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“Fella, at the moment it’s going to be yellow, but if you don’t come here it’ll be red. Your choice.” Put the onus on him. If he doesn’t come to you, I would then issue two yellows - two separate incidents of dissent: the initial mouthing off; not coming to you is second incidence of of...

If I were to referee one of your Sunday morning games ( I won’t, as I’m down here in Somerset) it wouldn’t bother me. Sunday football is about participation, and if wearing a black undershirt means someone will turn up and play, then that’s fine with me. I might tell the players/coach that...

Re Safeguarding, my qualification expired recently so I did the online Safeguarding course: “The FA Online Safeguarding Children Re-Certification” course - this is the course you need to do when your “face to face“ course expires. (May be able to do it before that course expires). It (the...

I agree, I think the chances of catching Covid from handling the ball are small, but where practicable we should be doing all that we can to minimise that risk further. The downside to me giving the ball a quick squish to check its pressure before kick off are negligible, so thereFore it makes...

Flags. So far my games have all used CARs, and I have thought a lot about my flags. Both teams from last night’s game told me they will be providing and using their own flags (a good thing that should, I think, become the norm) but that they have not yet arrived. For all three of my games, we...

I’ve now done three games, here are some tips/observations from me (I’ll put them in separate posts to make it easier should anyone want to comment on any points.) TIP: Perhaps this is me just be paranoid ( it is!) but in last night’s game I gave a drop ball. In all my games, I haven’t...

”Flagsmen” - I love that phrase, may start using it! Just for your info, and to help your learning, you will often see the terms CAR and NAR used on this site (and elsewhere). They refer to: CAR - Club Assistant Referee Someone provided by the club to run the line for, often a sub. They can...

If you were unable to identify him, would it not then have been a RC for the manager? (“Team Officials Where an offence is committed and the offender cannot be identified, the senior Team coach present in the technical area will receive the sanction”) So if he is dodging the card, he’s dropping...

Nothing wrong with seven - I’ve currently got eight booked in for August (and will do a few more if I’m free & needed), seven middles and one line. First middle already done today (good to get back in the saddle), next one 10.30 am tomorrow. I know a lot on this forum don’t like them, but I’ve...

but that’s pretty much my point - it’s all just common sense, and nothing new. We got the go ahead about two weeks ago(?) that fixtures could start again on August 1st, along with guidance for clubs. Knowing I would be refereeing games from the outset, I read and familiarised myself with the...

Agree. Not the FAs finest hour. We could have had that a week ago. Anyway, roll on Saturday- I’m sure we’ll all make our games as safe as possible and enjoy getting back in Black.

Under promise and over deliver, alas I think the FA has done the reverse. When it was announced that football could kick off again on 1st Aug, my phone began to ring red hot with teams contacting me to ask me to ref for them in the coming weeks. i was delighted to say yes, read the info the FA...

Complete disagree Now, personally, I’m not really bothered about getting advice from the FA, I’m pretty sensibl, know what’s what, and in a months time I will find myself indoors, in a smaller space, with the same amount of people (I am a teacher) to my mind, a far more hazardous proposition...

A little disappointing if that is the advice for referees that we were promised (and I’ve been told by FA and my County that I will get them emailed directly to me) - my problem isn’t with the guidance, it’s that whoever has written them is clearly so far devolved from the weeds of grass roots...

Pre-seaso friendlies- clubs will organise their own refs. What tends to happen is clubs will get in touch with refs that they know and see if they can book them in, quite often for all their home games. if you’ve only been ref-in since January, you may not be on the radar of many clubs, so...

Re safeguarding: I thought that to register for this season (20/21) you had to have a valid safeguarding qualification, whether or not you were only doing Open Age. When I re-registered I had to renew my Safeguarding by doing the online course as my original “classroom” based safeguarding...

With the imminent return of grassroots football I popped in to the shed to fish out my boots, which haven’t been used since a wet weekend in Februar. Having been stuck in a damp, dark corner for a few months they, too, are a bit “mossy.” Does that count?!

And we’re back! Looking forward to 1st August. FA info here https://link.service.thefa.com/u/gm.php?prm=3p1lVkrMUg_799214872_472468_287707 (and before anyone asks - yes, i have re-registered for the new season, as have the clubs I will be doing pre-seasons for.)

I had a text today from a local club: “looking like we can start playing again soon. Would you be keen to do our pre-season games again?” (I did a lot of pre-seasons for them last year.) I quickly replied “yes please!” Hoping we start again soon ...

This season just gone, I have did the level 7 to 6 promotion scheme. At the end of each month I had to supply a record of matches I officiated on to my RDO. It was essentially an excel spreadsheet, I entered each game I did, home & away teams, venue, age range, competition, whether I was ref...