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Tom - just to say we got ours this week. So it looks like the backlog is being cleared!

Tom I qualified back in January, with my daughter and neither of us have had anything back from the FA. I rang the FA, at Wembley twice, speaking to helpful staff but massively clueless and under-trained. One put me through to St. Georges as "they do all the training there now". Spoke to the...

I wish someone would tell the halfwits on Match of the Day/Sky etc this....

With regards to the original post I would play on. With regards to the Ref or their assistants helping out by giving the players advice I saw a remarkable performance the other day at a Combined Counties League game (senior football - non league level 5). One of the assistants gave advice...

I sometimes get a bit nervous but I slow down, breath deeply and remind myself that I am doing this because I enjoy it. That normally switches me back into the right frame of mind and zone. Then at the end of the game when I have heard lots of abuse I ask myself "Why do I bother?" And after...

I had a weird one too. In one match the assistant manager gave an offside half way through the first half, (which never was offside) and I waved play on, shouting "Not offside, play on". For the remainder of the half he refused to flag for anything, just folded his arms. At half time I told...

Tim Lawrence confirmed to me that the 9x9 with offside were acceptable. I am Surrey FA too.

alot of people have the FA one on the other side to that in the picture because the incompetent FA send their badge out 4 months (4 months and still waiting for me) after you qualify whereas the county FA give it to you on the day....

Pretty much what Mike said when I went to the Surrey FA one. Very friendly open atmosphere.

I had an incident which if it happened again I would do the same, but I got annoyed because I entered into a discussion with a spectator/possible coach (but not official manager). His team were attacking and a ball went through that their forward was never going to reach. The central defender...

I got abuse from a manager last week for giving one against his side where the player's foot was very high and opposition player went in with head (no contact), and then 5 minutes later one of his players stooped low to head a ball and opposition player went in with feet at a normal persons...

That is what I would do. BEnefits the attacking team more.

In competition rules that I have read there is normally a minimum time. One thing for certain is that no one else will know. I took charge of a double header (Girls U14 game) the other week where only one full game is played but the result counts double, only to be told as I am entering the...

Before I took my course last summer I was convinced the 6 second law had been scrapped as in all the Wimbledon games I see the referees never, ever give it, even when the fans behind the goal start counting and reach 11, 12, 13 etc..Unbelievable really...how the refs can ignore it at that point...

In the Surrey County Girls League, which has teams such as QPR, Palace etc in them there is no requirement for the referee to have the teamsheets and full names of the players. It is the managers responsibility. Only in the cup games does it come into effect. One of the rules of the competition...

As long as the games are either 9v9 or 11v11, with full offside law for the 9v9 (and obviously for the 11v11) then you should be able to use all of those games towards your 6. Even friendlies count. I was allowed (I checked beforehand) to use a friendly that was also a "trials" match whereby...

Wow, that's very forward thinking, no chance of the national FA implementing it then, lol

Never happened to me but I have been advised that if you don't get paid then just report it to the league.

Read the laws of the game and here is a website that gives qquestion in a similar style to the 35 question multiple choice. http://areferee.com/soccer.php

I occasionally ref at the U13 level (and girls too) and it is quite difficult to not stop play when there is an injury. There is a certain expectation that being u13 they are more vulnerable. However, they also play to it. In one girls U13 game where I had already stopped play 3 or 4 times for a...