I did very few fixtures during preseason although did keep my fitness up throughout the summer. However, this weekend I picked up an injury.
The injury occurred after my fixture Saturday and knowing I had a game Sunday morning I called the ref sec on the way home to advise him its unlikely I can fulfill my appointment due to the injury to which he said "I will see what i can do". Late that evening I called him again to find out if a replacement had been sourced and he said he hadn't but I could try so and so, he's available.
I called any referee I thought could be available but all were unable to help out so reluctantly called both clubs to advise that its unlikely I would be at the fixture tomorrow as I have picked up an injury but I would call again in the morning to confirm. I called the following morning to confirm the injury was no better and I was unable to come to the fixture at which point the clubs contacted the referee secretary.
I have now had to withdraw from a number of fixtures including AR for FA Vase a supply league game which I always enjoy, on the bright side it looks to be only a minor 7-10 day lay off so hopefully won't impact my promotion season too much.
Couple of questions really
1) the ref sec is new this year but surely its for him to source & appoint a replacement referee
2) How will it be viewed on the supply league and via the FA. I gave my supply league 2 weeks notice and the FA 1 week?
Last season I was available to the Sunday league even if i didn't have a fixture on would readily be on standby for any last minute appointments etc so i feel really let down by the league which then made me question if I wanted to continue refereeing
Injuries happen, I am not sure what I could have done although I will probably now just accept 1 appointment a week
The injury occurred after my fixture Saturday and knowing I had a game Sunday morning I called the ref sec on the way home to advise him its unlikely I can fulfill my appointment due to the injury to which he said "I will see what i can do". Late that evening I called him again to find out if a replacement had been sourced and he said he hadn't but I could try so and so, he's available.
I called any referee I thought could be available but all were unable to help out so reluctantly called both clubs to advise that its unlikely I would be at the fixture tomorrow as I have picked up an injury but I would call again in the morning to confirm. I called the following morning to confirm the injury was no better and I was unable to come to the fixture at which point the clubs contacted the referee secretary.
I have now had to withdraw from a number of fixtures including AR for FA Vase a supply league game which I always enjoy, on the bright side it looks to be only a minor 7-10 day lay off so hopefully won't impact my promotion season too much.
Couple of questions really
1) the ref sec is new this year but surely its for him to source & appoint a replacement referee
2) How will it be viewed on the supply league and via the FA. I gave my supply league 2 weeks notice and the FA 1 week?
Last season I was available to the Sunday league even if i didn't have a fixture on would readily be on standby for any last minute appointments etc so i feel really let down by the league which then made me question if I wanted to continue refereeing
Injuries happen, I am not sure what I could have done although I will probably now just accept 1 appointment a week