Referee Cheat Sheet
Here
they are - all of the penal and non-penal fouls and the Red and Yellow Card
offences summarized in a single table and a checklist of matters to be covered
in pre-game instructions by Referees to Assistant Referees (plus . . . a set of
instructions for the referee to give to his assistant referees). Fully updated
to comply with 2003 Laws of the Game.
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PENAL (DIRECT FREE KICK) |
NON-PENAL (INDIRECT FREE KICK) |
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Kicking or trying
to kick opponent |
Offside (no offside
on throw in, corner kick or goal kick) |
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Tripping or trying
to trip opponent |
Goalie takes > 6
seconds or touches ball with hand after release or after deliberate kick or
throw from teammate |
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Jumping at/into
opponent |
Dangerous play (not
"high kicking") |
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Charging opponent |
Impeding progress
of an opponent (obstruction) |
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Pushing opponent |
Prevent GK from
releasing ball from hands |
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Striking or trying
to strike opponent |
Wasting time |
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Above require the conduct to be committed in a manner
considered to be "careless, reckless or using excessive force" |
Touching the ball a
second time after the ball is in play following a throw-in, goal kick, corner
kick, penalty kick or free kick |
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Tackle an opponent
to gain possession (making contact with opponent first) |
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Holding an opponent |
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Spitting at
opponent |
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Handling ball
deliberately (incl. GK outside box) |
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CAUTION (YELLOW) |
SEND OFF(RED) |
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Persistent infringement of the Laws
(PI) |
Language/gesture that is abusive, insulting, or offensive (AL) |
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Unsporting behavior (UB) |
Obvious goal scoring opportunity denied by a
penal foul offense (DGF) |
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Dissent by word or action (DT) |
Serious foul play (SFP) |
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Delays restart of play (inc. failure to retreat required
distance on free kicks or corner kicks (DR) |
Spits at an opponent or other person (S) |
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Leaves w/out ref's permission (L) |
Violent conduct (VC) |
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Enters or re-enters w/out ref's
permission (E) |
Obvious goal scoring opportunity
denied by deliberate handling (DGH) |
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Distance – fails to yield required distance (FRD) |
Second caution (2CT) |
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Notice the acronym: Puddled |
Notice
the acronym:Lossvos |