Recent content by dylanbailey4444

Only counting my 13 matches as a level 4, either at step 5 or in the county cup, I cautioned; 55 Dismissed 6 Sin binned 0 When I did games outside of normal level 4 fixtures, (such as on a Sunday I do county u18’s and midweek some college football, uni football, etc) I was probably averaging...

Probably. Oh well. I’m 20 and want to push for refereeing. I am probably better at lining , but I got into refereeing to be a referee , so will push for that and see what happens.

I am third in the AR merit table , but have chosen the referee pathway. Oh well

I coach an isthmian u18’s team and I know a lot of the officials (refs & Lino’s) that we get. I also do the team sheet exchange , etc, so always pop in to say hello but never say anything , regardless of if they are the best official(s) we’ve had all season or on the other end of that scale, I...

Did this tournament a few years ago and made some great friends who I still keep in contact with now ! Great tournament.

‘7, yes please, come here’ (the second after you’ve blown the whistle)

I do see what you’re saying. But like others have said , it’s got to be a red card and I just felt it look a tad long for him to give it considering the only option was red card. But I do appreciate your point 😁

Have to agree. Was surprised he took so long to get the RC out. Looked like he was communicating with other officials……. At that level I’d expect it to be given straight away.

Similar thing to me last week. I refereed a college game and a tackle went in. I’ve blown the whistle and ran over and got my notebook out and he’s walked past me and said ‘I know I’m off’ then turned round and gave me his name(without me asking) and said ‘I know it’s a red’ I wasn’t going to...

Lucky they weren’t arrested 😂😂

Everyone’s different. I’ve found my cautioning process has been much faster at level 4 and better. I just tick off the name as I caution them - plus I can also find out other people’s names that I want to know (throwers, goalkeepers names etc) that’s helped massively. If I want to start calling...

If you only get the team sheets 5 minutes prior , a useful way might be to write the teams in your notebook but only write their first name and number. If you caution them, ask their surname. Or, you write their initials in your notebook and their number and just check their initials when...

Also, just to add, that’s is no requirement for a tie. The league rule is now shirt, trousers and shoes. No ties/ suit.

As a member of the league itself, it’s fair to say most officials aren’t’ happy. If the league require it, I’ll do it. But some officials have openly said they will refuse to attend games and/ or attend games in a tracksuit.

I’ve done referee abroad a few times and I agree. We referee differently to other European referees. A lot of them flash cards about, run into situations too quickly, etc. Too eccentric.