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I've gone to submit cautions from a pre-season match yesterday to discover that WGS seems to think I'm an 'intermediary' (football agent), rather than a referee. Has this happened to anyone else and does any know who to contact to correct this so I can submit a report?

Today marks the end of the season for me and probably a fair few of us, so here’s a bit of a season in numbers/annual review if anyone wants to add their own. Middles: 20 Lines: 5 Yellows: 80 (including 22 sin bins) Reds: 9 Postponements due to weather: 11! The good: One league cup final, one...

Hit a new personal best today with 10 yellows, one non-playing caution and a red... all on Easter Sunday. Quite an enjoyable one despite the cards. Cup game, 3-3 at the end of 90, ending 7-3 after extra time to the home team who were a couple of divisions below but on average 10 years younger...

A level 7 in my local RA has been asked to referee a friendly: A step 6 (2nd tier of a supply league) team v a step 7 team. He’s been contacted by the step 7 club rather than through an official apppintment. It’s sparked a bit of debate on WhatsApp so I was curious what anyone else thought...

I’ve been umming and ahhing about posting this as I don’t really feel the need to discuss it massively, but given all the discussion about abuse in recent days… Unfortunately after 16 years of refereeing I was assaulted for the first time last week. Nothing major and no harm done… a player...

Had the misfortune of refereeing a team who were out to get me from minute 1 today. Player from said team commits a reckless challenge on the outside of his penalty area and I award the free kick thinking I’m going to hand out a yellow. He then charges at me while yelling (incoherent) and has...

Question out of curiosity for those refereeing at grassroots/park level. After sending a player off, how vigilant are you with getting them to leave the vicinity of the field of play? Or are you happy for them to hang around if there is no animosity/they’re not causing any problems/it wasn’t an...

Just got home from a well-mannered 0-0. I was AR2 and this happened on my near side, with the referee nearby with a clear view. In approx the 80th min the keeper collects the ball on the floor in the penalty area after a bit of a scramble following a corner. The keeper stands up and offers...

Hi all - I haven't posted on here for a long time but thought I'd make a return. I've moved back to the UK from Australia after five years away. I refereed while Down Under but things were a little different... and I'll be back on the pitch here when lockdown ends. Any changes I should be...

I'm a bit puzzled by the possible restarts with this, but that's possibly because I can't see them being explicitly explained in the LOTG anywhere? Law 3: 9. Goal scored with an extra person on the field of play If, after a goal is scored, the referee realises, before play restarts, an extra...

After a couple of cup and pre-season matches, my season kicks off in proper over here in the US tomorrow... and I've got games on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Hope I'm not biting off more than I can chew! I also just had it confirmed by my work that I'll be heading back to the UK in...

Seeing as I've only been refereeing in the US for a couple of months, I was pretty chuffed to be asked to referee a league play-off final (1st v 2nd). I was packed and about to leave home for the game this evening when I got the call saying the game had been postponed thanks to the rain...

Hi guys - I've been reading the forums for a while and I felt it was finally time for me take the plunge! I'm a level 5, originally from Gloucestershire but now reffing all over London, Surrey and a bit of Middlesex FAs in what is now my 10th season. I just moved to New York with work for a...