Unafilliated teams

[cdsman]

I was recently asked by a schools coach to referee a sixth form schools match in a league that I can view on the internet.

Having had some disciplinary issues during the match - mass con with one red and two yellows, I went on to WGS to process the cards, only to find that neither team was shown in the league drop down.
So, I asked my CFA who have advised that both teams are unaffiliated and therefore I cannot record the cards. The CFA are saying that I should not have accepted the match, but I'm concerned that schools are being allowed to play at all if they are not affiliated - and don't really understand why they wouldn't be?

Apart from not taking these matches in future, is there anything else I can do? Surely the CFA should be ensuring that all teams in this league are affiliated?

 

[ChasObserverRefDeveloper]

I was recently asked by a schools coach to referee a sixth form schools match in a league that I can view on the internet.

Having had some disciplinary issues during the match - mass con with one red and two yellows, I went on to WGS to process the cards, only to find that neither team was shown in the league drop down.
So, I asked my CFA who have advised that both teams are unaffiliated and therefore I cannot record the cards. The CFA are saying that I should not have accepted the match, but I'm concerned that schools are being allowed to play at all if they are not affiliated - and don't really understand why they wouldn't be?

Apart from not taking these matches in future, is there anything else I can do? Surely the CFA should be ensuring that all teams in this league are affiliated?

Main learning point is to always check in advance that the teams and competition are registered.
The English Schools Football Association run most of these competitions and may be able to help.

 

[cdsman]

Main learning point is to always check in advance that the teams and competition are registered.
The English Schools Football Association run most of these competitions and may be able to help.

I understand your point and as you say clearly a learning point after about 500 matches without this particular problem.

I'm surprised that the CFA allowsd a schools league is allowed to operate completely openly, whilst some of the teams / schools in that league are unaffiliated. I would have been much more wary about agreeing to referee friendlies, as you just don't know what you're getting with teams / players not being registered.

BTW the school have now confirmed to me that due to an oversight their sixth form teams were not affiliated.

 

[Refollie]

I had a schools fixture like this the other day and thanks to your thread double checked the teams existed in WGS before the match - which they did - so thank you. Similarly to you, nearly 500 matches in and I hadn’t come across this issue before.