Unfair addition of extra time.

[Karl]

They now are supposed to add time for every period the ball is not in play!
That has never happened...but it is what is called for.

A standard adult football match consists of two periods of 45 minutes each, known as halves. Each half runs continuously, meaning that the clock is not stopped when the ball is out of play. There is usually a 15-minute half-time break between halves. The end of the match is known as full-time. The referee is the official timekeeper for the match, and may make an allowance for time lost through substitutions, injured players requiring attention, or other stoppages. This added time is most commonly referred to as stoppage time or injury time, while loss time can also be used as a synonym. The duration of stoppage time is at the sole discretion of the referee.

...and...

Laws of the Game - Law 7 - The Duration of the Match

Allowance for time lost



Allowance is made in either period for all time lost through:

• substitutions

• assessment of injury to players

• removal of injured players from the



fi eld of play for treatment

• wasting time

• any other cause

The allowance for time lost is at the discretion of the referee.

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affe...2011_12_en.pdf

[Mosiah]

Thanks for the info!

Even so, I don't see 6 minutes. I will have to go through the game myself and keep check on my stopwatch to see if it was fair.

[Karl]

Well...it is the ref's decision.
For the record, I thought the ref was brilliant.
He was strong (some other refs would have yielded to the pressure and awarded at least 1 penalty against us)...firm without resorting to 'bag load of cards', fair and never interjected himself as 'star'!

If he keeps it up, who knows we should see him in more high profiled matches and just may see him in the 2014 World Cup?

[Jawge]

Yup no complaints refereeing of the highest order. Ran the game well. The man should be selected to ref in the WC.

[Mosiah]

To be honest, the added time is not such a big deal. I would rather campaign for Mattocks inclusion than to protest against the 6 minutes, to be honest!

He did an outstanding job fi real!