We have received the following request from Hafidzul Hanif Bin Hardiman at Reading University, who is kindly asking for your help and participation: Click here to complete the survey I hope this message finds you well. My name is Hafidzul, …
Alhamdulillah! The blessed month of Ramadan is upon us. For Muslims across the globe, these few weeks are a sacred time for worshipping Allah. They offer an opportunity for devotion, reflection and celebration of the mercy and love of Allah. Fasting …
Nominations are now open for the 2025 FA Referee Recognition Awards. Nominations close at 11.59pm on Saturday 22 March 2025
There is still time to book onto Berks and Bucks FA’s evening with Premier League referee, Graham Scott. Thursday 23 Jan at the Mad Stad.
Calling all sports officials! Stuart Carrington, author of Blowing the Whistle: The Psychology Behind Football Refereeing, and Lecturer Sports Coaching Science at St Mary’s University, Twickenham requires your help to further develop a unique psychological measure for sports officials by …
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Berks & Bucks FA have announced their inaugural hosting of a Walking Football Referee Course in February 2025. The FA has relaunched the course this season along with the new and revised FA Walking Football laws. Attending this course will …
Referees, given the season of goodwill, this seems like the ideal time to look again at collating respective old and spare kits and refereeing tools, which we can donate to our friends and colleagues in Nairobi, courtesy of Stephen Smith …
As a Match Official in charge of grassroots games, you’ll know how hate at matches can ruin the experience for others. Too often: We’re asking you and everyone in grassroots football – including players, spectators and coaches – to report …
Although changes to the kick-off in this season’s rewrite of the Laws are well known now, this is not the case with changes to the taking of a penalty kick. Not changed is that with the exception of the nominated …
Running the line at a game recently, I succumbed to a distraction that assistant referees are advised to avoid – chatting with spectators. Of course at bigger grounds this isn’t a problem, the spectators being further away In this case …
