Sedgefield

Welcome to the Sedgefield web site

Sedgefield is based in Sedgefield District Council Area in County Durham. The society area covers referees in District Council Area in County Durham and surrounding areas.

Meetings are held at the in the Hope Inn Public House Sedgefield Town on the first Monday of the month from August to May. Meetings commence at 7.30pm. All members and non-members are welcome.
email sticks_carter@hotmail.co.uk for directions.

We are members of the Referee's Association and are affiliated to The Durham County Football Association. We usually have around 25 - 30 members each season from all standards of refereeing. We currently have members who officiate on the Contributary leagues and the feeder leagues in the County.

Meetings, are informal social occasions where we discuss all aspects of football and refereeing over a chat and a drink. At meetings we have either a guest speaker or a discussion topic for the evening. The Society holds a number of social events over the course of the season including The Christmas Draw and Social Evening in December everyone is welcome.
You can contact Sedgefield by E.mail

Long and meritorious National RA Award

Good news Vic has been awarded the Long and Meritorious Award for his commitment to the Branch and RA

Well Done Vic

Octobers Guest Speaker

Was Geoff Eltringham, Geoff is now a football league referee and his talk was on recognising reckless challenges and his own refereeing gaffs "Yes we are all Human".

the Branch members thanked Geoff for giving his time up and presented him with a bottle of red wine and the Famous Branch Pen.

Novembers Meeting Guest

Russell Tiffin

Russell is an ex football league assistant and now an Assessor at Contrib Level. His Topic will be forwarded when he lets us Know.

A Football Goalpost Killed My Son - 14 October 2008

I met Brenda at our local coffee Morning as her sister lives near, she has also just done a Video for FIFA more details as they arise.

My name is Brenda Smith and 17 years ago my son Jonathan was killed by an unsafe football goalpost. I have been campaigning ever since for better safety measures and hopefully legislation. I have the backing of some famous footballers,MPs,and also Prince William in is role as patron of the FA. The FA have been supported and with their help I was involved in a poster launch at Watford. I have written a book about my campaign, my booked is called A Football Goalpost Killed My Son and is available from http://www.footballreferee.org/www.chipmunkapublishing.co.uk

Did you know the first floodlit match at wembley was played between England and Spain in 1955

RESPECT

A CHALLENGE FOR ALL

TO GAIN RESPECT YOU HAVE TO EARN IT

RESPECT CONCERNS EVERYBODY WHO IS INVOLVED IN FOOTBALL, FA'S, COUNTY FA'S, LEAGUES, REFEREE ASSOCIATIONS, TEAMS -MANAGEMENT & PLAYERS, SPECTATORS AND INDIVIDUAL REFEREES'

The talk of a two way street springs to mind opinions need to be suppressed and put in a non-dissenting manner, prolific use of the captains mainly in non-cautioning situations. Lets face it the Laws do have mandatory Cautions and sending off clauses which in fact do not allow any leeway for the referee other than carry out his duty.

Team managment need to adopt a non aggressive manner when they think they have been badly injusticed.

Awareness courses are available to know and understand the powers and dutiesof the referee and the Laws of Association Football, so better understanding of why referees give decisions.

The AIM IS UTOPIA What we as referees' need is Appreciation and acceptence of our decisions. come lets create respect.

tHHIS IS ANOTHER TWO WAY STREET FOR BOTH TEAMS AND REFEREES FFFF006 Referees Association. All Rights Reserved.

FIFA law amendments - 2011

New AMENDMENTS TO lAW fOUR

Not Allowed Under Garments Allowed Under Garments

the rest of the law changes can be found on both the RA and FA websites or alternatively join your local branch and find out how they can be implemented.

Society News

Good news the branch have ordered the Polo shirts, this has to be a positive forward step.

Everybody dig deep Uncle Vic will once again run a Christmas Draw.

Gus Hopper is invited to the November Meeting.

One of our young members is attending the resurrected Referees academy news to follow.

The RA-FA Event which replaces FAMOA was held at the Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough on 22nd September 6.30 prompt. Myself Jack Cairn, Helen Conley and Lynn Brown were in attendance. Jamie Houchin was the vent leader from the RA-FA and the guest speaker was a newly promoted Premier league referee who talked about advantage. Overall the have your say was very good we need see what does happen in the future.

Two inservice training Modules will be held at the County FA HQ Referees will be notified accordingly.

The Supply Leagues this season are

The Northern League Division 2

The Wearside League.

The change in the assessing format last season will comtinue referees and assistants will see their marks and also how they were arrived at. (forward thinking from the FA)

Referees and Assistants can Querie their Marks and performance critique, by writing to the Assessors co-ordinator Terry Farley he then will invoke proceedings and the adjudicating panel will decide if any action will be taken.

Paul Hider

Trophy Referees Early Eighties @Trimdon Village Community College Competition Run By South East Durham Boys

Watch this space for more details when they are forthcoming.

