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Totally agree with what you say, would've been nice if they could at least pretend :)

Think that may be one point of view. What do you think?

Everybody makes mistakes and trust me yours is far from the worst ever! You are new to refereeing and it can be expected that you make a mistake once in a while whether you it's your first game or you are officiating in the World Cup Final! Sometimes you see a foul so you blow the whistle, it's...

I have officiated a total of 22 matches (rather low compared to what I normally ref), all of which were in the middle. I have issued 14 yellow cards and only the one red. With only one misconduct report (by all counts a reasonably quiet season). Don't know how you managed to bust three pairs of...

Thanks for your replies everyone. I certainly cannot disagree with you SM it is definitely the second hardest job in football (sometimes at least). I think the reason I inform the referee that I am qualified is that otherwise he will simply believe that I am the typical club assistant with, more...

Strange incident in my final game of the season. Blue team winning 2-1 against Reds. The game was 85 minutes old and a weak shot falls at the feet of the Blue goalkeeper. His team are winning so he doesn't pick the ball up. If the Reds only lost by one they would avoid relegation on goal...

Recently, I took part in a game as an assistant referee, specifically as a club assistant for my brother's team. Before the match I informed the referee that I was a qualified referee and had refereed a lot of matches etc. He told me not to give fouls etc. but only offsides, in and out of play...

Thank you guys for welcoming me. I am sure the site will be a lot of fun, despite me joining after a season has just finished!

Hi everybody! Just wanted to quickly introduce myself. I am 19 years old and I have refereed for three seasons now in both Nottinghamshire and Essex FA leagues. I joined this site in the hope that there will be support and advice offered to me (particularly on the odd day things don't turn out...