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I wear glasses and have not yet had to deal with reffing in the rain. Looks like I may need to do that this weekend. Is it the done thing to wear a cap to stop the rain obscurng my vision?

That's really helpful advice - thanks

OK, so if you hear Player A call Player B a "useless ginger tosser", and it's said with some aggression what would you do?

Just been reading some previous posts about OFFINABUS - which mostly relate to comments aime at the Referee / ARs. What about if players make abusive comments towards their opponents? I get that racist language or homophobic language is seen as a RC. What about language that are describing...

Absolutely James. We are always short of referees in our lower division Youth games, so unqualified but enthusisastic newbies are very much the order of the day!

Cheers Eddie - that's really helpful advice about reading the game. I think I was keen to be near the play to help "sell" the decisions (as you put it) and I reckon that was part of the issue about me getting caught out when the ball was switched quickly. There were 2 ARs yesterday (both...

Do you have any more info (official or unofficial) about the new style course starting in Jan 2021?

Whilst I'm still waiting for the county FA to restart their Referee Courses (I'm on a wiating list), I did my fisrt game yesyerday - an U15 match for my local Club. Really enjoyed it, played in a great spirit, bit of back-chat here and there but nothing that over-stepped the mark. I felt it went...