
A Watch
And a Football.
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Jan 2016
11:43am, 20 Jan 2016
29,218 posts
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Hendo
Shut the front door.
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Jan 2016
11:45am, 20 Jan 2016
12,135 posts
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TRO Saracen
FFS....
*feels stupid*
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Jan 2016
11:49am, 20 Jan 2016
1,343 posts
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Nicholls595
Really?
I thought the home club provided the ball (certainly at lower levels)
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Jan 2016
11:51am, 20 Jan 2016
6,983 posts
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Binks
Apparently it's the referees job.
He at least walks onto the pitch with it
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Jan 2016
11:59am, 20 Jan 2016
21,915 posts
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macca 53
my son is on 't commitee of a lower level (Northern League) club - the club provide the ball to the referee (who has to check it's the right size/model/pressure etc - so he probably needs that stuff with him as well - the *8 things* are the ones he needs to bring onto the pitch)
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Jan 2016
12:05pm, 20 Jan 2016
1,344 posts
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Nicholls595
I once played in a Sunday morning match when the ref had forgotten his whistle. His first plan was to wave a tracksuit top when he wanted to stop play, which failed for obvious reasons. He then decided to shout his name. This was equally ineffective. It led to one of the funniest things I have ever seen on a football pitch. Our midfielder won a tackle on the edge of our box, and we counter attacked up field, with the away team chasing back, and the referee running behind, waving a track suit top and screaming "Tom Evans, Tom Evans!". We ignored him, and scored. The referee collected the ball from the back of the net, tucked it under his arm, marched off the pitch, got in his car and drove away.
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Jan 2016
12:11pm, 20 Jan 2016
21,917 posts
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macca 53
love it 
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Jan 2016
12:37pm, 20 Jan 2016
9,514 posts
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Bazoaxe
BInks, not sure the top level refs need to bring a ball...good question though and annoyed I missed the coin....
Re the lack of a whistle, a few years back I was at the local park with my kids and ended up watching game of football and something wasn't right but I couldn't quite place it - then realised the ref had a flag and no whistle and it was an odd sight to watch when the ref made a decision and waved his flag. I eventually realised that one of the teams was a deaf football team and clearly a whistle was no good. The ref managed it pretty well though .
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Jan 2016
1:10pm, 21 Jan 2016
1,243 posts
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Surrey Phil
As has been mentioned before, the home team are usually required to provide at least two balls before kick-off for the referee to inspect. They stay with the referee or assistant until they get paid after the game, when they are returned.
Red and yellow cards are not a necessity, although they have been applied to all levels of the game for some time. A player can still be cautioned or sent off without a card being shown. They are just for clarity for all involved.
A second watch is also required. One for stopping during the game and the other just runs through. The only thing that has not been mentioned (I think) is his/her kit.
A referee I ran the line for a few times, hardly ever blew his whistle. He had such a presence about him that he was able to stop the game with his voice and only blew his whistle for serious offences, apart from to start and end each half.
If you want to know what a referee carries in his kit bag, you would probably never guess.
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