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I have just noticed my county registration fees are up by 50% this year - £20 to £30.

Any ideas why such a large rise?

I've not had a 50% pay rise in fees or in any work i have.
 
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No but they have been £20 for the last few years and referee fees have mostly more than doubled since then and the cost of administering the services they give have also substantially increased too. You always have a choice to not register...
 
Kent Ref said:
I have just noticed my county registration fees are up by 50% this year - £20 to £30.

Any ideas why such a large rise?

I've not had a 50% pay rise in fees or in any work i have.
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You are complaining about £30? I paid AU$250 (about £134) for this season's ref rego, had to fork out another $250 for a mandatory new sponsor referee kit, and anther $108 for working with children check registrations. Thought the kit could last a few years until they change sponsors again and the WWCC lasts 5 years.
 
Kent Ref said:
I have just noticed my county registration fees are up by 50% this year - £20 to £30.

Any ideas why such a large rise?

I've not had a 50% pay rise in fees or in any work i have.
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Mines £95 this season. £65 to local and £30 to national (unless paid late then it goes to £45).
As mentioned, I can do two games to cover that with the fees involved but the reason the fees shot up is because they took travelling fee away. This particular youth league has sent me in the past 30 miles from home as there are no referees local there. I was one of the closest. The stretch of this league is that the furthest the other direction is about 40 miles away. The teams have it just as rough.
They're all one way. So fuel etc adds up.
 
They've been £20 for years, and fees have increased a lot since then. I've only been qualified 3 seasons now and my match fees have actually almost doubled in that time. They have to cover their costs somehow. I don't know what my CFA fee is for 26-27 but I know my local RA's fees are up from £10 to 15 for youth refs, and 15 to 25 for over 18s. Again, it's all about covering costs.
 
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As others have said the fees haven’t gone up for many years. 50% is a big jump, but the increase in fees and inflation since the fees were last increased would be more than 50%.
 
JamesL said:
No but they have been £20 for the last few years and referee fees have mostly more than doubled since then and the cost of administering the services they give have also substantially increased too. You always have a choice to not register...
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Where are these places where ref fees have doubled?

Our last rise was £30 to £35 7 years ago.

Not in my area of Kent has anything doubled. With petrol allowance being removed they've gone down and the fees have held the same for 7 years with no rise next season.

Can you referee a youth league without registering with a CFA?
 
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Kent Ref said:
Where are these places where ref fees have doubled?

Our last rise was £30 to £35 7 years ago.

Not in my area of Kent has anything doubled. With petrol allowance being removed they've gone down and the fees have held the same for 7 years with no rise next season.

Can you referee a youth league without registering with a CFA?
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In the last 10 years, the fee on our county league has increased from £15+mileage to £35+mileage, and U14-U16 has increased from £15 to £35. If you were getting £35 for youth matches 7 years ago, that was certainly ahead of what the youth league fees were here.
 
Just had the update from county FA stating increase from £20 to £30. States the £10 increase is ringfenced to finance improved training for grassroots referees.
 
It’s been a while coming as fees have generally been increasing. But 50% in one hit is a big jump. Some will baulk at it, some will happily pay it.

What I am more interested in is how the funds will be used. For the vast majority of referees, CPD isn’t currently available easily unless in promotion pathway or in specific targeted groups. But the email suggests will be more widely available and I’d like to see more about how that looks.
 
If the county FAs are struggling with funding for referee activities why offer these free or vastly reduced referee courses?

Financially makes no sense at all.
 
Kent Ref said:
If the county FAs are struggling with funding for referee activities why offer these free or vastly reduced referee courses?

Financially makes no sense at all.
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I think the intention will be that improved learning materials will be (or already have been) produced, those delivering the learning events will be better trained with ongoing training as well.

I hope the learning involves more and definitely improved support for those newly qualified as well.

For the sake of refereeing for all , development is not just about producing the next set of Premier League referees but also producing good referees at grassroots level
 
Hilly1618 said:
I think the intention will be that improved learning materials will be (or already have been) produced, those delivering the learning events will be better trained with ongoing training as well.

I hope the learning involves more and definitely improved support for those newly qualified as well.

For the sake of refereeing for all , development is not just about producing the next set of Premier League referees but also producing good referees at grassroots level
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One of the regular issues is that after we deliver a course the attendees should be mentored on one or two of their first five games.
Other than Academies, mentor support is at best sketchy and in many areas it is non-existent.
Now, if every match official in this forum would be willing to mentor on 4 occasions in season 2026-7 the issue would be 80% solved. 4 half days in 9 months🤔
Let's be part of the solution rather than . . .
 
ChasObserverRefDeveloper said:
One of the regular issues is that after we deliver a course the attendees should be mentored on one or two of their first five games.
Other than Academies, mentor support is at best sketchy and in many areas it is non-existent.
Now, if every match official in this forum would be willing to mentor on 4 occasions in season 2026-7 the issue would be 80% solved. 4 half days in 9 months🤔
Let's be part of the solution rather than . . .
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Yes I’m out there mentoring new referees, but it does need to be far better structured to be of real developmental value. Across all formats of the game.
 
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