Saturday Adults £28-30 (ranging from local Northampton... to Leicester!!)
Sunday Morning Adults £30 (I mostly get Corby/Wellingborough/Daventry/Brackley. Rarely in Northampton/local)
Sunday Afternoon Youth;
U13 £22 <---> U18 £26
Cup Games £30 + 35p Mileage (after initial 12 miles)
Cut all the above numbers in half if you're running the line
However, the price seems to differ from manager to manager/club to club, so my rule is that - as long as its not an insult - I just take the money and shut up.
Worst 'stiffing' ive received is around £4, but not really bothered.
However, when you get a Leicester game, thats around 50 minutes each way (100 minute travel), 27ish miles each way (54 miles), at a cost of (450m/£90 Tank/20p Mile) £10.80, so you factor in 45 minutes x 2 + interval, thats around £19 for 3.5 hours 'work'. Not great.
Lets just say, im not in it for the money!
You really do need to have a love for the game. As highlighted in my 'Welcome to the Thunderdome' thread, I was already £370 in the hole before I reffed my first game.
So as you can see from the above, the 'take home' after petrol etc, isnt massive. Ive often thought "What is my actual hour rate, inc travel?"
But I would have had to ref 14(ish) games just to cover my outlay. Then I seem to be going through tyres more than normal, I was the car more often as it gets filthy driving through some muddy car parks etc etc. So much to factor in.
People I know, hear my match fee and think im rolling in coin... I always take the time to explain why thats exactly not the case!