Is 5'0 too short for a referee?

[Big Cat]

i even cloths-lined a U16 player

Old skool! None of this tip toey standoffish passive malarkey
Get in there, sort them oot

 

[Big Cat]

You might have more to prove than someone at 6 foot etc.
Is that fair, indeed not, but, without wishing to bore on about the shirt tucked in thing, its the same senario, 2 refs, 1 promotion place, 1 is 6 foot, 1 is 5 foot and marks etc are the same. Sorry but 6 foot man is getting it everything , UNLESS you have something else in your game that makes you the better referee

Your mission is to find that something.

I'm fairly big (cat)
If anything, that makes me fair game to get lamped (over my smaller colleagues)

 

[Sheffields Finest]

Bit harder at OA but I’ve certainly grabbed snorting players intent on retribution before I could dispense justice on the perpetrator!

 

[Ciley Myrus]

Bit harder at OA but I’ve certainly grabbed snorting players intent on retribution before I could dispense justice on the perpetrator!

And if you check the Hearts Rangers clip you will see your casing point on display

 

[jofusref]

height and build should not matter but sadly it does here in scotland too

 

[Brian Hamilton]

Lazarus thread @Tealeaf @Ross @RustyRef

Do what you do

 

[Superhuman568]

height and build should not matter but sadly it does here in scotland too

I do believe we have some smaller referees in scotland, for example Willie Collum, Nick Walsh and Andrew Dallas to name a few

 

[IslandReferee]

I have a referee that does HS and youth rec league games here, he just started out two years ago and has slowly eased himself into things here. BTW great advice on taking things slow. He is 5 foot 5 and probably around 140 pounds and he does very well. Every referee has a different makeup, stature, and demeanor which makes our profession so outstanding. He has not refereed nearly as many games that I have done but there is something that I admire about the man and can learn from. If you are a five-foot-tall man that wants to referee you WILL get the support from the referee team. I support you already. Im six two and my daughter is 5 foot 11 and we referee, and also agreed on it won't matter the size of your stature, nor the years you have put in, nor the level that you are at, you will always feel the heat and catch some crap.

Keep going and gain experience my friend.