Personally I couldn't give 2 hoots of the age or sex of my assessor!
I'm a level 7 referee of (37 years years old) and I would welcome any advise from any level referee.
There appears to be a lot of level 7/8 referees on here who seem to think they know everything on refereeing despite the fact they've only refereed youth football and a handful of OA games.
I don't know all there is to know about the game, but I like to think I read the game very well as I've played the game for 27 years and played to western league standard (level 4 referee standard).
There's some people on here who need to start listening to a few people and take on board some advice.
(Yes it's been a long day at work).
By the way, congratulations on your level 4 status at your age, you've obviously got a bright future ahead of you.
I have to say I think that is the most sensible post I've seen on here in a long time! Talking a lot of sense!
Thanks very much for the kind words though svenny, maybe one day our paths will cross as I will be on the GCL or Western league next year as I am at university in Bristol.