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The GFA only attempted this for a short stint and then realised very few affiliated refs were on the app and now the county cup appointments are made by league appointment officer nominations - certainly for Senior Amateur and below

I'm intrigued to know if those operating as a 4 or 3 make themselves available to Step 7 and below if you're not active on steps 6-4 on a weekend?

Impressive - the 5 to 4 promotions were only emailed out Friday and confirmation yesterday via email (still awaiting league pool allocation)

Agreed, it needs to broaden it's appeal more

This is good in-sight and something I will look to present our local group at the next meeting. There's also a gap in the local FA courses and RA with referees qualifying and little to no support being provided to those newly qualified referees where I feel it is the ideal opportunity to reach...

We attend the Cheltenham RA, but there has been no movement/mention of the RA in Bristol since, I fear the referee development officer left and with it so did the aspirations for the Bristol RA to begin again

I had similar issues last year, I think there's an issue when signing up to the National RA rather than with the Local RA that your name/email isn't shared correctly so you can miss out on the notifications/emails

Hi all, I've been attending the 'local' RA (it's an hour's drive due to the Bristol RA no longer existing) for a bit over a year now and want to know people's thoughts on the RA, and why it would seem that numbers are dwindling? I am interested to know what people's thoughts are on the RA...

I've bought from Newitts recently - few quid cheaper than anywhere else but postage is £5+.

Hi all, I thought I’d put the feelers out about whether people would be interested in buying some “homemade” end caps for the Touchline flags, seeing as they are impossible to get hold of? My partner’s dad produced these as a replacement to mine and they worked a treat on a fixture yesterday...

Felt second hand embarrassment listening to Neville and Wright arguing about the penalty. It was a stone-waller.

I usually respond with “of course, how else will I get an invitation to the FA’s Christmas party?”