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I often see on here Referees being disgruntled with what’s happening in regular grassroots football and contemplating packing it all in or actually walking away from refereeing. There is a growing opportunity (and a need) for FA Referees to become involved in walking football. There are close...

Thoughts on the disallowed Eze ‘goal’ for Palace against Chelsea? It appears that after a VAR intervention that the goal was disallowed for a Palace player being within 1m of a Chelsea ‘wall’. Now it didn’t look like a wall to me but 3 players stood in a line with a clear gap between one...

Can anyone explain to me please the difference between the two elbow/forearm incidents in the Bournemouth/Villa and New/Chelsea games? I thought right from the outset both were worthy of red cards.

Any suggestions please regarding whistles that have distinctive tones. Will be part of a team of referees officiating at a multi pitch event with games going on at the same time on 3 separate pitches very close together. It would be great if we could identify whistles that are distinctive for...

This Friday sees delivery of the first of 6 pilot courses for the brand new FA WF course. The course will be delivered initially in Derby, Newton Abbott, Manchester, Essex, Southampton and Sunderland before being rolled out by County FAs to meet demand from September this year. The course will...

The FA have released an amended version of the laws for Walking Football and these have been circulated to all county FAs. Soon to follow will be FA training materials that will enable WF referees to become qualified. It is hoped that this provision will see more referees see WF as another...

I had the pleasure of refereeing the final of the FA Peoples Cup at FA St George's Park on Saturday evening. This came after an afternoon of refereeing group games and a semi final. The final like all the other categories were televised by BBC through their website. I had a great day and enjoyed...

Hi everyone. I am a level 6 Referee but now only refereeing in walking football. I am keen to spread the word about walking football and the need for enthusiastic and qualified referees to help with the games development. There are over 1000 clubs now around the country, over 200 entered the FA...