Briefly looked at ratetheref, but from what I saw appears to be predominately a place for fans to vent about how terrible referees are in general with very little regard for the actual laws of the game.
Used to be a regular on the referee forum, but it's full of tumble weed these days!
And I left it, so did Sundial (RIP) and SheffieldsFinestIt seemed to die because of a small number of users who strangled the life out of discussions with their holier than thou attitude (imho of course).
Sad. Was a busy forum when I first came upon it some time back. Some great content.
Let's make sure that doesn't happen here gents?
And I left it, so did Sundial (RIP) and SheffieldsFinest
Yes was an ally of mine on that forum hence the nod with the name!
SM is right though. Too many arrogant sods meant I found refchat!
You...mean.....*sniff*………
I'M NOT THE FIRST?!?!
Sheffield's finest was a very interesting and funny gentlemanAnd I left it, so did Sundial (RIP) and SheffieldsFinest
It's all a taxable deduction now that you're back active againI ran a fairly successful local football forum that eventually died, I've always been involved in forums, so was eager to start another one up. Seemed logical to start one about refereeing as its been a massive part of my life. So on that freezing cold night in Camberwell whilst waiting for a spare part to arrive, RefChat was born!
And here we are 5 and a bit years later, almost 70k posts, 1500 ish members and over 2k followers on Twitter.
Chuffed to bits, considerably out of pocket as RefChat has its own dedicated server and a huge database.l, but wouldn't change it for the world.
It seemed to die because of a small number of users who strangled the life out of discussions with their holier than thou attitude (imho of course).
Sad. Was a busy forum when I first came upon it some time back. Some great content.
Let's make sure that doesn't happen here gents?
Yes was an ally of mine on that forum hence the nod with the name!
SM is right though. Too many arrogant sods meant I found refchat!
I'm not saying of course that the forum gaining in popularity over the last 6 months has anything to do with me becoming a member. No. That's just complete coincidence.