CAPITAL REFEREE
Fifteenth Edition – Summer 2006
WHEN WILL YOU
GET YOUR FIRST
CENTURY?
For the vast majority of referees, the only
external measure of their performance during
games is the mark sent by each club to the
competition organiser. Experiments have
recently been conducted at higher levels of the
game involving clubs marking referees out of
100 rather than out of 10. The FA has decided
that club markings at all levels of the game
must be out of 100 rather than out of 10. This
change will be implemented at the start of the
2006/07 season although in many competitions
the new system has been operational since the
new referees’ “marking year” commenced on
1st March 2006.
Information is given inside this magazine about guidance issued to clubs on the
new marking scheme. If a mark of 50 or less is awarded, a club is required to
give a written explanation, which includes constructive advice on developments
that the referee can make to improve future performances. Competitions will
therefore be in a position to issue guidance to referees with below par marks if
different clubs repeatedly make the same suggestions to help an official.
Similarly, the FA has instructed assessors to mark out of 100 rather than out of
10 from 1st March 2006. Again, more information is given about this later in this
newsletter.
Referees have occasionally in the past impressed clubs and even assessors
sufficiently to be awarded 10 out of 10: how frequently will officials in future be
marked 100 out of 100?
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ENCLOSURES
A leaflet issued by the Football Association is supplied, confirming the wording
of the law changes applicable for 2006/07. Please therefore study the leaflet very
carefully. Although the law changes are relatively minor, it is important not to
overlook the notes on page 2 of the leaflet. There is helpful guidance that rings
can be taped up if this renders them entirely safe. Clubs will also be aware of
the emphasis on correct action being taken in connection with pre-match
inspections of players’ equipment, racist and other offensive language, simulation
and blood injuries. Any queries will be answered at the FAMOA Development
Days or at the Referees’ Society Meetings mentioned later in this newsletter.
A receipt is provided for those referees who have already re-registered for
2006/07, unless the receipt has already been sent separately.
For those referees who have not yet re-registered for 2006/07, another set of reregistration papers is enclosed: more is said about these later.
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CONTENTS
Other issues covered in this edition are:-
• confirmation of a London FA referee’s appointment to one of the FA’s 2005/06
Cup Finals;
• news of a new FA Licensed Referee Instructor in London;
• some memories triggered by Paul Gatward’s postcard from Nigeria, featured
in the thirteenth edition of this newsletter;
• a list of people promoted to higher Levels at the end of last season;
• the names of competitions from which all the information requested was not
received by the time that decisions were made on promotions,
• advice of the procedure that must be followed to re-register as a referee, as
it is now time for this to be done again;
• a special feature on one of the types of football that is expanding rapidly:
Mini Soccer; and
• an obituary for a stalwart of refereeing in London, who died recently.
As in past editions, details are given of (a) advice on practical problems that have
arisen since the last edition of this newsletter, (b) facilities available for
documents to be verified for CRB check purposes, (c) approaching child
protection awareness training workshops, (d) the young referees’ support group,
(e) training sessions to which officials are invited if they would like to work on
their physical fitness, (f) planned In-Service Training Courses, (g) events
organised by Referees’ Societies/FAMOA and (h) contact numbers for the people
leading the various teams working on referee development.
Please contact the LFA office if you have any queries about any issues covered
in this newsletter
NEXT TIME ROUND
The sixteenth edition of “Capital Referee” is scheduled for distribution in the
autumn along with a copy of the 2006/07 edition of “The Laws of Association
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Football”. Details will be given of competitions from which the LFA office does
not receive annual marks for referees: this information is of course required to
assist in the making of County appointments and is also taken into consideration
when long service awards are made. More information will be given about the
different competencies that assessors will be using to differentiate between
referees at Levels Seven, Six and Five. If there are any other particular topics that
you would also like to read about, please let the office have your suggestions.
A copy of the 2006/07 edition of the London FA Handbook & Directory will also
be sent in the autumn to all registered referees.
PHIL CROSSLEY HONOURED
AGAIN
London FA referee Phil
Crossley has received
many
prestigious
appointments during his
career. Another honour
was bestowed on him at
the end of last season
when he refereed,
televised live on BBC1,
the FA Women’s Cup
Final played at Millwall
FC between Arsenal Ladies FC and Leeds United Ladies FC.
Congratulations to Phil – keep up the good work!
CHRIS TAPPING LICENSED
After attending a week-long residential course and after undergoing a successful
appraisal of his delivery of In-Service Training, Chris Tapping has been upgraded
by the FA from County Accredited Referee Instructor status to Licensed Referee
Instructor status. Congratulations to Chris, who works extremely hard in the
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training and development of
referees in London.
Anyone interested in joining
London FA’s team of referee
instructors should contact Adrian
Shorter, whose details appear on
the back cover of this newsletter.
The FA requires people to have
some practical experience of
instructing
before
being
nominated to attend a two day course to qualify as County Accredited Referee
Instructors: there are however plenty of opportunities in London to obtain the
necessary experience.
MEMORIES OF REFEREEING
IN NIGERIA
The report from Paul Gatward on his
experiences as a referee in Nigeria, which
was featured in the thirteenth of “Capital
Referee”, stirred some memories for London
FA’s Hon. Treasurer, Basil Stallard (pictured),
of his time in Africa some fifty years ago.
While he was in Nigeria, Basil was the Lagos
FA League Secretary for several years and he
refereed the Nigerian Challenge Cup Final in
1959. He also refereed the Nigerian national
team against Togo in 1956 and against Ghana
in 1958.
Many readers have officiated overseas,
although not necessarily at full international
level. They are encouraged to send to the
London FA office a note about their
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experiences abroad, so that these can be shared with readers in future editions
of this newsletter.
GOOD NEWS ON
PROMOTIONS
Congratulations to everyone promoted at the end
of last season. Good luck to you all. The successful
candidates are detailed below: the people
progressing to the semi-professional game (at
Levels Three and Four) will only have their
promotions confirmed when they have passed the
appropriate fitness test.
