https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...-give-sunday-league-football-open-letter/amp/
Thoughts on the referee related parts of the article?
Thoughts on the referee related parts of the article?
Is it just me or is the goal in the pic looks not wide enough?
Agree that some of the 'rules' are pointless at grassroots. In fact we have a circular from our state governing body to be 'flexible' on sock tapes and under garment colours at grassroots.
But some other ones are there for a reason. Players always want to get away with things that seem unnecessary to them. Jewellery is a perfect example. Team sheet is another one. Yes I know you just want to get on the park and play, but I also want to make sure if something goes wrong, I have all i need to do my admin duties correctly.
And there is always two side to a story. The number of times myself or fellow colleagues turned up to games which were moved or rescheduled used to be ridicules until a few years ago when we decided to charge full mach fee if we were not given reasonable notice. Even being paid the mach fee doesn't stop you feeling you have wasted your time. Its amazing how having to pay the fee fixed the problem.
And there is no reason to persist with referees who the "secretaries have to make endless calls during the week". Drop them of your list or do what we do, we have a fine system for referees who don't do their admin duties (just like what happens to teams, players and clubs).
Fines are necessary evils. Without them hardly anyone pays attention to rules.
We left in the fines that incontinence their opposition or the other teams in their division. .
The fines the writer is complaining about seem pretty simple to avoid. Not that hard to ensure numbers are on jerseys, or the team sheet is completed in time. Captain's armband is an odd one for me, but oh well.
Personally I think the entire process of teams emailing referees beforehand to organise appointments really, really bizarre. Here, the teams have nothing to do with the referees. The FA sets out the match schedule for the entire season, and each week or fortnight the RA's appointments officers sends out the appointments to the referees - away from prying public eyes. Referee turns up when and where he's told, teams don't know if they get an official until they turn up. Simple. Teams having the private contact details of referees just seems absurd, even dangerous to me.
As for the bit about colour of under-garments. I agree completely that they're stupid laws. But that's not the fault of the referees.
If no spectators are allowed on the sidelines in that league then I wonder what on earth has happened in the past for such a rule to be implemented. Sounds like there's been some pretty nasty stuff occur.
Some legitimate gripes, but a lot of this just encapsulates the problem with this game - that players don't want to be responsible for their actions and want to blame everyone else. That's a massively toxic part of football culture and this article captures that. The author is part of the problem with this sport, not part of the solution.
Complaining about his teammate who got cautioned for running on the field without permission is a perfect example of that.
wait, and the author is complaining about THAT? What an idiot.Spectators are allowed, they just aren't allowed inside the pitch cage, there's an elevated viewing area.
Down here it's different - clubs don't get to make those decisions themselves. It's all done through the league.The reason for clubs confirming the game with the officials is that the Standard Code of Rules (SCoR) in use for all grass roots leagues in England allows clubs to change kick off time and / or venue. Just sending the officials out is too risky in case something has changed and the league haven't been told. The system that most leagues use, Full Time, automatically emails clubs and match officials when a fixture is created or changed, or a refereeing appointment is made or changed. These emails contain the contact details for all parties.