rainertheref
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I was sitting around at home being a bored 18 year old, at the start of the first football season when I wasn't eligible to play in the Youth League. I had decided not to join a men's team, because I had figured out I would end up being a sub for the worst team in the league. Figuring I needed another hobby, I picked up a guide to local clubs and organisations, saw a contact for the Referee's Association.
The thought of reffing had never crossed my mind - but I was on the phone two minutes later, and the next weekend I was down at the park running the line (in place of a club linesman) for the local development officer. From the moment I correctly called a "gains an advantage" offside from a crossbar deflection, and the captain of the local club told me to "get your f***ing glasses checked," I was hooked. (I already knew the LOTG, because I was the sort of nerd who, when he joins a football team as a player, goes to the library and gets out a book on the rules.)
The thought of reffing had never crossed my mind - but I was on the phone two minutes later, and the next weekend I was down at the park running the line (in place of a club linesman) for the local development officer. From the moment I correctly called a "gains an advantage" offside from a crossbar deflection, and the captain of the local club told me to "get your f***ing glasses checked," I was hooked. (I already knew the LOTG, because I was the sort of nerd who, when he joins a football team as a player, goes to the library and gets out a book on the rules.)
