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I think that's called sarcasm :D:D:D EDIT: Sorry yampy, you got there first!

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Hi all I have just qualified as an observer, and I'll soon be going out to start observing. As an active referee, I'll mostly be assessing 7-6 and 6-5 candidates on Sunday games. For those amongst our brethren experienced in this dark art, what is your system? Blank sheet of paper and pen? Or...

Appointing people to line who barely ever do lines, always happens in my county and it usually ends up with a horrendous Mr Bean impression with the flag and a huge threat to the referees' match control.

Got my first Supply League assessment of the marking season back.....highest mark I've ever got as a level 4! (Sounding like a Liverpool fan, but) I really think this is my year! Hopefully this is a good sign. Best of luck to everyone in the upcoming marking season.

Bring sweets for the managers! Don't be the referee's spin doctor by defending the indefensible - deal with the benches just like you would if you were senior AR, just with the added benefit of not having to run up and down. Keep a nice clear match record and deal with the substitutes fully...

contrib game on - not quite as waterlogged!

Great minds eh @Padfoot

Hi mate, well done on taking the plunge! 1) For the encroachment that didn't directly interfere with the trajectory of the free kick, I'd be going for a public word of warning to the ones who encroached, if it was really blatant - don't need to pull them in, just "watch the encroachment lads...

Never come across that system before. Does it work effectively?

Do the managers appoint referees on that league?

To be fair, when you say "I had to caution a player for abusive language toward myself" that gives us the impression it's something said directly to you, which would be a red card.

@Louis Clarke Was I right...or was I right? ;) Setting aside the colour of the card, do as some of the above posters have instructed, report the name you were given and let the good folks at your county FA's discipline branch deal with the rest.

Brace yourself sir, you're going to get it in the neck for that!!

At the end of the day, we referee football matches so the people taking part in them can enjoy them - if you've managed the incident to their satisfaction, then you've done your job on the day. It's probably not how I'd have handled it, and in a different context it could have been problematic...

I've found supply league assistant quality to be a complete lottery. I've had two middles recently, one with two young lads similar age to me, one a L5 and t'other a L6, both on the county development group. They were both absolutely superb, you'd have struggled to fault them. Then the following...

I honestly expected when I got my 4, that it'd take me a while to get up to "contrib line standard". So imagine my surprise when the first weekend of August rolls around, first contrib line, other assistant turns up 35 minutes late and drops the ref in it with a suicide flag.

I did 6-4 a couple of years ago and I got level 5 when the county board met in March, and then level 4 confirmed in late April. I've seen some pretty naff level 6s go 6-4!

Ah okay. The only way I can see it happening is 7-5? As 6-4 you get your 5 in March and your 4 in April/May.

As in they're no longer allowed?