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Hello RefChatters I have returned after a long abstence of 2 years. Whilst I have been away I am curious even any new football boots have come out and if any of them are any good? And if not so does anyone have anyother recommendations.

Where do I go on whole game if I want to caution a manager for dissent?

Recently with being on this form I have learned that there are alot of different acronyms and abbreviations for referees regarding terms. So I was thinking of creating a resources for this. If there are any you would like to add feel free to add to this thread or PM.

Didn't get apppointed to a match this weekend. Was disappointed about, remembered it has now been raining for 6 consective days. And looked at the metoffice regarding the weather, mild wind warning with a flood warning and in the next 24hrs will be 13mm of rain. Hows your weather down south...

What do you guys think of it? I know it doesn't fully cover everything that needs to but I think it was well done.

Any recommendation for a new watch as my secondary watch has broken with the wrist band completely snapping off next to the hinge. Any recommendations? Also is it worth spending the money on a digital watch? Thanks. Edit: Primary watch is getting old, intending on making primary secondary and...

This season so far hasn't been to bad. Made my debut to Open Age. Did my first Open Age County Cup. Pushing for promotion to Level 6. However of the 4 games I was meant to do this month 3 of them have been postponed most notably with the one today and last saturday getting postponed due to the...

Kref submitted a new resource: Refereeing Chart London FA - Attached is a chart of the referee levels in a pyramid style, with some descriptions Read more about this resource...

I have just been sent an email regarding my first observation of the season. And it says in the email to contact that referee regarding travel arrangements, and what to do in regards to delays. What does it mean for travel arrangements? Do I just say that I am planning on getting to the match 1...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63298914 The article is above however it says he has been charged with E3 and has til Friday to respond. How is this fair he should be suspended from when the offence took place not when he accepts his charge. Rant over what do you people think about this...

Was watching the sheffield blackpool match with 4 red cards (2 due to a brawl at the end). And looked up for more games like that on youtube, and stumbled across this match, nowadays quite a few of these yellow cards would be considered excessive force. What do you guys think? Also is a fairly...

With A&H closed I cannot no longer buy these: https://referee-equipment.co.uk/product/mc-sb/ Is there anywhere I can order sheets that look like these?

Just add a talk to the appointment secretary for my league and found out that my club marks were in the 70s. General at OA what club marks are good, and how much does it affect promotion?

On saturday i got appointed to a Open Age cup, the 3rd tier of cups. With most of the teams being Divsion 3 and 4 from the Open Age league. However both of my teams are division 2. Any advice for controlling the teams as I mainly referee Division 4 at the moment? Also is there anything I should...

Was looking on the US site for referees and noticed that they switched from 9 grades to 5 levels. Whilst here in the UK we have the 9 levels plus mentors and curious what other levels are like in the world and what they correspond to here in the uk?

I was looking at the Addidas copa munidal but they are a bit expensive as well as the kaiser 5s. Best value for money boots guys/gals?

Below is a bad drawing of the situation. Red mark is where the tackle took place. And green mark is where the second to last man was. Rest of the opposition was on the other half of the pitch. This situation happened last Saturday. For me I judged it as a foul and applied a DFK. However if...

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I was looking at the new requirements for promotion to level 6. And they took out the fitness test: Compared to last year the requirements seem alot easier than beforehand. Ironically I was kinda looking forward ot fitness test as an excuse to finally improve my fitness. What are your thoughts...

What does 'shows a lcack of repsect for the game' mean as it could be interperted differently?