Recent content by norfolkref

Tried the Nike Premier's hated them, switched around October to Copa Mundials. I'll never go back now

Hi all, I've had a productive first season as a referee, I just wondered as I have looked at going for 4W-3W next season, what if any preparation I should do for the fitness test? I'm aware its 4x 6.40 second sprints and a 17/22 interval run which on the face of it doesn't look too bad, it's...

Hi mate, this is my first season from L7 to L6 on 6-5, i'm sure mine will come across with a pinch of salt.. 😂 44 Middles across Women's (regional/county leagues), county mens (Div 3 and 4) 43 Yellow Cards, 9 red cards (of which 5 are second YCs), 14 of the 43 yellow cards are sin bins...

miles worse and the sizing is all over the shop 🤷‍♂️

Yeah we almost had this issue Weds night, woke up at 2am to see I'd been given 6 games in a day thankfully the appointments officer had missed some referees entirely so it was rectified but a little scare! We had Bolt to travel around and they paid for it, but I think Paris is metro - what's...

Quick update, it was incredible. Some of the places we refereed at were breath-taking. Certainly a language barrier with teams. My favourite word for the week being "aqui" for here 😂 Absolute highlights were AS Roma vs AEK Athens in the elite category, Roma vs Select Brasil and Met Oval Academy...

I'm probably going to play devils advocate with this one, but the one directed at you - 100% RC. I too had my first straight red in a U14 this season, a lot of "oh you could have sin binned him" etc etc, but ultimately just like fouls if you're gonna do it/say it, you have to be ready for the...

Just realised I did not include a link: https://www.refstore.co.uk/products/red-yellow-cards-refstore Other alternative would be the plastic A&H cards, I sometimes have a spare set in my pocket if I need it (rather than faff about getting them out of my book)...

Refstore make some thick ones, albeit a bit of branding on them. I took was after a replacement as seemingly Refstech don't make their hard cards anymore either!

thanks all, it went without a hitch. As usual stressing about it and overthinking too much. Tie went to ET which the away side nicked in the last minute. Puffed around 12KM distance all in. Both assistants were experienced in their own right we were a well oiled machine on the day 😅

I've got it in hand now, not 100% I'm too keen on it will have to use it on match days and see how I get on!

Hi all, just after some of your more experienced pre-match instructions. I've only ever run the line in a team of 3, never the middle. And given I should probably get some experience before I work with internationals, I have a academy PL shield game this weekend in the middle. I don't have...

Not to keep reactivating this thread but hilariously I'm told same player tried to play in a Vets 'friendly' and has now received a permanent ban... 🤷‍♂️

Only thing I'm not keen on is "non dangerous jewellery" about as vague as the shin pad being made of suitable materials - who are we to judge And downgrading a Dogso to no card if it results in a goal, think we are just going to see more awful tackles go unpunished because players know if a...

I have gone ahead and purchased one, birthday present as such. Don't yet have it in hand, given the snail slow shipping from Sweden. Just a word of warning that Spintso have elected to undeclare the value of the watch so unsurprisingly I've been slapped with a £50 customs VAT charge that I'll be...