Richard Jaye (pictured) has been promoted to
Level Three status. As a new member of the
National List of Contributory League Referees, he
will be refereeing in this area on the Conference
South, the Eastern Counties League Premier
Division, the Isthmian Football League and the
Southern Football League. As he is under 40 years of age, he will also receive
appointments as assistant referee on Conference National games, together with
matches in the FA Premier Reserve League and Pontin’s Holidays Football
Combination.
Jumping all the way from Level Seven to Level Four under the enhanced
promotion scheme are Ihor Lemishka and Abdel Zekri. Moving up to Level Four
from Level Five are Babatunde Adebayo, Ernest Forlemu and Guy Marley.
Stepping up to Level Four from Level Six are Mike Barnes (pictured on the next
page), Russell Howes, James Kelly and Mark Williams.
The new Level Four officials will all be refereeing on a Supply League, to which
they will be allocated by the FA. The local Supply Leagues from which the FA will
choose for 2006/07 will be the Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Football
League, the Westview Essex Senior Football League, the Kentish Observer
Football League, the Minerva Footballs Spartan South Midlands Football League
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and the Suburban Football League.
Level Four officials will also be
appointed as referees to Under-18
games in the FA Premier League
Academy/ Football League Youth
Alliance and as assistant referees to
the Contributory League competitions mentioned on the previous
page. Finally, they will be appointed
as Fourth Officials on FA Premier
Reserve League and Pontin’s
Holidays Football Combination
games.
Progressing to Senior County
Referee (Level Five) status from
Level Six are Dave D’Wan and
Kader Ligue, with Peter Panayiotou being promoted from Level Seven to Level
Five under the enhanced promotion scheme.
New County (Level Six) Referees, having been promoted from Level Seven, are
Orville Bentley, Daniel Burke, Simon Cudner, Alan Goodrich, Alan Hill, Andy
Howard, Jeff Lancaster, Luigi Lungarella, Jim McGrath, Michael Richards and Matt
Worwood.
LEAGUE MARKS FOR
PROMOTION APPLICANTS
Requests for information were sent to all competitions on which promotion
candidates refereed last season. Regrettably, all the information requested as to
the number of matches refereed by candidates and as to the marks awarded, etc.,
was not received from the competitions listed overleaf. In the case of candidates
seeking promotion from Level Six and from Level Seven, the competitions
concerned were both sent a reminder letter and duplicate form to complete
when no full response was received to the initial request by the due date but
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regrettably nothing further was heard from either of them before the Promotions
Meeting.
The London FA Referees’ Committee considers that readers should be aware that
the absence of complete information hampers promotion deliberations and may
have prejudiced some applications for promotion. If you are a promotion
candidate and officiate on one or more of the competitions concerned, you
might wish to consider your position in order to maximise your prospects of
promotion in future.
The only competition concerned for applicants for promotion to Level Four was
the Turkish & Kurdish Football Federation.
The competitions concerned for applicants for promotion from Level Six and for
applicants for promotion from Level Seven are the Essex Sunday Corinthian
Football League and (for the second consecutive year) the Turkish Community
Football Federation.
ANNUAL RE-REGISTRATION
OF REFEREES
Referees’ registrations should have been
renewed between 1st March 2006 and 31st May
2006. The necessary paperwork was circulated
with the fourteenth edition of “Capital Referee”.
Many thanks to everyone who has already reregistered: a receipt is enclosed if it has not
already been supplied.
The public liability insurance cover provided as
part of the registration fee to all referees lapsed
for those officials who did not renew their
registrations by 31st May 2006.
A fresh set of paperwork is supplied to everyone who has not yet re-registered, namely a
blue re-registration form and a yellow availability form.
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If you have received re-registration paperwork, please therefore return as soon
as possible, duly completed:1. pages 1 and 2 of the blue registration form, duly completed (page 3 can be
kept for your records);
2. the yellow availability form;
3. a cheque or postal order (made payable to “London Football Association
Limited”) for £22.00; and
4. a stamped addressed envelope if you would like a receipt to be sent to you
immediately: if no stamped addressed envelope is supplied, your receipt will
be enclosed with the autumn edition of this newsletter.
If you have completed a Criminal Records Bureau check through the FA CRB
Unit and/or if you have undergone child protection awareness training but this
is not shown on the blue form, please contact the FA (either by e-mail at
[email protected] or on its freephone number of 0800 085 0506) to resolve the
issue; you should however still return immediately the re-registration paperwork
to the London FA office.
Please remember that referees do NOT have to complete BOTH the Child
Protection and Best Practice Guide (on CD-ROM or video) AND the FA’s Child
Protection and Best Practice Workshop: they were alternatives. Only tutors,
instructors, examiners, assessors, mentors, CRB document verifiers and referees
who qualified after 1st June 2004 have to attend a Workshop. All other referees
could complete the CD-ROM or video provided that their completed check lists
were received by the FA by 31st May 2006. It is however no longer possible to
complete the CD-ROM or video: anyone previously entitled to do so who did
not actually do so must now attend a Workshop.
MINI SOCCER – A SUCCESS
STORY FOR THE FA
Without doubt, the introduction of ‘Mini Soccer’ has been, for youth football, one
of the best ever innovations launched by the Football Association and certainly
one of the most successful.
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Initially it was looked upon with suspicion
by those involved in the youth game,
especially following an insensitive ‘It
comes in next season – get on with it’
attitude adopted at inception by the FA.
When finally launched in earnest,
however, the FA wisely adopted a
widespread funding and development
programme so that, within a few years, all
‘illegal’ Youth Leagues still promoting the
full 11-a-side game at the under 9 (or even
at under 8) age group disappeared.
‘Mini Soccer’ is now so well established
that it looks after itself. The idea of a ‘more touches, greater skills and greater
enjoyment’ philosophy has indeed worked, with reduced player numbers on a
small pitch meaning that all participants become involved. It is estimate that a
third of all youth football now being played is ‘Mini Soccer’.
