The Reading Referees’ Assocation is a society of football referees that aims to provide training, support and camaraderie for local referees of any age or standard. It is a local branch of the National Referees’ Association which has almost 10,000 members in over 300 branches in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
If you’re interested in learning more please contact us or simply come along to one of our open meetings, held on the third Thursday of each month during the football season.
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Most popular news stories- Guest speaker Mar 2013: Mark Ives – “Discipline and the Way Forward” (4283 views)
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- VIDEOS & ARTICLES — Friday 27.12.2013 (2390 views)
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- Guest speaker Nov 2011: Graham Scott – “The first five minutes” (1439 views)
- Players don’t always have to leave the pitch after injury treatment (1373 views)
- VIDEOS & ARTICLES — Friday 28.02.2014 (1348 views)
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- How few players can constitute a team? (1327 views)
- Videos & Articles — Fri 9th May 2014 (1267 views)
- No Penalty if a Foul is off the Field (1242 views)
- VIDEOS & ARTICLES — Friday 17.01.2014 (1210 views)
- Guest speaker Feb 2012: Paul Hardie – “managing advantage” (1200 views)
- Head high boots can endanger safety (1169 views)
- Football managers should set a good example (1164 views)
- What makes a goal-scoring opportunity obvious? (1158 views)
- Referee can’t undo physio’s saving interference (1105 views)
- Handball on the Goal Line? (1079 views)
- The shirt-pullers that get away with it (1036 views)
- Decisions, decisions – the hard part of refereeing (1002 views)
