Recent content by davidmt

Hi there, I referee in the UK for a couple of seasons, should be L4 in January and will try to push for 3. I'm also L2 in Futsal, so I usually do a football game on Saturday and a Futsal one on Sunday. I'm lately losing a bit of interest in the Futsal, for different reasons. I'm considering...

Hi, thanks a lot for clarifying — that really helps. I'll take a look at the referee group. Cheers!

Hi, I’m fairly new to the UK and I’m going from 5 to 4. I had a good game where I felt my observer was very pleased with my performance. My mark was 72.3. While I’m happy with it, I’d just like to clarify what is considered a good mark and what isn’t, as all the observations I hear about...

Thanks a lot! So just to clarify, players associate the words "play on" with advantage, then? If there is no foul and you need to shout something, better avoid that term and use something like "no foul" / "nothing there", right?

Hi everyone, As I’ve mentioned in other posts, I'm a new referee in the UK, after having refereed in Spain and Canada. My English is good, but I would like some advice and ideas on how British referees communicate in certain situations where I feel I have less fluency or knowledge of what...

Ok, so you would say Saturdays is when most lower leagues play, so it would help me get from L7 to L5? And after that, to advance from L5 I should focus on Sundays? Thanks!

Thanks for that mate! I'm still very much lost on how the promotion procedures work, and where will I start, but I'm sure it will make sense once I get started and meet my RDO. If you don't mind, I might get back to you in the following months!

Hi! I've been a referee in Catalunya, Spain. I can try to help, although if you move to a different region, things will be a bit different. I've only switched countries from Spain to Canada and currently from Canada to the UK, so I can't tell exactly how it would work from the UK to Spain. As...

Thank you, that's very useful! If I take the job, I will prioritize being free on Saturdays then. I'm going to try to help, sure! I'm still not very familiar with searching in the forum, so thanks for pointing out this thread.

Hi everyone, I've been a ref in Spain and Canada and I've recently moved to England. The main reason is because I want to experience refereeing here and, in the longer term, become a referee instructor, as I was in Canada. My goal this first year is to referee as many games as possible to get...

Hey, thanks for your answer! I will definitely check it out :)

Hi guys, I have a general question: how do you enter into a job as a referee appointment secretary? It seems to be a part-time job, and I've seen a couple of old adverts from some years ago but nothing recently. Is it more of an internal job offer? I would be interested in doing it, and I...

Haha I hope you enjoyed the game! Is there anywhere I can check the teams/schedule of these games? Or even if I'm lucky any youtube link to them?

Thank you, that's very useful!

Hi everyone! I'm a referee moving from abroad, and I will continue to referee football and futsal. I have some questions regarding futsal, since there is less information available... - For a referee, does it have the same promotion system as football? And levels? - Does the season have the...