In the under 11 age group, teams can choose between ‘full 11-a-side’ and ‘9 v 9’
(i.e. 9-a-side matches using the same Laws of the Game as ‘full 11-a-side’) and
‘Mini Soccer’. Mixed teams of boys and girls are allowed up to the under 11 age
group in any of these formats.
Players in the under 10 age group and below can only play ‘Mini Soccer’.
Players in the under 8 age group can play ‘Mini Soccer’ either on a League basis
and or in a ‘Fun Festival’ format. The FA however strongly recommends the ‘Fun
Festival’ format, in which all players should receive certificates for playing and
no tournaments, cups, leagues and competitions are allowed.
Players in the under 7 age group can only play ‘Mini Soccer’ in the ‘Fun Festival’
format.
Players under the age of 6 on 1st September in the playing season may not take
part in organised football in any format, including ‘Mini Soccer’.
All Youth Leagues run ‘Mini Soccer’ sections for the relevant age groups, so any
reader interested in refereeing these games should contact a local competition:
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details are given on pages 158 to 164 of the London FA Handbook & Directory
2005/06. Alternatively, please contact Alan Clarke (Secretary to the London FA
Youth Council), who will be pleased to provide appropriate contact details:
Alan’s e-mail address is [email protected] and his daytime telephone
number is 01959-570183. As mentioned elsewhere in this newsletter, officials
must obtain a Criminal Records Bureau check through the FA CRB Unit and
undergo child protection awareness training before they can referee ‘Mini Soccer’
games.
So, what are the ‘Mini Soccer’ Laws of the Game?
‘Mini Soccer’ is designed to be simple yet still incorporate all the features of “real
football” that are recognised by children. Each ‘Mini Soccer’ Law is numbered to
correspond with the appropriate Law of the Game: the main variations from the
11-a-side provisions are summarised below.
LAW 1 – Playing Area
Recommended size of pitch:-
• maximum
60 yards by 40 yards; minimum 50 yards by 30 yards
recommended for u10/9;
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• maximum
50 yards by 30 yards; minimum 30 yards by 20 yards
recommended for u8/7;
but, as the different sizes are difficult to mark out, in practice most pitches are
marked out at a uniform size.
Penalty area - 18 yards wide by 10 yards from the goal line, with a penalty mark
8 yards from the goal.
Halfway line, with a centre mark.
Goals (normally plastic or metal) are 6 feet high by 12 feet wide. As goals are
portable, GOALPOST SAFETY is paramount and officials MUST ensure that the
goals are properly staked down: one child a year is killed by falling goalposts!
The goal areas, the arc outside the penalty areas, the centre circle and the corner
quadrants are NOT compulsory but, to replicate the usual pitch markings, are
normally included.
LAW 2 – The Ball
No larger than size 4, with size 3 recommended for u8’s.
LAW 3 – Number of Players
U9/10: six-a-side or seven-a-side.
U8/7:
four-a-side or five-a-side or six-a-side or seven-a-side.
2 year ‘age banding’ but players must be at least 6 years old BEFORE 1st
September.
‘Roll On Roll Off’ allowed for any number of substitutes without being named.
A squad must not be double (or more) than the size of the team.
LAW 6 – Timekeeper/Scorer/Assistant Referee
Only to be used for timekeeping, recording scores and supervising substitutions.
LAW 7 – Duration of Game
Each organiser may determine its own time within the permitted timescales (as
follows).
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8/7s:
total of 45 minutes play per day per player.
9/10s:
total of 60 minutes play per day per player.
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LAW 8 – Start and Restart of Play
Opponents must be 5 yards away from the ball.
The ball must be played forward.
A ‘Dropped Ball’ restart within the penalty area takes place on the penalty area
line parallel to the goal line at that point nearest to where the ball was located
when play was stopped.
LAW 11 – Offside
There is NO offside.
LAW 12 – Fouls and Misconduct
All free kicks are DIRECT.
Any ‘Indirect’ free kick fouls INSIDE the penalty area become ‘Direct’ free kicks
OUTSIDE the penalty area at the point nearest to the offence.
LAW 16 – Goal Kick
May be taken from any point within the penalty area.
CLUB MARKINGS
As mentioned on the front page of this newsletter, clubs will start to mark
referees out of 100 rather than out of 10 in 2006/07. Readers might be interested
in seeing the guidance issued to clubs on this process and therefore it is given
below.
Guide To Marking
The mark awarded by a club must be based on the referee’s overall performance:
it is most important that the mark is awarded fairly and not based upon isolated
incidents or previous games. The referee’s performance should be determined
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by the table below which should act as a guide for the overall mark, which
should fall within the mark range for each standard of performance.
Mark Range
Comment
91-100
The referee was extremely accurate in decision making and
very successfully controlled the game using management and
communication skills to create an environment of fair play,
adding real value to the game.
81-90
The referee was very accurate in decision making and
successfully controlled the game using management and
communication skills to create an environment of fair play.
71-80
The referee was accurate in decision making and controlled the
game well, communicating with the players, making a positive
contribution towards fair play.
61-70
The referee was reasonably accurate in decision making,
controlled the game quite well and communicated with
players, establishing a reasonable degree of fair play.
51-60
The referee had some shortcomings in the level of accuracy of
decision making and control, with only limited success in
communicating with the players resulting in variable fair play.
50 and below
The referee had significant shortcomings in the level of
accuracy of decision making and control with poor
communication with the players which resulted in low levels of
fair play
Notes
•A
mark within each mark range can be given to reflect the referee’s
performance e.g. a mark of 79 indicates a somewhat better performance than
a mark of 71.
• A mark between 71 and 80 represents the standard of refereeing expected.
• When a mark of 50 or less is awarded, an explanation must be provided to
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the League or Competition by completing the appropriate box on the
marking form. It must include comments which could help improve the
referee’s future performances. Even where a referee has significant
shortcomings there will have been some positive aspects which should be
given credit; extremely low marks (below 20) should be very rare.
How to Decide on the Referee’s Mark
The following questions focus on the key areas of a referee’s performance. They
are intended as an “aide memoire”, are not necessarily comprehensive and need
not be answered individually. It is, however, worth considering them before
committing yourself to a mark for the referee.
