Recent content by 555Ref

Both clubs are registered (according to the managers, I haven't seen any proof personally) and I was appointed by the home club as county don't appoint grassroots friendlies where I am. I don't have any reason to doubt the managers, it's just the situation with the name change/new club that I'm...

Hi Today I sent off a player (OFFINABUS) in a friendly fixture between two Sunday league sides. My question is how I would report this in some unique circumstances. One of the teams (not the one that had a player dismissed) was sponsored by a pub, but the pub has come under new ownership and...

You definitely need one to do youth football, it won’t let you tick the youth box during registration unless you have one. Strictly speaking, you don’t NEED one to do open age, but some players will be 16/17 so it’s best practice.

I have had this before. When I used to do youth football I was playing U15s and I declared it to the league on my registration form. (I did my course myself, my club didn't pay for it). When I was appointed to referee my club I asked the referee secretary about it and she said it was fine...