Referees Instructor Course:

New Referees Course to run at the DFA, Saturday and Sunday September 24/35th

Would you be proud to wear the 3 Lions on your shirt and know that you have earned them.

From now done through the Durham Football Association

You can still contact the Sedgefield Branch to enquire.

Mini Soccer Courses

The County FA have introduced the onset of the Mini Soccer referees Qualification this is not an 11-v-11 qualification just a Mini Soccer qualification which allowsthem to referee under 8's to under 10's in 6' 7' 8' aside soccer.

The emphasis is on educating not kids in football law, leaning more to the spirit of the law rather than the letter of the law.

Get along and become involved you will enjoy it.

History of the Game

Modern football was born in 1863 when the English Football Association was founded yet the roots of the game stretch back centuries. Indeed there is evidence they were kicking a rudimentary ball around more than 2,000 years ago in China. Other countries have their own claims to have played the first football - ancient Greece and Rome included - but it was in England where the village contests of medieval times evolved into popular ball games in the public schools of the 19th century. By 1863, the first basic rules were established. Tripping opponents was forbidden and handling the ball would soon follow suit. The new sport did not look back.

A list of changes in rules

1863: The Cambridge Rules are rewritten to provide the game's first uniform regulations.
1866: The offside law is changed to allow players to be onside provided there are three players between the ball and the goal.
1882: The associations in Great Britain unify their rules and form the International Football Association Board (IFAB) to control the laws of the game.
1886: The first official meeting of the IFAB takes place.
1891: Introduction of the penalty-kick.
1913: FIFA becomes a member of the IFAB.
1925: Amendment of the offside rule from three to two players.
1938: The present Laws of the Game are framed in a new system of codification, based on the Laws previously in force.
1958: Substitutes are permitted for the first time, albeit only for an injured goalkeeper and one other injured player.
1970: The system of red and yellow cards is introduced for the 1970 FIFA World Cup â„¢ finals.
1990: The offside law is changed in favour of the attacker, who is now onside if level with the penultimate defender.
1992: Goalkeepers are forbidden from handing back-passes.
1994: The technical area is introduced into the Laws of the Game, with the Fourth Official following the next year.
1996: Linesmen are renamed Assistant Referees.
1997: The Laws are revised.

Practical Courses At the DFA

EWS FROM THE FA

Ask for Jeff Russel the Referees Development Officer.

Hartlepool Referees:http://www.footballreferee.org/web/hartlepool

New Secretary =

Hartlepools new secretary is in place his name is TBA..

Darlington Referees:

Darlington Referees Society will have Bill Carter as their guest speaker on the September 2011 at the JUC Club in Darlington.

Also A new web site has been introduced by Darlington

http://www.darlingtonreferees.org.uk

Welcome to the 'Better Refereeing' section

Here you will find links to advice pages that you will hopefully find useful in your refereeing career.

ABC of Conflict	To encourage referees to think positively about the best place to stand when disciplining players.
Ten and 15-Minute Refereeing	Two methods to help referees control periods of a game.
The Goalie Trinity	The Goalie Trinty, advice on the grave importance of checking the goal structure properly during a referees' field of play inspection.
Interview Advice	Congratulations – you have been selected to attend a promotion interview in recognition of your excellent practical performance. You have done the hard bit now it is time to prepare you for the interview.
The Learning Ladder	The Learning Ladder (Steps) that a referee goes through when learning the skills of refereeing, and how they affect your conscious and unconscious mind.
Remembering	How the mind remembers information, and how becoming a Referees' Instructor, a Referees' Assessor, or a Referees' Mentor, will hugely increase and improve your performance as a Referee.
Perceptual Positions	How to analyse a difficult match situation, by looking at it from three different perspectives (or three different sets of eyes), to find a solution. (1) Yourself (the Referee). (2) The Player. (3) An Observer (perhaps an Assessor, manager or a spectator).
The Goal (or outcome) Path	How to hone your skills by providing you with a structured and logical outcome to a difficult situation. Thus helping you to analyse where the problem stems from, and allowing you to deal with it.
Mark Yourself Out of Ten	An easy self-assessment marking method that can help Referees train themselves to remain calm in difficult situations.
Dealing with Injuries	S.E.R.I.O.U.S. method for dealing with injuries on the field of play.

KICK RACISM OUT OF FOOTBALL

Racial Remarks are a dismissal offence and must be dealt with by the Football Associations

Question:

What is extended time in a game of football?

Answers to the branch secretary

Question :

At the taking of a penalty Kick the kicker while facing the goal back heels it to a colleague who scores: what is your action.?

Question:

If a player while celerbrating a goal drops his shorts, only to reveal a second pair same colour: what is your decision?

Question:

Can a forth official be removed by the match referee?

Will we ever get it right

Minutes of Seasons Meetings

Branch Membership Form

Electronic Disciplinary Forms