Nottinghamshire FA offers a number of training courses for referees. These include FUTSAL, Small-Sided, Mini Soccer, and a Laws of the Game qualification, as well as the full referee qualification for 11-a-side football.

The full course consists of 20 hours learning – the mini-soccer course and Laws of the Game qualification is a 3 hour workshop, whilst the FUTSAL and small-sided courses are 10 hours.

For more information on all of these please contact David Coote at Nottinghamshire FA directly or attend one of our ‘Welcome to Refereeing’ evenings, with all courses starting shortly afterwards.

If you decide the full 11-a-side qualification is for you, you will find it consists of two sections; the pre-course study and the main course. You will learn the Laws of the Game pre-course and learn how to apply these Laws into a game of football with both classroom and on-field experience. To fully qualify as a referee you are examined and have to referee six 11-a-side games.

Check out the training tips on the Referee Association website.

You may need to get yourself one of these hand books, it tells you everything about the laws of the game, positioning on the field of play etc. It also gives you tips on how to "Run the line" or be Assistant Referee as there known as now and believe me that's not an easy job!

  

You can purchase this book from the Referee Association Website.

SO IF YOU THINK YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME A REFEREE, and think you can uphold the motto SERVICE BEFORE SELF, what are you waiting for? 

Contact JOHN MCGINLEY FOR DETAILS

teams are only to make contact with John McGinley (Referees Secretary) on the YEL line only 0115 989 0630 any other numbers only when specifically invited to do so for that occasion.

Referees courses will be held on the following dates

Further information,

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A quiz for the current or prospective referee.

2. For which of these is a penalty awarded if a player commits the offence whilst the ball is in play and he is in his own penalty area:
(a) Attempting to strike an opponent (but missing)
(b) Attempting to kick an opponent (but missing)
(c) Tripping an opponent, although playing the ball first (d) Making contact with an opponent before playing the ball when tackling
(e) Charging an opponent in a careless manner
(f) Spitting at an opponent
(g) Attempting unsuccessfully to trip an opponent

3. Can a player be offside when standing on the halfway line? 

4. Can the match go ahead with the touch lines marked out in bright red rather than white?

5. What weight must the ball be (in grams) before the start of the match?

Answers:
1. Ten
2. All of them
3. No
4. Yes
5.Between 410 and 450 grams