Yeah, as a L4 your marks only really become important if you are a specialist AR.The AR marks at my level seem largely irrelevant anyway. Half of my games have been Step 3 lines despite being in the 'old band D' for AR marks. Either I get pretty good AR appointments on account of my position in the Referee Merit table or, more likely; the AR appointments are fairly random. I mean... I wouldn't fancy the L4 appointment officer's job, he's probably just focused on Geography and dependable names
Either way, I winnit be getting any Cup Finals with the flag in my hand