CONTROL AND DECISION MAKING
• How well did the referee control the game?
• Were the players’ actions recognised correctly?
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• Were the Laws applied correctly?
• Were all incidents dealt with efficiently/effectively?
• Were all the appropriate sanctions applied correctly?
• Was the referee always within reasonable distance of incidents?
• Was the referee well positioned to make critical decisions, especially in and
around the penalty area?
• Did the referee understand the players’ positional intentions and keep out of
the way accordingly?
• Did
the referee demonstrate alertness and concentration throughout the
game?
• Did
the referee apply the use of the advantage to suit the mood and
temperature of the game?
• Was the referee aware of the players’ attitude to advantage?
• Did the referee use the assistants effectively?
• Did the officials work as a team and did the referee lead and manage them
to the benefit of the game?
COMMUNICATION AND PLAYER MANAGEMENT
• How well did the referee communicate with the players during the game?
• Did the referee’s level of involvement/profile suit this particular game?
• Did the referee understand the players’ problems on the day – e.g. difficult
ground/weather conditions?
• Did the referee respond to the changing pattern of play/mood of players?
• Did the referee demonstrate empathy for the game, allowing it to develop in
accordance with the tempo of the game?
• Was the referee pro-active in controlling the game?
• Was the referee’s authority asserted firmly without being officious?
• Was the referee confident and quick thinking?
• Did the referee appear unflustered and unhurried when making
decisions?
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• Did the referee permit undue questioning of decisions?
• Did the referee deal effectively with players crowding
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around after
decisions/incidents?
• Was effective player management in evidence?
• Was the referee’s body language confident and open at all times?
• Did the pace of the game, the crowd or player pressure affect the referee
negatively?
Final Thoughts
• Always
try to be objective when marking. You may not obtain the most
objective view by marking immediately after the game.
• Judge the performance over the whole game. Don’t be too influenced by one
particular incident.
Don’t mark the referee down unfairly because your team was unlucky and lost
the game or some disciplinary action was taken against your players.
ASSESSING REFEREE’S
PERFORMANCE
The FA’s five-yearly registration programme for assessors has been scrapped and
replaced by an annual re-registration programme. Prior to each season,
Workshops are arranged for assessors so that up-to-date information is provided
about their roles and so that skills can be developed.
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The front page of this newsletter mentioned the introduction for assessors of a
marking scheme out of 100 rather than out of 10. The report that the referee will
receive has been re-titled and re-designed. It is now called a “Referee Assessment
and Development Form”: the new name highlights a subtle change of emphasis
in the role of the assessor, who in future will be tasked not merely with
commenting on what s/he has observed but also with identifying strengths which
should be built upon and with suggesting ways of developing in areas where
there is still room for improvement. The sections of the new form are headed:1, Application of Law;
2. Positioning, Fitness & Work Rate;
3. Alertness & Awareness;
4. Communication;
5. Teamwork;
6. Advantage;
7. Match Control.
Assessors have been trained to give a mark in each section of the form. A
different weighting is then given to the mark in each section which results in a
mark out of 100 being reached. Further information as to how this works in
practice will be given in the next edition of “Capital Referee”.
The candidate will still not see the marks awarded
but will be provided with an aide memoire
commenting briefly on the three greatest strengths
and on up to three areas in which development
work should be focused.
Interestingly, the first section of the old form
(“Appearance”) is not reproduced anywhere in
the new form. This emphasises the change of
approach being required from the assessor.
Previously, s/he just stated on every occasion
what had been observed, e.g. “You looked very
smart”. In future, appearance will only be
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mentioned if it is relevant. If someone has a brilliant, perfect game but looks a
bit sloppily dressed, the appearance could well be completely irrelevant. If, on
the other hand, the players had no respect from the outset for a scruffy looking
official, the “Match Control” section might include a comment along the lines of
“You should consider whether you might have encountered fewer challenges to
your authority at the start of the game by creating an excellent first impression,
entering the field of play in a confident manner dressed neatly and tidily in
clean kit”.
For the benefit of assessors, the FA has described the skills which should be
demonstrated by referees at each of Levels 7, 6 and 5. There has been a move
to “competency based assessments”. More details of these will be given in future
editions of this newsletter but this time round the guidance given under the
“Teamwork” section can be used to illustrate the approach.
A Level 7 referee is able to:-
• make effective use of club assistants as per competition rules;
• encourage the provision of assistants;
• provide instructions to obtain support to aid match control, giving adequate
pre-match instructions to club assistants;
• generally acknowledge signals from club
assistants; and
• be seen to communicate, respecting their
support, achieving some communication.
A Level 6 referee is able to:-
• do all of the above; and
• acknowledge and overrule as appropriate.
A Level 5 referee is able to:-
• do all of the above;
• show satisfactory support
for neutral
assistant referees (where appointed) or
club assistants;
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• provide encouragement actively to gain support;
• demonstrate some team leadership skills;
• promote communication through eye contact; and
• provide “unseen advice” on marginal decisions.
Early experience of the new procedures suggests that promotion candidates will
find the feedback more helpful and that there will be greater consistency
between assessors. This is very encouraging for all concerned.
PROBLEM CORNER
It has been mentioned in the recent editions of “Capital Referee” that the County
Office is from time to time asked to issue guidance on problems that have arisen.
It has been decided that the guidance should be publicised where it might be of
general interest. In this edition, we focus on two more questions which have
been sent to the London FA.
Case One
“I refereed a pre-season friendly between two teams registered with London FA.
I cautioned two players from one of the teams but after the match the manager
of that team told me that the players concerned had not been registered by the
club with the league in which it played, nor were they likely to be for the new
season. He therefore asked me not to report the cautions. Should I have refereed
the match?”
