Reading Referees' Association

[Reading Referees' Association @ReadingRefs]

"couldn't do what you do, ref", players often remark! Yet many refs you meet picked up the whistle after their playing days were done, and keeps them on the pitch for many more years to come. Even decades

[Berks & Bucks FA @BerksandBucksFA]

📢 Spaces are available now on our upcoming FA Referee Courses:

📍 Wantage
📅 Day 1: Thursday 18 June (7pm–9pm)
📅 Day 2: Sunday 21 June (10am–6pm)

📍 Milton Keynes
📅 Day 1: Thursday 25 June (7.30pm–9.30pm)
📅 Day 2: Sunday 28 June (9am–5pm)

Sign up: https://t.co/2Xe9NPVLEb

[Reading Referees' Association @ReadingRefs]

@benatherton Great to hear! Excited to share more soon about what we're going to be up to. Including summer fitness training, awards night, and an FA Cup Final Official sharing their experience

[Berks & Bucks FA @BerksandBucksFA]

Levelling up! 📈

Congratulations to our 23 newly promoted Level 6 Junior County Referees! 👏

[Reading Referees' Association @ReadingRefs]

@CTYFCChairman @TheRefereeForum Sounds like a lot of referees need to look at registering for self assessment and keeping a tally of all expenses and mileage for that return 💡

[Reading Referees' Association @ReadingRefs]

Unpopular opinion? If you're already 30s over the minimum time to be added, and quite clearly the attacking team is in no hurry to take the corner, sure, blow for half-time. You've allowed the time, they've decided not to use it.

[Gloucestershire FA ⚽ @GlosFA]

Congratulations to our officials who have received promotions 👏

[Reading Referees' Association @ReadingRefs]

@footballontnt No, he kicked it into his own hand, all in an entirely natural and expected motion. Very little to talk about.

[Ben Atherton @benatherton]

Great to see some @ReadingRefs in here. thanks for a great season Andrew

[Reading Referees' Association @ReadingRefs]

Congratulations to Michael McDonagh of Reading, drawing on St John Ambulance and Network Rail training, Michael sustained CPR for 20 minutes on a collapsed goalkeeper, which helped save his life.

Referee Recognition Awards 2026 https://t.co/NLh1KQuDth

[The Referees’ Association @RefsAssociation]

Gloucester RA Chair and 2026 FA Cup Final Assistant Referee, Tim Wood receiving his recognition award from RA Chair Steve Oakey.

The presentation was made at the Gloucestershire County RA’s End of Season Event held at Cheltenham Town FC last night.

Congratulations, Tim! 👏

[FA Refereeing @FARefereeing]

What do the Referee Recognition Awards mean to Howard Webb?

#RefereeRecognitionAwards2026

[Stuart Carrington @StuCarrington07]

Why do this? Previous experience is a fundamental part of self-efficacy (how confident we are that we can complete a task). In my new journal for sports officials, this is a key feature. Sports officials can reflect on how they have met demands of the role to develop confidence.

[The Referees’ Association @RefsAssociation]

If you're looking for something to do on this glorious bank holiday weekend, why not head to our Members Area to access the online resources?

We've just uploaded the recording of the FA Cup Final Celebration evening, with Darren England & his team 👌🏼

👇🏻 https://t.co/geFSo1BhOc

[Reading Referees' Association @ReadingRefs]

The point in law is, "... when the position of their hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player’s body movement for that specific situation." The arms move to jump, and the presence of, and impact with the attacker forces the arm up further.

[Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews]

"It was such a big call" 🗣️

The ref watch panel react to the The Scottish FA's key match incident panel revelation that Celtic should not have been awarded the match-winning penalty at Motherwell ⚽️

[Reading Referees' Association @ReadingRefs]

At Thursday's AGM, those in attendance voted to approve membership fees for 2026-27. Membership will open on 1 June

[FA Refereeing @FARefereeing]

We've had a fantastic response to our Celebrating 2025/26 campaign so far! 🙌

Make sure you send us your highlights of the season so we can celebrate your achievements. ⬇️

https://t.co/LhIoJ8DgxC

[Stuart Carrington @StuCarrington07]

Good advice and in The Sports Official's Journal I provide pre and post-match exercises for officials in all sports to complete so they can recover from mistakes and promote resilience.

https://t.co/3bzuZB0bvZ

[The IFAB @TheIFAB]

A defender (Team A) attempts to kick the ball out of the penalty area. The ball deflects off another defender (Team A) and goes to an attacker (Team B), who has been in an offside position since the first defender kicked the ball. The attacker controls the ball and is unfairly challenged (careless tackle) by an opponent inside Team A’s penalty area.

What is the correct decision?

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[Stuart Carrington @StuCarrington07]

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