Burt©

Level 3 FA Referee ⚽️

[Burt© @BurtyBurt90]

"aaand Aaron Rodgers is just gonna throw it away...." 😂😂😂 #GBvsDAL #Packers

[Wolves Academy @WolvesAcademy]

Remembering Ethan💛

[Burt© @BurtyBurt90]

@Sarge1707 Hope it went smoothly sir 🫡 ⚽️

[FA Refereeing @FARefereeing]

2️⃣4️⃣ hours until referees in our #FeaturedAppointments blow the first whistle on their Saturday National League North and South fixtures! ⚽

Bring it on! 😀

[Burt© @BurtyBurt90]

@Locallad449 @CFC_Manny_ @Ads__pb @SkySportsPL All people want is for refs to consistently uphold the laws when it’s in favour of their team, and to turn a blind eye when it goes against their team. How is that a hard concept to grasp?! 🤷‍♂️😂😂

[Burt© @BurtyBurt90]

@utdcynical For those asking why it’s not a ‘pass back’ and an indirect free kick - laws below, he’s clearly made an attempt to kick the ball and release it into play 👍

[Burt© @BurtyBurt90]

@RefsJourney @CorkReferee 100% agree on this. Fun game - next time you’re reffing, keep a rough score of how many ‘foul throw ref’ shouts there are (happens on MOST throw ins I reckon). As you’ve said, I’m convinced they’re coached to appeal for it and it’s just done on autopilot 😂

[Burt© @BurtyBurt90]

If @McDonaldsUK could stop doing ridiculous things - such as bringing back the Chicken Big Mac whilst I’m trying to watch what I eat - that would be fantastic 🤝

[Burt© @BurtyBurt90]

@LCY1878 @FBGreatMoments Pretty sure I’ve still got the shirt! Some player 😍 that night at yours is a pure core memory

[Burt© @BurtyBurt90]

@LCY1878 Hi Liam, just looking to confirm - when you say ‘double decker train’, do you mean a train that has 2 storeys, or a train that was painted/wrapped to look like a Double Decker chocolate bar? Appreciate your reply as it’s for a work email, thanks!

[Stockport Referees @StockportRefs]

The @NorthernPremLge season begins this weekend, so good luck to all L3 & L4 Match Officials, including SRS member Jake Burton! ⚽️🚩

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

With the new Premier League & Championship kicking off soon & the EFL already underway, I’d like to buy someone’s kid a shirt of their choice.

I know how expensive kits are these days and whilst it’s only a small gesture, I’d love to help out.

Just RT this to enter.

Cheers. ❤️

[Burt© @BurtyBurt90]

Hey @grok , who is the most famous person to visit my profile? It doesn’t need to be mutual, don’t tag them, just say who it was

[Burt© @BurtyBurt90]

@BenBoardma97122 Would be quicker to say ‘I ref as many pre season fixtures as possible because it’s easy money and is basically paid fitness work’ 👀😂

[Burt© @BurtyBurt90]

@TheRefStop Taking my ball and going home! 😤😂

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

I often see people on here from outside the football bubble bemoaning the fact that so many millions of people are obsessed with the game when there are “more important things” going on but without the release that football offers, so many would feel utterly lost and hopeless.

We all know it doesn’t “matter” in the grand scheme of things but that’s the beauty of it. Allowing yourself to care about something so deeply which you have no tangible control over, alongside hundreds of thousands of people who feel the same way as you? That’s the good stuff.

Football is the ultimate form of escapism, the opium of the masses, the opportunity to suspend the realities of life; bills, relationship problems or a job you hate and give yourself over to something which provokes a sense of childlike wonder and hope simultaneously.

Ask Palace, Newcastle, Tottenham, Bologna or Napoli fans from this season alone if the feelings and emotions they’ve had are matched by anything in normal life? I’m pretty sure their collective response would be a unanimous “no”. That doesn’t make them fools, it doesn’t act as a measure of their intelligence, it simply means they’ve allowed their minds to care about something greater than themselves in a wholehearted and emotionally vulnerable way, which I happen to think is what life is all about.

Supporting a football club is an exercise in perseverance and faith for 95% of us; those who choose to pour cold water on why that’s so important while the rest of modern society is so geared towards misery are missing the point.

Thanks for reading my ramblings. ❤️

[Burt© @BurtyBurt90]

@Jack_Trowsdale @WorldDarkWeb2 @LCY1878 Tried to climb those crates, at least she had some mates….

[Burt© @BurtyBurt90]

@BuntingsWorld @TheKaiserBCFC @EFL Why bother educating yourself to further your understanding of something when you can just spout baseless abuse for engagement? 🤷‍♂️ as the old saying goes, ‘never let facts get in the way of a good story’….

[Burt© @BurtyBurt90]

@RefsJourney Congratulations on your promotion, and also congratulations/best of luck with your cup final appointments! ⚽️

[Burt© @BurtyBurt90]

@ClipperBoyz @MusicHavenSG @refsupportuk Cautions for goal celebrations are for removing shirt (which Gakpo did) or approaching spectators and causing safety concerns (neither of which Salah did). No specific mention of the use of a phone etc (although I wouldn’t be surprised if that got introduced in future, boringly)

[Cheshire Football Association @Cheshire_FA]

And we’re underway in the Sunday Challenge Cup Final🏆

🔴@georgedragon20 vs @dockafc 🟢