News & Events
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Refereeing in Ramadan
Ramadan is set to begin on February 28th this year, lasting for around one month. In grassroots football, any fixtures that fall within Ramadan can be played after sunset or delayed until after Eid al-Fitr and the end of Ramadan. … Refereeing in Ramadan Read More »
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2025 FA Referee Recognition Awards
Nominations are now open for the 2025 FA Referee Recognition Awards. Nominations close at 11.59pm on Saturday 22 March 2025Read more ›
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An Evening with Graham Scott
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.Read more ›
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Survey: Developing a unique psychological measure for sports officials
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 … Survey: Developing a unique psychological measure for sports officials Read More »
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Are you Mentor Material?
Berks & Bucks FA currently has 48 registered mentors across the counties – 19 with an RG postcode. These 48 are doing a fantastic job, with 75 visits completed so far this season. However, these numbers need to increase significantly … Are you Mentor Material? Read More »
- “To remain in the RA or not to remain in the RA” (2/17/2016)
- Refereeing in Ramadan (2/21/2025)
- 2025 FA Referee Recognition Awards (2/1/2025)
- An Evening with Graham Scott (1/20/2025)
- Survey: Developing a unique psychological measure for sports officials (1/1/2025)
- Are you Mentor Material? (12/18/2024)
- Walk on the Veteran Side (12/18/2024)
- Charity Donations to Nairobi, Kenya (12/17/2024)
- Help protect the beautiful game (12/9/2024)
- Penalty Kick Changes (12/8/2016)
- Can you Spot a Foul Tackle from the Terraces? (12/1/2016)
- What Players Must Wear (11/25/2016)
- Being Forewarned is not Victimisation (11/17/2016)
- Change to Advantage Law is Great Improvement (11/10/2016)
- Seeing is Believing (11/3/2016)
- Injured Players Need Not Always Leave FoP (10/27/2016)
- Offside Distraction by Another Word (10/13/2016)
- “Last Man” is not in the Book (10/6/2016)
- Action Against Dissent – About Time Too (9/29/2016)
- Why Should Control of Players be Left to Referees? (9/22/2016)
- When Handball Warrants a Caution (9/15/2016)
- Advantage need not always be played (4/7/2016)
- Going soft on DOGSO (3/31/2016)
- Liz Verrall – B&B FA CEO returns one year on (3/24/2016)
- Video Refs won’t solve all controversies (3/24/2016)
- The Fourth Official is not a Manager’s verbal punchbag (3/17/2016)
- Messi and Suarez’s joint penalty (3/10/2016)
- All change for the Laws of the Game this summer (3/3/2016)
- Full-time Refs for Championship next season (2/25/2016)
- When should a Referee blow for time? (2/18/2016)
- Lisa Benn, Berks & Bucks RDO visits Reading RA (2/17/2016)
- Are shoulder charges still allowed? (2/11/2016)
- Tiniest margins count in football (2/4/2016)
- Getting the laws in a twist (1/28/2016)
- Judgement is often a question of angles (1/21/2016)
- Heading the ball in football banned (1/14/2016)
- Playing the ball does not always constitute a fair tackle (1/7/2016)
- Mini Law Quiz – Dec 2015 (12/31/2015)
- A Little Sign of Goodwill (12/23/2015)
- Abuse Them and You’ll Lose Them (12/17/2015)
- Deliberate Handball is Not Always Simple (12/11/2015)
- What do Goal Line Assistant Referees do? (12/3/2015)
- Can Fair Play Awards Stem Aggression? (11/26/2015)
- Don’t let dissent destroy your game (11/26/2015)
- Don’t let dissent destroy your game (11/26/2015)
- Which tackles warrant a caution? (11/19/2015)
- Jeff Finlay – Empathy & Discipline (11/14/2015)
- Mini Law Quiz – Oct 2015 (11/14/2015)
- Sept 2015 Mini Law Quiz (11/14/2015)
- Bewildering Stoppage at the Mad Stad (11/12/2015)
