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There were a few hundred people in attendance as it was a final so was quite noisy. I did shout ref and must have looked a right plonker. All I was thinking was if a goal is scored now in the final and this has been ignored it'll look so bad. Not as bad though if the team had scored from the...

Last night I was AR. GK placed the ball at least 1 yard outside the 6 yd box and looked across at me before it was kicked. I signalled to move the ball back which he did. 2 mins later same scenario apart from a defender placed the ball there. The GK looked to me again but before he could move...

One of the reasons I stopped doing JPL games. Could find the league but not all the teams were there and ran into a brick wall with county FA when trying to administer match offences

Out of interest why did you take up refereeing?

I would advise you to look at the leagues website and find the league handbook. It is really useful to know the specific league rules. At junior level I wouldn't imagine any of the leagues would require you to see team sheets. There is a requirement though for managers to present to the...

Don't beat yourself up, there are many experienced referees that will not tackle open age football so give yourself some credit for trying it. Personally, I now refer open age football to junior football. different challenges but I think more rewarding when you get it right. I've had games as...

I feel like this every weekend and the weather this year has contributed to that. Getting home, soaked, absolutely freezing, totally fed up due to the antics of players/coaches/parents (I never did like going to a zoo) so know where you’re coming from. But, the alternative is a sit and rot or...

Sounds like you’ve done everything you can to avoid sending a player to the sin bin. There has to be an element though of the players and team officials doing everything they can to avoid a sin bin too. Personally if a player is showing dissent especially public dissent where everyone can hear...

It's difficult to offer advice without the context. You say that sometimes you say.............. then a short while back a CWO approached you after the game. You don't say what you actually said in that game or what tone you used, could it have sounded confrontational to someone on the side? I...

Then when you get a certain age, find somewhere for a half time pee

I would speak to the dbs to see where it was sent. Your dbs could have convictions on it so should always be sent to the certificate holder.

It is illegal to send it to anyone but the certificate holder. The certificate comes from the dbs not Fa. I can guarantee you it would’ve been sent to you

The original certificate goes to you not the Fa. Did you submit your documents online? You will have a dbs online account if you did to order a duplicate. You won’t get it for weekend though

for the FA to be able to accept it, if must be enhanced. It does have to say referee, coach or teacher but it must be for child workforce and finally a check must be included on the children’s barred list. If all 3 are present the FA can and will accept it

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