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  1. norfolkref

    IberCup Cascais 2026

    Hey! I've somehow been accepted by my CFA to attend this, this year March 30-April 5th Just wondered if anyone else has done this and can tell me roughly what its like, what I'll need to bring with me etc? Thanks!
  2. norfolkref

    First match abandonment & mass con

    The answer I got when I asked was: For charges involving physical contact with a match official, the participant receives a suspension from all football activities for a period ranging between 182 days and two years. When determining the sanction, the disciplinary commission will take into...
  3. norfolkref

    First match abandonment & mass con

    Not to reactivate this thread but I heard from the FA Discipline team today. The case was heard and the charge found proven and the player has been suspended for 344 days and given a £175 fine.
  4. norfolkref

    Strange request

    Not sure if this is a dead thread but thought I'd chime in as had this with my EI. The league secretary asked for a copy, as his position and also as a fellow referee. My CFA were against it. but I did provide it. The league in question has been running in some form for over 125 years, and these...
  5. norfolkref

    First match abandonment & mass con

    this is really helpful, thanks Rusty.
  6. norfolkref

    First match abandonment & mass con

    many thanks, trying to find the answer out to that online was much more difficult than it needed to be. Hopefully he admits, would save us both a lot of issues but i wont hold my breath :facepalm:
  7. norfolkref

    First match abandonment & mass con

    Just thought I'd bump the post, the player has been charged today: Serious Case under E3.1 for Physical Contact against a Match Official. Does anyone know what happens next as the email just says I'll next get an update when the charge has been heard.
  8. norfolkref

    First match abandonment & mass con

    Thanks all, taking a break from the men's game till the new year to do more at assistant & womens game. On a positive note the player has been charged by the FA, thanks for the comments and advice, my support from other refs here and locally/CFA and RA has been outstanding
  9. norfolkref

    First match abandonment & mass con

    I think in future leaning on an early card to set a tone could help, not for every game admittedly but a hard affair like this could have done with it. Yes, the vice captain was the goalkeeper and actually the levell-est head on the field just a shame he was so far away to really impact his...
  10. norfolkref

    First match abandonment & mass con

    Well.. Just back from 3 weeks break, wanted a game so got assigned a local district game. From minute we kicked off, clear one team only interested in playing any actual football. You know when one team act like they get every decision against them? This was that game. Certainly didn't intend...
  11. norfolkref

    First red card

    Yes, and OFFINABUS was met in this example.
  12. norfolkref

    First red card

    I appreciate some of the views/comments on this, I think it's particularly helpful for others, not only me to go into future games. For context this has happened 15 games in this season, 20 including my 'first 5'. So I can see both sides of the argument here. So this league, NCYFL typically...
  13. norfolkref

    First red card

    so this is what I said after the game to the coach. That the player has chosen to run past me, turn and say rather than run past and try win the ball back. If it doesnt have the swearing then I can argue for dissent or a strong warning, but because he's sworn at me it meets offinabus. Obviously...
  14. norfolkref

    First red card

    Phew where to start.... I officiated a fixture yesterday in the U14 League 1 division of the local combined youth league This game was fraught with issues, specifically on the home side. The game was largely unremarkable, apart from a sin-bin for Player 6 in the first half of the game. Time...
  15. norfolkref

    Pre-match admin queries

    thanks all, i'll use some of these suggestions on my matches this weekend and report back.
  16. norfolkref

    Pre-match admin queries

    Hi all, just after a general consensus. I was at a game on Saturday and there was another fixture in a different league at the club. This ref got their team sheet a little earlier and put all the names on his cards/book so he doesn't necessarily have to ask for names if handing out cards. For...
  17. norfolkref

    Open Age The moaning is putting me off refereeing

    I've listed this as open age but really applies to anything, I've done Vets, Open Age Men and Women and Youth games. This weekend I've done an academy U15 game for Norwich City. Brilliant football, facilities absolutely unreal but the moaning. Players after the game "where do we get these refs...
  18. norfolkref

    Match kits & ill fitting boots

    I've had a few, I've got metal frames as I have a fat head so perhaps that's probably why he is anti-glasses. I've had players in the proper polycarbonate lenses, and players with plastic frames & the band at the back so they kind of are acceptable. I think it's really difficult at the level I'm...
  19. norfolkref

    Match kits & ill fitting boots

    Hi James, re the blisters - same with X I will have to give these all I go, I got blisters first 2 or three games in the boots then not again and was only after doing 3 games this weekend has it come back. Its solely back of the left foot, never on the toes or the right foot. So the two tops...
  20. norfolkref

    Match kits & ill fitting boots

    Hi X, Cheers for the reply. So I was at a RA meeting last night and the 4W said to probably avoid it. I have worn it once at a youth fixture no one batted an eye as you say it's more the potential "why are you wearing that". It is a shame as it's a lovely kit, the old EASports badge I can...
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