Referee takes a spare whistle out onto the field of play with him. At some stage in the game, he drops it and is picked up by a Red team player. Later in the game, Blue team is attacking, and has an obvious goalscoring chance. The Red team player blows the whistle and the Blue team stop, the ball rolling into the possession of the Red team goalkeeper.
 
What are the next steps the referee takes, assuming he knows who blew the whistle?

The officials for this seasons cup finals are being announced. Those selected will be getting notification from Wirral FA but the fixtures are available via their website http://www.wirraldistrictfa.com/
Some of the competitions are still at the semi-final stage so the appointments will be updated as and when. Congratulations to those selected.

Neil Davies has been appointed as the referee for this years Pyke Cup Final on Good Friday - 21st March 2008. His assistants will be Danny Hitchell and Matt Turton. The game will take place at Vauxhall Motors FC and kick off time is 11am.
The Pyke Cup is the main cup competition for West Cheshire Division One teams and is a fiercely contested competition. This is undoubtedly a very prestigious appointment and we wish Neil and his team the best of luck for their day.

Just 13 members at last night's meeting. We sat in a semi circle and analysed several incidents from games played in both the Premier League and the Championship since our last meeting as put together by Jack. These included clips from Blackburn v Everton and Manchester City v West Ham involving difficult offside interpretations. Members went away with a clearer idea as to what areas should be penalised and what should not when it came to 'being in an offside position'. Members were reminded to always remember that .. it is not the player's position that is the offence, but the actual involvement in either making contact with the ball or CLEARLY blocking the view of the flight of the ball from the goalkeeper. Simple! So why complicate it?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7242810.stm

A football League in the North of England is to ban swearing on its games.

With quite a few members already offering their apologies for the February meeting which clashes with Valentines Day the AGM which is held every February meeting will be now held in March to ensure a good attendance and all committee will be available for election or re-election.