The Forum Is Growing.....
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YorkshireReferee
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Some other referee related forums have become graveyards in the past 6 months. When I originally joined this forum wasn't anywhere near as active as it is now. Note my join date an the fact I've only become active on here within the last month.
RateTheRef is the only other major one but that mainly concentrates on the professional games referees I find. Obviously we do discuss them but there's a lot more developmental help on here.
RateTheRef is the only other major one but that mainly concentrates on the professional games referees I find. Obviously we do discuss them but there's a lot more developmental help on here.
Mooseybaby
Retired big bad baldy in all black!
Briefly looked at ratetheref, but from what I saw appears to be predominately a place for fans to vent about how terrible referees are in general with very little regard for the actual laws of the game.
Used to be a regular on the referee forum, but it's full of tumble weed these days!
Used to be a regular on the referee forum, but it's full of tumble weed these days!
YorkshireReferee
Well-Known Member
I think there's more than one RateTheRef, but the main one is majorly referees, and it does seem that those of the higher levels are on there. There's quite a few L2's and above on there.
I have used The Referee Forum. Back when I first registered for this forum TRF seemed to be more active, but it simply has died off. Not enough active members which has cascaded into more leaving.
SM
The avuncular one
It seemed to die because of a small number of users who strangled the life out of discussions with their holier than thou attitude (imho of course).
Sad. Was a busy forum when I first came upon it some time back. Some great content.
Let's make sure that doesn't happen here gents?
Sad. Was a busy forum when I first came upon it some time back. Some great content.
Let's make sure that doesn't happen here gents?
RegalRef
Politically Incorrect
HertsFinest
Next Weeks Ref
Yes was an ally of mine on that forum hence the nod with the name!
SM is right though. Too many arrogant sods meant I found refchat!
RegalRef
Politically Incorrect
HertsFinest
Next Weeks Ref
You...mean.....*sniff*………
I'M NOT THE FIRST?!?!
I assumed you WERE SheffieldsFinest 
But hey. It's like a second hand Aston Martin. It's that good, you know you're not the first, but do you really care?
Mod edit: nice picture, but a bit much.
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SM
The avuncular one
Sheffield's finest was a very interesting and funny gentleman
Note: not to say others mentioned weren't of course. You are now here trying to educate the heathens and sundial is refereeing at the big game in the sky.
Just thought id post some stats for you all to see that show how things have changed over the years. You were clearly all bored in January 2015 as that shows we had over 3500 posts that month 
Took best part of 3 years to get to 20000 posts
The above image was from July 2013
This one from April 2014
To sum up, im really quite chuffed with how things are progressing here. I still remember the night i put this live, new years eve 2010, whilst sat in a cabin on a rooftop of a grotty block of flats in London, saying to myself, ill be surprised if this takes off!
So big thankyou from me for your continued support
Took best part of 3 years to get to 20000 posts
The above image was from July 2013
This one from April 2014
To sum up, im really quite chuffed with how things are progressing here. I still remember the night i put this live, new years eve 2010, whilst sat in a cabin on a rooftop of a grotty block of flats in London, saying to myself, ill be surprised if this takes off!
So big thankyou from me for your continued support
YorkshireReferee
Well-Known Member
I think you just had to wait for The Referee Forum to hit its demise as that was very popular when I joined it. There was also another one around when I first qualified (2012) but it isn't here anymore. Sheffield's Finest still posts on The Referee Forum but it seems to be just him there haha.
I ran a fairly successful local football forum that eventually died, I've always been involved in forums, so was eager to start another one up. Seemed logical to start one about refereeing as its been a massive part of my life. So on that freezing cold night in Camberwell whilst waiting for a spare part to arrive, RefChat was born!
And here we are 5 and a bit years later, almost 70k posts, 1500 ish members and over 2k followers on Twitter.
Chuffed to bits, considerably out of pocket as RefChat has its own dedicated server and a huge database.l, but wouldn't change it for the world.
And here we are 5 and a bit years later, almost 70k posts, 1500 ish members and over 2k followers on Twitter.
Chuffed to bits, considerably out of pocket as RefChat has its own dedicated server and a huge database.l, but wouldn't change it for the world.
DanCohen17
Simply The Best
It's all a taxable deduction now that you're back active again
I trust you are not referring to me there!!
I became a mod as part of an injection of new blood but it haemorrhaged people. The decline started before Official Sports went belly-up, but that just accelerated it. The "columns" The Sheriff and The Piranha, criticising the FA and other Premier League referees (allegedly written by one...don't believe a word) whilst trying to win the kit deal (ok A+H had it sewn up anyway... boom boom) is hardly a sound business decision.