Competition rules require each club to register with its league the players which
will represent it in competitive games. It will be a breach of the competition rules
for a club to be represented by one or more unregistered players in a competitive
game. Depending on the exact wording of the competition rules, any club
fielding an ineligible player may be punished by a fine or by a deduction of
points, etc. These competition rules do not however apply to “friendly” games,
i.e. matches which are not being played in an affiliated competition. Players in a
friendly game therefore do not have to be registered with a league. However,
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cautions, sending offs and other misconduct in friendly games should ALWAYS
be reported in the usual way to the relevant County FA, which will take action
against the offender’s club. Please remember that Misconduct Reports (or copies)
should NEVER be sent to individual competitions as, apart from small-sided
football (e.g. five-a-side games), only the County FA can impose disciplinary
penalties for cautions, sending offs and other misconduct.
Case Two
“On sending a player off
after he swore at me in an
offensive, insulting and
abusive manner, he stood
on the touchline and
continued to pass noncomplimentary remarks
about me. The player
claimed that he was in a
public park and that he
was entitled to stand
where he wanted.Do local
bye-laws allow this?”
Local bye-laws might permit anyone to stand by the field of play but the Laws
of the Game do not do so. Law 12 specifically states that a player who has been
sent off must leave the vicinity of the field of play. Anyone who refuses to do so
is committing a further offence under the Laws of Association Football. If this is
drawn to the attention of the offender’s captain or to a club official, the problem
will normally be solved without further intervention by the referee: the offender
is normally persuaded to go away by his colleagues so that the game can
continue in peace. However, if there is no co-operation from the offender’s club
and if serious difficulties result, the match can be abandoned in such extreme
circumstances. Misconduct after having been sent off (e.g. using further offensive
or insulting or abusive language and/or refusing to leave the field of play or its
vicinity) should be the subject of a second Misconduct Report to the appropriate
County FA, which will then raise a further charge against the offender.
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FA REQUIREMENTS FOR
CRB CHECKS AND CHILD
PROTECTION AWARENESS
TRAINING
Current FA policy on Criminal Records
Bureau checks and on child protection
awareness training was outlined in the
fourteenth edition of this newsletter. It
is mandatory for all referees, tutors,
instructors,
examiners,
mentors,
assessors and document verifiers to
complete a CRB check through the FA
CRB Unit and to undergo child
protection awareness training.
If you have not undergone child protection awareness training and/or if you
have not obtained a CRB check you will not be:-
• included
in the list of referees in the London FA County Handbook &
Directory;
• nominated for FA competitions;
• eligible for promotion; or
• eligible for youth football.
All affiliated leagues and competitions will be supplied at monthly intervals with
lists of referees who have complied with the requirements.
It should be emphasised once again that the FA will only accept checks made
through its own CRB Unit: it will not accept checks made for other organisations,
e.g. the police, teaching bodies, etc.
CRIMINAL RECORDS BUREAU CHECKS
If you have not yet applied for a CRB check and you need to do so in order to
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comply with the FA’s requirements, please take the steps outlined below.
Step One – Filling in the Form
Everyone should already have received a
“Disclosure Application Form” plus a copy of
“The FA CRB Unit Guidelines for Referees
Completing Disclosure Application Forms”: if
further forms are required, please e-mail
[email protected] or telephone
020-7610 8362. Each form has a unique bar
scanning code and the original form must be
sent to the FA CRB Unit: photocopied forms
will be rejected.
Please read the Guidelines BEFORE
completing the Disclosure Application Form.
It is essential that the Disclosure Application
Form should be filled in properly USING A
BLACK PEN.
Please also insert your current Level after your FAMOA number on line 13 in
section B of the Disclosure Application Form: leave a space after the FAMOA
number and then enter L (for Level) and the number, e.g. 7.
In section G, please insert the sum of £12.00 and ensure that a cheque or postal
order for that sum (made payable to “FA CRB”) accompanies the Form.
Step Two – Contacting the FA
You then have the choice of:-
• either
sending the completed Form with your payment and identity
documents by post to the FA CRB Unit at Nottingham: if referees wish to use
the postal system, then documents MUST be sent to the Nottingham address
and NOT to London FA because the LFA is not expected to manage additional
mail or the security of documents;
• or producing the completed Form with your payment and identity documents
to a FA trained “verifier” at a local “clinic”.
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A list of “clinics” at which the documentation can be produced to a verifier is
given below: details of further clinics will be publicised on the “Referees” pages
of the LFA website (www.londonfa.com ) as soon as they have been arranged.
Readers MUST book an advance appointment at a clinic by e-mail or by
telephone: clearly, it will be impossible to verify everyone’s documents if they
should all turn up at the same clinic at the same time! Unless other contact
details are given, appointments should be booked by e-mail at
[email protected] or by telephoning Colin Wheeler on his home
number of 020-8357 8675.
• Sunday
2nd July 2006 at Edmonton Sports Club, Church Street, Lower
Edmonton, London N9 9HL from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm;
• Sunday 3rd September 2006 at PowerLeague Catford, Private Banks Sports
Ground, Canadian Avenue, London SE6 4SW from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm;
• Mondays from 8pm to 9pm at Twynholme Community Centre, Laundry Road,
Fulham, London W6: appointments to be booked by telephoning Richard
Kinner on his mobile number of 07917-402049;
• Mondays
to Fridays from 10am to 4pm at London Football Association
Limited, 11 Hurlingham Business Park, Sulivan Road, Fulham, London SW6
3DU: appointments can be booked by e-mail at [email protected] or by
telephoning 0870-774 3010;
• Uplyme, Victoria Gardens, Biggin Hill, Kent TN16 3DJ: appointments to be
booked by e-mail at [email protected] or by telephoning Alan
Clarke on his office number of 01959 570183;
• Sundridge Park Working Men’s Club, 134 Burnt Ash Lane, Bromley, Kent BR1
5AF: appointments to be booked by e-mail at [email protected] or
by telephoning Bill Neicho on his home number of 020-8698 8196;
• 73
Overdown Road, Bellingham, London SE6 3ET: appointments to be
booked by e-mail at [email protected] or by telephoning Bill
Neicho on his home number of 020-8698 8196;
• 10 Owen House, Brecknock Road Estate, Brecknock Road, London N19 5AS:
appointments to be booked by e-mail at [email protected] or by
telephoning Ray Burnley on his home number of 020-7609 2573 between
6pm and 10pm;
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• 63 Tyrrell Avenue, Welling, Kent DA16 2BT: appointments to be booked by
e-mail at [email protected] or by telephoning Alan Hill on his home
number of 020-8306 6887.
