Law 5 in the Laws of the Game (LoG), states that it is the duty of the Referee to act as timekeeper and keeps a record of the match. The referee is the sole judge of the time. A match is played in two halves of 45 minutes with allowance for time lost added at the end of each half. Allowance is made in either period for all time lost through substitutions, assessment of injury to players, removal of injured players from the field of play for treatment, wasting time and any other cause like management of the wall, action of cautioning or sent off, temporary suspension for repair of goal posts or cross bar. The allowance for the time lost is at the discretion of the referee (pg. 26 LoG). The guidelines to referees and assistant referees stressed again that the referee must allow for the full amount of time lost through injury to be played at the end of each period of play (pg. 68 LoG).
In addition, the Guidelines states that many stoppages in play are entirely natural (e.g. throw-ins, goal kicks). An allowance is to be made only when these delays are excessive.
The fourth official indicates the minimum additional time decided by the referee at the end of the final minute of each period of play. The announcement of the additional time does not indicate the exact amount of time left in the match. The time may increased if the referee considers it appropriate but never reduced. The referee must not compensate for a timekeeping error during the first half by increasing or reducing the length of the second half (pg. 96 LoG - Guidelines).
Playing additional time accordingly is an act of fairness and by doing so the referee should not feel that he is being biased to one team as he will be depriving them of the actual playing time, if he does not. There is no maximum or minimum added time i each half as incident and wasted time differs from each half or each game. At times a well handled and fair game ends up with one team unhappy just because of the insufficient time added in the match. The referee should try to posses a good watch that has a count-down timer and chronometer (stopwatch) features to enable him to sanction the playing time accordingly. The stopwatch should be stopped when there is a stoppage that needs the referee to act on the incidents for temporary suspension of the game and then add the appropriate accordingly.
In addition, the Guidelines states that many stoppages in play are entirely natural (e.g. throw-ins, goal kicks). An allowance is to be made only when these delays are excessive.
The fourth official indicates the minimum additional time decided by the referee at the end of the final minute of each period of play. The announcement of the additional time does not indicate the exact amount of time left in the match. The time may increased if the referee considers it appropriate but never reduced. The referee must not compensate for a timekeeping error during the first half by increasing or reducing the length of the second half (pg. 96 LoG - Guidelines).
Playing additional time accordingly is an act of fairness and by doing so the referee should not feel that he is being biased to one team as he will be depriving them of the actual playing time, if he does not. There is no maximum or minimum added time i each half as incident and wasted time differs from each half or each game. At times a well handled and fair game ends up with one team unhappy just because of the insufficient time added in the match. The referee should try to posses a good watch that has a count-down timer and chronometer (stopwatch) features to enable him to sanction the playing time accordingly. The stopwatch should be stopped when there is a stoppage that needs the referee to act on the incidents for temporary suspension of the game and then add the appropriate accordingly.
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