(i) Duties of Match Referee: Match Referee is an official responsible for the conduct of game under rules and regulations. His decision shall be final for the result of match. He is authorized to exercise his powers under the rules. 

• He enforces the rules of game over both teams, gives decision on controversies and disputes over ground. 

• Referee keeps the record of the game and acts as timekeeper. 

• He stops the game if player has been seriously injured and restarts the game after stoppage. 

• He is to check the equipments of the game and see that ground is fit for conduct of the game. 

(ii) The basic compulsory equipments: Studs (football shoes), Shin Guard, T-shirt with No., Shorts, Stocking. In case of straggle for ball possession when both players commit foul simultaneously, in that case the Referee stops the game for sometime and afterwards drops the common ball to get the possession of the ball. Game restarts when the ball touches the ground.