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As rusty says If you are intending to be a regular on the county scene you might want to consider asking your CFA for a County Tie- earn you some brownie points too.

I agree, it would be lovely.

That's Sunday morning football for you. As you progress the number of bad ones gets less though there will always be the wtf happened there ones! Often from nowhere, an innocuous challenge and all hell breaks loose. You learn to relax, step back, observe and deal with it. When a player tells...

Because you wouldn't get situations like we have had this weekend. One goal allowed and one disallowed for broadly the same thing. Or we could just pretend nothing is wrong and that we are the masters of football. That seems to be working for the FA doesn't it?

I would be happy for the handball law to be changed to allow us to penalise a non deliberate handling of the ball that results in a clear advantage. Last night I spent some considerable time convincing players of an advancing age that handling the ball in itself not an offence, deliberate...

Those that do it for the extra cash soon learn it isn't the easiest way of reducing the overdraft. The better money is a by product of improving and that takes commitment and resilience.

Martin makes a very good point about getting yourself onto the highest league you can as an assistant. It will bring your game on heaps quicker- you work in a team and can learn through observation what works and doesn't. You can then adapt to your own game. Players will always question you...

Thanks James, over the last 3 years I have been assessed as an assistant on supply games as part of the refs assessment programme. I have had my share of difficult conversations. I think they have stood me in good stead for the future However several times assessors have said that they won't...

Best wishes to you to, if you are in the southern half of the country we may bump into each other

Echo everything posted, from bitter experience; Dont get involved in splitting players, managers up-step back, observe and write notes if you can. Accept the apologies of anyone willing to give them, but don't communicate any opinion as to who started it etc. Some chairman, secretaries and...

Just to throw my hat in the ring I wouldnt have my cards out, certainly my book starts to come out, as i have been taught and as observers have confirmed, i then position myself in such a way as to get as much of the field of play in view as possible. A task made easier with neutral assistants...

Just waiting for my L4 confirmation having passed all the various competency and fitness tests. Surely the problem with 'unfit' or 'unready' L4's lay at the feet of assessors and counties, I would rather miss out on a promotion than be promoted off the back of a friendly scoring system just to...

For what it is worth I would just make it obvious you are adding it all on. There is no law about how long players should take to restart after a goal has been scored. Obviously if it gets silly you use your cards.

Failing to respect in my opinion. In my playing days he'd be needing the assistance of specially liveried van to take him home via ED.

To go double 6-4 in one marking season you would almost certainly need to be an exceptional 6 and very good 5 by Nov/Dec, giving observers and FAs a chance to get 5 reports done for Dec/Jan & Feb. Some leagues will only take 5's if they are going for a 4, meaning that you will also have to deal...

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Psychology plays a big part in reffing as it does in sport and life in general. If we dress and act like a referee, or how players and clubs perceive one should dress and act, then you will be treated as such and perhaps more importantly we ourselves feel as such. Ruck up looking like a player...

Teamwork

Tenous link- I lost 1/2 mark on an assessement this season due to one of my assistants not wearing a badge. Completely missed it, the observer didn't! Live and learn

I tell my AR's to call me over if discipline is required. I don't expect to be dragged over for a petty spat or words, though being called a cheat is not acceptable and is something I would not tolerate on my pitch.