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hi all looking for some support/advise. I have been doing a lot of refereeing this season considering I qualified earlier in the year, but I am at the point where I think i am burning out I have quite a mentally exhaustive job (teaching) and refereeing 2x a weekend has started to make me dread...

Very niche question here and may well be better for my RDO but… no where in the 7 -> 6 promotion guide does it give a specific gender for the adults games, theoretically I could do 2 games in one Sunday (not that my legs would hold up from a men’s Sunday league then a women’s game 😂) therefore...

Having toyed with the thought of Womens, youth or men’s football. I have deciders that I would prefer to officiate on the women’s game (I have previously been quite involved via coaching etc, and has been something I have been in particular seeing the development over the last few seasons). Is...

Hi guys, I have just finished officiating my first ever OA game. Pre season friendly between 2 middle league Sunday teams. Breaking it down the game and a few key incidents. Overall, I think it was a very hit and miss game. I think I did a few things well and had quite a few poor decisions...

Hi All, I have my first ever OA game this weekend having qualified earlier this year and doing a few youth games to get a feel for it. The nerves have set in but also excited for it. Any advice anyone can share?

Evening folks, Quick question I have worked a lot in women’s football in my previous experience coaching etc, and this is something I could be interested in as a match official. I know the promotion scheme is different for the women’s game, as a Level 7 (qualified in May) is this something...

Has anyone got any advice around positioning. I have refereed a few games now (mixture of 11v11 and 9v9 as there hasn’t been a large amount of OA games due to off season) and some games I feel I have got it spot on, keeping left and tracking in to have a good angle and proximity if ball is out...

Hi All, I have had some contact with local leagues about registering with them for next season however I am after some advice. I appreciate this is quite niche as it is mainly related to Northants CFA. I have a few colleagues at work that are also referees/involved in refereeing in other...

Hi All, New Level 7 ref here and I am planning on trying to gain promotion 7-6 next year (would love to do 6-5 aswell but I am realistic that this is quite unlikely) the new promotion targets seem to include 5 AR appointments however the only 2 leagues near me that consistently run teams of 3...

Hi all, I have recently completed my 5 games after my ref course (just awaiting tick over from trainee to Level 7). What I am struggling with at the moment is getting in contact with ref secretaries for different league. My CFA has sent out contact details for all the leagues advising us to...

I’ve now completed my first 5 games after completing the refereeing course, due to the timing majority of these have been youth football (although I am for OA next year). I submitted my games to the RDO to be signed off (around 3 weeks ago) however I am yet to hear anything and my WGS still...

Morning All, New ref here! I have completed my 5 games since I took my course and I am now on the look out to join leagues. I am keen to work within OA and begin climbing the promotion ladders. What type of leagues/football would be best for this? I fall under the Northamptonshire FA so we have...