Step Three – What Happens Next?
Normally the CRB Certificate will be issued
between nine and eleven weeks after the FA
receives your application for a certificate. Many
checks for people in the Metropolitan Police area
do however take longer than this due to the
police workload.
If you have queries about the progress of CRB
checks, please contact The Football Association at
[email protected] or by telephoning 0800 085 0506.
CRB checks are renewed every three years at the expense of the County Football
Association. You will be contacted by the FA CRB Unit when the time comes to
renew your check.
CHILD
PROTECTION
AWARENESS
TRAINING
A new Child Protection Awareness Training
Workshop, suitable for officials of all ages, is
being rolled out. It is limited to referee-specific
issues, unlike previous Workshops, which also
covered issues relevant to coaches, etc.
Until the new-style Workshops are generally available, all referees who have not
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yet undergone child protection awareness training must attend an old-style
Workshop. These Workshops are normally run in the evening and last for three
hours. Anyone needing to attend such a Workshop should e-mail
neil.fowkes@londonfa or telephone 020-7610 8367 to book a place: a £20.00
fee is payable. Workshops will be held over the next few months on the
evenings of:-
• Tuesday 27th June 2006 (Greenwich);
• Wednesday 28th June 2006 (Walthamstow);
• Wednesday 19th July 2006 (Morden);
• Thursday 27th July 2006 (Walthamstow);
• Wednesday 23rd August 2006 (Greenwich);
• Thursday 24th August 2006 (Walthamstow)
• Monday 4th September 2006 (Fulham);
• Wednesday 20th September 2006 (Morden); and
• Thursday 21st September 2006 (Walthamstow).
A certificate will be issued by the FA Child Protection Department to everyone
successfully completing a Workshop. Enquiries about the issue of a certificate
following attendance at a Workshop should be made by e-mail to
[email protected] or by telephoning 0800 085 0506.
Certificates are valid for three years and at the end of that period you will be
contacted by the FA, which will confirm the procedure which must be followed
in order to update your training.
YOUNG REFEREES
The idea for a Support Group in London for referees aged 18-25 came about after
the FA’s Young Referees’ Conference 2005. It is now twelve months since the
first steps were taken to create the YRSG and I am pleased to say that we have
just completed our first season.
The YRSG is open to all London FA officials aged 18-25, regardless of their
refereeing classification. At present we have about 12 members of various
refereeing experience and anyone who wishes to join us is more than welcome.
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Group meetings take
place every couple of
months
during
the
season at the Civil
Service
Centre,
Chadwick Street. The
content
of
these
meetings is very much
up to the members.
Previous topics have
included how to deal with dissent, personal goal-setting and player management.
Discussion of previous match incidents, both at the professional and park level,
is an integral part in helping other colleagues learn from what a referee did right
and wrong.
Video analysis has been a popular and useful part of the meetings this year. Two
matches, each refereed by one of the Group Leaders, have been used to help
the YRSG members develop many skills, including positioning and management
of critical incidents. Further analysis sessions are planned for next year as it is
much easier to learn from a referee if you are watching what he is doing.
Throughout
the
season
members of the YRSG have the
opportunity to watch senior
colleagues in London and to
benefit from their experience.
Our last meeting was at the LFA
Senior Cup Final where we
focused on the assistant
referees’ technique and how
the referee was minimising any
confrontation by ‘selling’ his
decisions.
YRSG members also came to support the three Group Leaders Aji Ajibola, Matt
Foden and Matthew Hopton at Loftus Road for the BUSA Championship Men’s
Final, a game which will certainly provide some talking points for next year.
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As well as our meetings, a YRSG Newsletter is produced just before each meeting
and provides training, discussion and information for all the members. The
Newsletter is emailed to all the Group members and is also placed on the LFA’s
website.
The Newsletter is not only useful for the members but to all referees within
London. The training topics and other articles, such as the Questions and
Answers with Barry Knight, apply to all active officials and will be particularly
useful for those officials who have just started refereeing or are going for
promotion.
With officials under the age of 25 making up almost 20% of this year’s County
Cup Final appointments with London, it is clear that it has been a successful
season for ‘young’ referees. However, we hope to build what the YRSG has
achieved this season and help more London officials become better referees.
Plans are already underway for next season’s meetings which will include guest
speakers, video analysis and training. The next Newsletter will also be available
at the start of June. If you would like to join the YRSG, or you would like to
know more about it, please contact Matthew Hopton, whose details appear on
the back of Capital Referee.
FITNESS TRAINING
WITH OTHER OFFICIALS
Referees often like to get together for
physical fitness training sessions. One
group meets at the HSBC ground in
Lennards Road, Beckenham every
Wednesday night between 7.30 pm and
8.30 pm. The organiser is Kent FA referee
Martin Bishop but many London FA
officials attend: the sessions are based on
programmes devised by Matt Weston,
who works with the FA Premier League
and Coca Cola Football League match
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officials. Another group meets during the summer and through the season to
train at 8.15pm on Thursdays at New River Sports Centre, White Hart Lane,
London N22.
Everyone is welcome to join these sessions. If more information is required,
please contact:-
• David Dixon ([email protected] or 07771 618446); or
• Ian Bentley ([email protected] or 020 8777 3422) for the HSBC sessions;
or
• Matt
Foden ([email protected] or 07719 019833) for the New River
Sports Centre sessions.
IN-SERVICE TRAINING
PROGRAMME
The Course Calendar is
shown below. Anyone
requiring more information
should contact Adrian
Shorter, London’s County
Referee Training Officer:
please see the back cover of
this newsletter for his
details.
Promotion Candidates First In-Service Training/Examinations Day
Morning and afternoon of Sunday 2nd July 2006 (targeted at candidates on the
2006/07 promotion scheme, who must attend either this event or the one in
September 2006).
