A talking point - Goldsmiths Utd Senior Div winners 4 out of 5 seasons 99/00 - 04/05. Charity Cup - Billet Villa 7 out of 8 seasons 68/69 - 76/77. Respect to both teams 🫶🫶 A hard act to follow in winning the top Division or Charity Cup in consecutive seasons in OBDSFL. 👍
4) If/when they get their FIFA listing back they would find it much harder to get UEFA/FIFA games and very hard to go to international tournaments
5) Every referee in the world makes mistakes
6) Fans will always have their bias and think every referee is against them
This gets said often and it is rubbish for so many reasons:
1) Every country says their referees are the worst
2) We have some of the best referees in the world
3) Why would a FIFA listed referee give up their FIFA listing to referee in this country
My 15-year-old son refereed his very first game of football today. His first game — and his last.
Will there be a second? No.
In just one match he was shouted at more times than I could keep track of. And I don’t mean the usual “ref, how long?” kind of stuff. I mean full-on screeching, screaming, and being called “stupid,” “thick,” “blind” — and those were the polite words. He was called a cheat. He had expletives thrown at him by grown adults.
Why? Because he gave a throw-in the “wrong” way. Because he didn’t see a foul the way someone else thought he should. Because he dared to make a call that somebody didn’t like.
He’s 15. He’s learning. He’s not perfect — no referee is. But he was fair. He went out there with no bias, no agenda, just a love for the game and a willingness to step up so others could play.
And the abuse broke him. After just one game, he walked off and said, “I’m done.”
So to everyone who shouted, screamed, and tore into him today: don’t dress it up as “passion.” Your “passion” has cost the game a referee. Your “passion” has driven a young lad away after just 90 minutes.
One less referee.
Over 30 hours spent doing the first months fixtures to find out it was a waste of time as 18 teams are not affiliated so we can't cast them fixtures.
Thanks a lot for your support, its really appreciated.
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Lots of pre season games not covered by a ref and this will continue though out the season until the self entitled idiots stops abusing refs.
You have been warned.
@refsupportuk In 50+ years of reffing this was often said to me so it was yellow - or a sin bin in latter years - or a red if their comment was particularly odious. Time to reflect on the touchline always works, 10 mins or permanently !🙂
The Premier League will introduce semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) on Saturday 12 April after non-live testing in the Premier League and live operation in multiple FA Cup matches this season.
SAOT automates key elements of the offside decision-making process for the VAR and will be used in close offside calls. SAOT will support to either confirm the referee’s on-field decision or recommend a change.
The technology helps enhance the speed, efficiency, and consistency of offside decision-making.
More information on SAOT: https://t.co/JvLn2RFtMH
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