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Anyone seen these stories? Have to wait for more serious news source other than the sun or daily whail but certainly a microcosm of the issues nationwide.

Right folks, as we all have black bootsand therefore probably more leather than plastic, what do you use for cleaning boots and where did you get it? I always struggle to get the last bits of stubborn essex clay off my Adidas world cups!

Anyone had the nod this season? I didn't even have a first round game this year. I can only assume due to reffing on Saturday youth league and being level 7.

So, 2 years ago i did my BRC. After 2 years of doing mainly youth and some OA games I'd become a bit bored (either the football is unchallenging or the awful language in OA makes me want to move to a desert island). While watching the rugby world cup last autumn i thought i would look into what...

U16s top division of the league, 2nd v 6th but both could still win the league and 6th beat 2nd last night in cup final 5-4 aet! Yummy!

Looking at the FOP before my game today, it was wet and a bit squelchy with not a huge amount of bounce but I realised that I didn't really know what surfaces would be easily sellable as unplayable? When it's wet (not frozen), what do you look for?

Yes it was my local youth league u7s cup final but there were about 200 people watching and every goal was roared home! Finished 4-3 but would have been a penalty shoot out if not for a mistake by a player in the last 5 seconds! Got lots of thank yous from parents and then presented the trophy...

Anyone else find the pink balls used on televised fa cup round 1 games really hard to see?

Saw this on BBC earlier, I thought that if you played the ball with an unbooted foot then it was a free kick to the opposition? Has this rule changed? I remember it happening to Larsson for Celtic a few years ago. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29940485

Keeps popping up on the lower part of screen on forum. Any ideas?

From many posts it shows that there are still plenty of issues to be dealt with such as parents in youth football. What other powers could be given to officials to help make the Respect system better?

Having recently started and done u11 for this season I ha been trying to get some friendlies to try out the older age groups and open age but all our local games that come from our local RA secretary are gone 10 minutes after being advertised! !!! Anyone else have this problem? Don't see how new...

If you're listening to the five live coverage, he just basically said the referee from the USA doesn't know how to measure 10 yds at a free kick because he only did 9 paces! Aaaaah! What did we all learn on our basic referee course that he clearly hasnt thought about? All our legs are different...

Got a text today to tell me I've got a line on the local U11 cup final. Pretty chuffed, as I'm still doing my 6 module 4 games and only did exam 6 weeks ago!

Had a good experience with Sporting Touch today. Wanted the RA starter bundle but already have a few bits of kit so they swapped out the whistle for fox 40 and kept the free shipping. Worth calling if you want to get some flexibility!

Does every county have one or just the better ones?

Hopefully got game 1 of 6 for module 4. 9 a side under 11s game. Discovered that a lad I teach plays for one of the teams! Should be fun!

Hi folks, Dan Ricketts joining the ranks. 30 year old school teacher. Never great shakes as a player (there's always been a better goalie!) but have enjoyed reffing school games so decided to give the big stuff a whirl. First game hopefully on Sunday, u14 Essex girls county cup!