Promotion Candidates Second In-Service Training/Examinations Day
Morning and afternoon of Sunday 3rd September 2006 (targeted at candidates on
the 2006/07 promotion scheme, who must attend either this event or the one on
Sunday 2nd July 2006).
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OTHER ORGANISATIONS
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION MATCH OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION (“FAMOA”)
FAMOA was established by The Football Association so that it
could communicate directly with its referees. All registered
referees, FA qualified instructors and registered assessors are
automatically members of FAMOA.
All members of FAMOA should have received some newsletters
and magazines (“FAMOA Journal” and “FAMOA Briefing”)
directly from it, including forms for completion to apply for a
Membership Card, to apply for a Record of Achievement and to enter its
“Incentive Scheme” under which refereeing activities are recognised by the
provision of items of free kit, “England” merchandise, etc. All active referees who
were qualified when FAMOA was formed and all referees who qualified
subsequently (provided that they have applied for a Record of Achievement)
should also have received a FAMOA "Three Lions" badge. You should remember
that these badges are not substitutes for the London FA badge, which must be
worn on all our County Cup games!
FAMOA organises annual “Development Days”: all referees are encouraged to
attend these functions.
Please e-mail The Football Association at [email protected] or telephone it on
020-7745 4651 if you have any queries about FAMOA.
Local Society News
All referees are also encouraged to join a local referees' society
and to attend its monthly meetings as frequently as possible.
Membership of a local referees’ society will include
membership of The Referees’ Association, the national body
representing the interests of referees and providing them with
personal accident insurance cover. Visit www.footballreferee.org
or contact The Referees’ Association on [email protected]
or 02476-601701 for more details.
The local societies to which most of our referees belong are detailed next:-
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Bexleyheath and Welling Referees' Society, meeting at Slade Green FC, Moat
Lane, Erith, Kent at 8 pm on the first Monday in each month apart from January,
July and August. Contact Les Sweetapple on 01322-351650 for more details.
Bromley Referees' Society, meeting at Farnborough Sports Club, High Street,
Farnborough Village, Kent at 8 pm on the third Thursday of each month apart
from June and July. Visit www.footballreferee.org/web/krabromley/index.html
or contact Rob Preedy on [email protected] or 020-8249
0390 for more details.
Fulham & District Referees' Society, meeting at The Wheatsheaf Public House, 2
Upper Tooting Road, London SW17 (by Tooting Bec station) at 7.30 pm on the
third Friday of each month from September to April. Contact Steve Lomas on
020-8987 8693 for further details.
Knights Society of Association Referees, meeting at Dulwich Hamlet FC, Edgar
Kail Way, East Dulwich, London SE22 at 8 pm on the third Thursday of each
month. Contact Maurice Newton on 020-8646 5011 for further details.
London Society of Association Referees ("LONSAR") is meeting jointly with AFA
Referees’ Society at Chadwick Street Recreation Centre, 1 Chadwick Street,
Westminster, London SW1P 2ET at 7.15 pm on the second Thursday of each
month from September to May. Contact Gordon Kirby on [email protected] or
020 8995 7529 for further details.
North Middlesex Referees’ Society, meeting at Pymmes Park Bowls Club, Silver
Street, Edmonton, London N18 1PL at 7.30 pm on the third Thursday of each
month from September to May inclusive. Contact Robin Jagot at
[email protected] or on 01707 651461 (home) for
further details.
South of the Thames & Woolwich Referees Society, meeting at Mycenae House,
Mycenae Road, London SE3 at 8 pm on the second Friday of each month.
Contact Gordon Manning on 020-8697 0743 for further details.
West London Referees' Society, meeting at The Royal British Legion, 65 Upper
Richmond Road, Putney, London SW15 at 8 pm regularly during the football
season. Visit www.westlondonreferees.co.uk or contact Paddy Boshell on 0208943 9462 for more details.
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A society that is independent of The Referees’ Association is Ilford Society of
Association Football Referees, meeting at Athenaeum Tennis Club, 383A
Aldborough Road South, Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex IG3 8JL at 8 pm on the third
Thursday of each month from August to May inclusive. Contact Ron Coles on
020-8252 1549 (home) or 07768-863758 (mobile) for further details.
WORLD CUP FINALS 2006
MATCH OFFICIALS
AFRICAN ZONE
Referees
Assistant Referees
ABD EL FATAH Essam (EGY)
CODJIA Coffi (BEN)
ADERODJOU Aboudou (BEN)
DANTE Dramane (MLI)
NDOYE Mamadou (SEN)
NTAGUNGIRA Celestin (RWA)
ASIAN ZONE
Referees
Assistant Referees
KAMIKAWA Toru (JPN)
MAIDIN Shamsul (SIN)
SHIELD Mark (AUS)
GHULOUM Eisa (UAE)
GIBSON Nathan (AUS)
HIROSHIMA Yoshikazu (JPN)
KIM Dae Young (KOR)
PERMPANICH Prachya (THA)
WILSON Ben (AUS)
NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ZONE
Referees
Assistant Referees
ARCHUNDIA Benito (MEX)
RODRIGUEZ Marco (MEX)
CAMARGO Jose Luis (MEX)
LEAL Leonel (CRC)
RAMIREZ Jose (MEX)
VERGARA Hector (CAN)
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EUROPEAN ZONE
Referees
Assistant Referees
BUSACCA Massimo (SUI)
DE BLEECKERE Frank (BEL)
IVANOV Valentin (RUS)
MEDINA CANTALEJO Luis (ESP)
MERK Markus (GER)
MICHEL Lubos (SVK)
POLL Graham (ENG)
POULAT Eric (FRA)
ROSETTI Roberto (ITA)
ARNET Matthias (SUI)
BALKO Martin (SVK)
BURAGINA Francesco (SUI)
COPELLI Cristiano (ITA)
