However, to show that the kick is indirect the referee keeps one arm outstretched above his head until after the kick is taken. It avoids any confusion when a goal is scored directly from a free-kick.

Zirm wrote on the clip: "My deaf dog thinks the referee signs to her specifically ... it became glaringly obvious she was consistently watching football and getting really into it: running ...

Yet according to another referee we interviewed, these signs are “merely displayed as lip service”: I’d say county-level, Saturday football is probably the worst example of players using ...

However, to show that the kick is indirect the referee keeps one arm outstretched above his head until after the kick is taken. These are not the signals you should be wanting a ref to show you. The ...