Around my area, the referees in my former pool would do United Counties League Prem and Div One (Step 5 & 6), yet the Spartan South Mids which also stretches up to my area are only operating L4s on their Premier Division, so L5s in the are can referee step 6 matches in the Spartan. (Usually 5-4 candidates or formerly higher level referees).
I believe this is set to change next season though and will be standardised that L4s will cover all step 5 & 6 matches, which had divided opinions, but will at least mean more games for L4s theoretically.
Funnily enough, as a level 4 from start of season up until 1st Feb I did 7 step 5/6 middles (6 league, 1 FA Vase). Assuming my remaining appointments are on, I will have also done 7 middles from 1st Feb to end of April as a L3. (Sorry JamesL if you see this, I'm not trying to rub it in, but I guess being a relatively central L3 helps)
I believe this is set to change next season though and will be standardised that L4s will cover all step 5 & 6 matches, which had divided opinions, but will at least mean more games for L4s theoretically.
Funnily enough, as a level 4 from start of season up until 1st Feb I did 7 step 5/6 middles (6 league, 1 FA Vase). Assuming my remaining appointments are on, I will have also done 7 middles from 1st Feb to end of April as a L3. (Sorry JamesL if you see this, I'm not trying to rub it in, but I guess being a relatively central L3 helps)
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