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Hi all A bit of background - I've reffed for 2 years at 9 a side (u11/12) now and want to do 11 a side now (u13/14). The way the youth leagues work in my area is one league takes up 5-9 a side games and the other takes 11 a side. Therefore if I want to do 11 a side the only option is to move to...

Hi all In anticipation for the upcoming season i'm im the market for a new base layer for the cold sunday mornings, as my current one doesn't seem to be doing any help (probably because it's a tad bit big). I'm not sure which one to get as there are so many options. If anyone has any...

Hi all, got a bit of a unique day this Sunday. For context, I ref u12 Sunday mornings, and I've been reffing for just shy of 2 years now. Last year I was AR on u11's final, which I was super happy with. This year I thought I had dropped off a bit, but clearly not as I've been selected to be 4th...

What has the world come to? U12 swearing at ref? In the first half of my game today, reds had a penalty shout. I could see there was a tangle of legs somewhere but there were far too many players in the way and red player went down. I decided to wave it away. Couple minutes later and the lad...

Hi all. Quick one. I've just bought a new match shirt off ebay, and the seller has (very kindly) provided 3 free 75ml cans of vanishing spray. I understand this is a top level piece of equipment, however is there anything saying I shouldn't use it should I wish? Don't think I'll be pulling it...

Hi all U12 game, never expect much, however before this one i was thinking it would either be the "usual" or it could get incredibly nasty. 2 teams from the same area for context. Answer is it got nasty, but not too nasty. First half red manager complains about a non-existent offside, other...

Hi all, a very rare one yesterday. U12 match, last minute, blue team 9-2 down. game is dead. In the first half I gave a rather soft penalty to the blues which they scored. Similar foul happens on a red player so I feel I need to give that one too. Pen is taken and saved, ball out for a corner...

Hi all My school has asked me to referee an u13 friendly between our school and another local one. pretty bog standard school game. I've never had any involvement in school football, never played etc... I've been told kick off time, where it is and it's 11 a side with 30 mins each way...

U12 game today. Red team were losing and getting agitated, I had already sin binned 2 players for swearing at me. Red goalkeeper was going for a drop kick and took the ball a solid yard or 2 outside of the area, DFK. Red coach (who questioned an earlier decision) questioned the decision again...

I was refereeing an U11 game this morning when one player who had been questioning my decisions all game committed an act of dissent again for the 3rd time now after I told him twice I'm not having it. YC and sin bin. He told me his first name but I didn't get his second as he had already...

I'm new to refereeing and this site, I started refereeing back in September and it's been going well so far. I'm doing U11 9v9 games at grassroots every Sunday morning, 3 games per day. I'm a level Y1 and I was wondering what to do when I feel ready to move to Y2. I was wondering how to get the...