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Ladies and gents may I just remind you how important it is to make sure you're correctly appointed to a game or if you're refereeing a charity game and you must make sure your bum is covered because today I had a game and it ended up with having a player rushed to hospital with a snapped arm, he...

Today's game was brilliant, A challenge went in and was a good one so it went a bit like this. Ball goes out of play, Player, Ref why did you no blow the whistle? Me, because it was a fair challenge. Player, I am a qualified football referee and I know all the rules. Me, o really? so what...

So today's game the following happened........ 56 minutes in to the game an attacker had the ball between the 18 yard box and corner flag, as his shirt got pulled he passed the ball and was a clear shot on goal so I played advantage that led to a goal. The attacker then called the defender a...

Keeping it brief. So today's game I called for a careless foul, the player that committed the offence came up to me asking for an explanation, I gave him the reason why with the captain involved as he was only 10 yards away, when the player turned his back he said ref you're a f'in joke. So I...

What do you all do prior to a fixture? For example, what I do is I listen to a bit of classical music to clear my mind for the game while I am driving, yes call me sad but this includes the uefa champions league theme tune. It actually helps me focus for the game ahead, I officiate in army...

I had a hard game today few tough decisions I made that I got bang on, I did miss a high foot that everyone was calling for but I didn't see it as it was a fast pace game and my vision was blocked. What made me feel good as a new level 7 is after the game both teams said they enjoyed the game...

I have only done 4 games in the centre and I came across something I didn't know how to deal with it so I am wondering what you would do if you came across this. It went like this, A tackle happened that didn't need a card just a chat to say next time you're in the book and a few more chosen...

I found these on you tube and thought it would help potential referees or as a quick refresher. Law 1 - The field of play Law 2 - The ball Law 3 - Number of players Law 4 - Players equipment Law 5 - The referee Law 6 - The assistant referee...

It's one thing I would like to do is get it level 3 ref. How long does it take to get promoted threw the ranks on a rough time frame,and how long did it take to get to the level you're at now? Thanks

Hi all, my name is Chris and I am in the Armed Forces. I was due to do my basic Army FA Referee course 2 years ago but I kept getting told no. Anyway the drive is still there and managed to get my self on a course in January, it's a week course all crammed in looking at the time table. I was a...