DAGORNE Lionel (FRA)
GIRALDEZ CARRASCO Victoriano (ESP)
GOLUBEV Nikolay (RUS)
HERMANS Peter (BEL)
MEDINA HERNANDEZ Pedro (ESP)
SALVER Jan-Hendrik (GER)
SCHRAER Christian (GER)
SHARP Philip (ENG)
SLYSKO Roman (SVK)
STAGNOLI Alessandro (ITA)
TEXIER Vincent (FRA)
TURNER Glenn (ENG)
VOLNIN Evgueni (RUS)
VROMANS Walter (BEL)
SOUTH AMERICAN ZONE
Referees
Assistant Referees
AMARILLA Carlos (PAR)
ELIZONDO Horacio (ARG)
LARRIONDA Jorge (URU)
RUIZ Oscar (COL)
SIMON Carlos (BRA)
ANDINO Amelio (PAR)
BERNAL Manuel (PAR)
CORONA Ednilson (BRA)
FANDINO Pablo (URU)
GARCIA Dario (ARG)
NAVIA Jose (COL)
OTERO Rodolfo (ARG)
RIAL Walter (URU)
TAMAYO Fernando (ECU)
TAVARES Aristeu (BRA
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SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP
Referees
Assistant Referees
AL GHAMDI Khalil (KSA)
CHANDIA Carlos (CHI)
DAMON Jerome (RSA)
GUEZZAZ Mohamed (MAR)
STOTT Kevin (USA)
AL KADRI Hamdi (SYR)
ARABATI Fathi (JOR)
BARKEY Gregory (USA)
DJEZZAR Brahim (ALG)
ENDENG ZOGO Jean Marie (CMR)
GONZALEZ Rodrigo (CHI)
JULIO Cristian (CHI)
MOLEFE Enock (RSA)
STRICKLAND Chris (USA)
YEBOAH Justice (GHA)
R G PERRY
A FOOTBALL MAN –
AN APPRECIATION
I first met Bob Perry in 1973, when having qualified as a
referee I attended my first meeting of the Fulham and
District Referees’ Society. It was a meeting that was to
leave a lasting impression and it was with deep and
profound regret that I learned of his passing recently.
It is not difficult to evaluate the impact that Bob Perry had on football in London
generally and on the Sportsman’s Senior Sunday Football League in particular. Bob
was a member of that famous triumvirate that included Ron Halfacre and Bert
Gaby who together steered the Sportsman’s League triumphantly through
uncharted waters many years ago. Now there is only Ron left of that awesome
threesome and I know he will be reflecting on some wonderfully memorable times
in the coming months.
Quite apart from his service as a referee, Bob was to serve as a football
administrator in London for over 50 years. He spent twenty six years as the
League’s Referees’ Secretary. He also served on the Council of the London
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Football Association as a member of Division 6 and sat on the Association’s
Referees’ Committee.
They threw away the mould when they made Bob Perry for he was truly a oneoff. Some people called him abrasive. Not a bit of it. What you saw is what you
got. Bob knew the value of a straightforward response.
Friends, especially referees, welcomed the arm of protectionism that came with the
calm authority of a man clearly in control, while others were left wrong-footed.
I remember vividly one Monday night many years ago when a very senior club
secretary asked for his appointed referee to be changed as he had officiated in
a previous game and the secretary was not too keen on him or words to that
effect. Bob leant back in his chair and looked hard at the man in front of him
who returned the gesture. Those of us in the immediate vicinity watched in
expectation to see who would blink first. ‘So you don’t want this referee’ was
Bob’s immediate response. ‘Very well, I will remove this referee from your game
and now you don’t have one.’ The secretary did not pursue the matter. He knew
he had lost the argument.
Bob Perry, a referee’s friend in every sense of the word, was an outstanding man
with an outstanding record. I was hugely privileged to serve as his assistant and
honoured to be asked to follow him into the Referees’ Secretary’s hot seat later on.
Bob was not a man to wallow in sentiment but we do know that the passing of
his dear wife Gladys, herself a most able assistant secretary to the league, hit him
hard 19 years ago.
Bob’s passing has left a great void and there is much sadness amongst his family,
friends and colleagues. But Bob would not want us to be too unhappy. He
would just want us to know that he was happy with everything he had in life
and that it is time to move on.
As we say farewell to Bob, we do so with love, respect and gratitude for a life
well spent and memories to cherish.
Dear Bob rest easy old friend. You have earned it.
Colin Wheeler
Secretary - LFA Referees’ Committee
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REFEREE DEVELOPMENT
- USEFUL CONTACTS
E-Mail
Name
Role
Fred Eltham
John Socratous
Recruitment
Recruitment
Dick Caylor
Basic Training
Alan Hill
Examinations
[email protected]
020-8306 6887 (home)
01689 873134 (office)
07947 430614 (mobile)
Darren Taylor
Assessing
[email protected]
07712-589636 (mobile) 020-8680 9932
020-8680 9932 (home)
Matthew Hopton Young Officials
[email protected]
07763 488966 (mobile)
Jeff Pettitt
Charlton Athletic
Referees’ Academy
[email protected]
020-8317 7476 (home)
John Taylor
Tottenham Hotspur
Referees’ Academy
Darren Taylor
Mentoring
Gordon Manning Retention
Pilot Scheme
Telephone
Fax
020-8650 3316 (home)
020-8452 7620 (home)
020-7388 1919 (home)
01992-626628 (home)
[email protected]
07712-589636 (mobile) 020-8680 9932
020-8680 9932 (home)
[email protected]
020-8697 0743 (home)
(before 9pm)
020-7215 5101 (office)
Mike McNally
Promotion
Adrian Shorter
In-Service Training
[email protected]
01277-658189 (home) 01277-658189
020-8646 5783 (home) 020-8646 5783
07814 975927 (mobile)
David Dixon
Physical Fitness
[email protected]
07771-618446 (mobile)
Graham Crane
County RA
Colin Wheeler
Criminal Records
Bureau Verifiers
01992-447125 (home)
[email protected]
020-8357 8675 (home)
This is the fifteenth edition of "Capital Referee", the series of quarterly
newsletters produced for referees by the office of The London Football
Association Limited in conjunction with its Referees’ Committee.
CAPITAL REFEREE
Edition 15 – Summer 2006
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