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In Hertfordshire you need a minimum of 25 games, with at least 10 being open age (according to the County website) There are two other requirements on the website for 7>6 candidates. Firstly you will need to register your interest in promotion - contact details are on the website. Local...

As a newly qualified referee, you should have been given free membership of the Referees Association, so the local branch should be able to help you. Failng that, the County FA should have provided you with a mentor in at least one of your first games - if not, e-mail the Referee Development...

From the 1996 LOTG: "(2) If a player leans on the shoulders of another player of his own team in order to head the ball, the referee shall stop the game, caution the player for ungentlemanly conduct and award an indirect free-kick to the opposing side"

Unsporting behaviour. That's been so for a long time. As an aside, the extreme example was initially put forward of a goalkeeper catching a cross, stuffing the ball up a team-mate's shirt, and the team-mate getting a piggyback from another team-mate to the other end and running into the...

I just searched - the FA handle it via KitAid.

I don't know whether it still happens, but The FA used to donate new and used kit to countries with a lot of football lovers but not a lot of money.

I suspect that the IFAB decision was made after the nonsense in Africa, rather than Tank asking the Dog and Duck Reserves AR "Are you sure, lino?" about a throw in decision🤔

My learned colleague may wish to make it clear that in this instance, SAR stands for Subject Access Request, not Specialist Assistant Referee;)

Not the most helpful CFA website - just e-mail or phone to ask the question. Most CFA's open applications when the current season ends. Good luck!

From my somewhat limited experience of Subject Access Requests, I think you could apply to be sent your own marks (but probably only that, not the Merit Table.

Why do refererees need to know the pool average throughout the season? In deciding which pathway to follow, an individual mark for refereeing, and one for AR appointments, at the end of the season would inform the official sufficiently. A pool average for the season could be released at the...

In England, as from this season the Observer does not see the total mark they have awarded to the referee, which (IMHO) is a step in the right direction. A radical change would be to not display the total mark to the referee, and even more radical would be to stop issuing "merit tables" at...

Give me 3 months to come up with an answer😂

Full time Observer 💡🤣

Allowed in those competitions which authorise their use - which includes the Premier League (and many other leagues all the way down to semi-Pro)

Is the normal practice in that league to publish club marks? Are they worth having? Are the panel rankings and scores usually published to referees in your area?

As a side issue about bias among match officials, I was aware yesterday that a young relative is bored, having suffered a broken leg, so is stuck indoors. I set him an Internet challenge. "How quickly can you collate allegations that referees/VAR are biased against each team in the Premier...

Not conclusive from this screenshot (although the camera is in the technical area, from where coaches always see offside clearly😁)

I would send off for the directed use of the "C" word. If the football authorities want to add a discriminatory twist as an extra charge, that's their right (but unlikely to succeed 🤔) For those who don't believe the "C" word is offensive, insulting and/or abusive, that's your opinion but not mine🙂

It can be helpful in grassroots football to whistle then immediately call out the reason, e. g. "Kicked him on the leg" Think also about your positioning after whistling - move away from players to your starting point for the taking of the penalty. If players then head towards you, a palms down...