Referee update
Make sure your referee is not on this list -http://sheffieldjfl.pitchero.com/page/referees/not-to-use-list/not-to-use-list-6459/
All League registered referees are listed on this list - click here
The rules regarding been compliant to referee in youth football changed this season by the FA, with refs having to have an in date CRC to referee in youth football. The FA have done this as the government have created the Protection of Freedoms Act, and this the FA Response to that. More can be found at http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/safeguarding/criminal-records-checks . The document on that site regarding referees clearly says:
“Rightly, parents and carers are increasingly asking people in football two questions:
1. Are you following the correct procedures when recruiting people to work with children?
2. Are all the relevant people checked?
The response has to be ‘yes’ in both cases if the integrity of clubs, leagues, County FAs and The FA is to be preserved. As a referee, if you don’t have an in date accepted FA CRC check in place, we will not be able to use you in your vital and valued role in youth football – and no-one wants that. It all comes down to the strapline on the front of this leaflet: Let’s make sure football’s safe – not sorry.”
This is why the referee ID card is so important – ask yourself this question, without a League referee ID card, how do you know if the referee is qualified and registered and compliant to referee in youth football?