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Hi all, If you were advising L7s and L6s who were joining the promotion scheme on the top dos and don'ts for the year, what would they be? Have been asked to have a chat with the new referees on the scheme in my county and want to make sure I cover everything.

Boring question, but I'm just about to get a car and was just about to sort insurance but had a question. As a ref, we're technically self-employed for tax etc but does driving to games count as 'business' use and therefore require business insurance? Or is 'social only' fine? Ta!

Have my exam on coming up in a few days. I understand it's a multiple choice exam, but how many Qs are there in it, and what is the pass mark? Also, I have been brushing up on the LOTG just to remind myself of the specific language around certain things, but am sort of in the dark about how...

Got assigned a line on the 'extra preliminary round' of the FA Cup on August 5th. I never knew this round existed but am very excited about it!

I was a NAR on a cup semi final at the weekend. It was 4-1 to reds and blues were down to 10. It was just winding down into injury time when Red 8 played a through ball, which appeared to be aimed at Red 9. However, he attempted to trap the ball and it just ran straight under his boot, and ran...

This isn't something that actually happened, but more a hypothetical situation that could have arisen that I'm curious for your take on. A game I had a few weeks ago was a bit feisty, and there was a minor confrontation between a player from team A and the manager of team B. The player wanted...

Thought I'd start a thread that everyone going for promotion, at whatever level, can use to post about their experiences! Had my first observation yesterday for 7-6. Am on the double jump, so need to get 20 games in before 30th September, which basically means every Saturday/Sunday for the...

Morning, I'm on the hunt for a bag for all my kit to go in. A&H have this one but it's been out of stock for ages! http://www.referee-equipment.co.uk/Catalogue/Bags/Accessory-Bags/Kit-Care-Bag---Large-KITCARE1 I take a large Nike holdall with all my gear in, and everything else is in...

Hi all, Have been reading these threads for ages but now thought it was a good time to get invovled. I'm a level 7 ref in London and am applying for promotion this year on the fast track (straight to 5) scheme, though obviously if I just make it to 6 that'll be great! I'm also an Indianapolis...

Hi all, first time poster here! I started refereeing when I was 16, then took a break when I went to uni and have just started back up this year at the age of 28 (29 today, in fact!). I've had really good feedback from teams that I've refereed this year which is what encouraged me to apply for...