REFEREE'S

 

Referees Societies
 
Football Association Match Officials Association ("FAMOA")
 
All registered referees, FA qualified instructors and registered assessors are automatically members of FAMOA, which was established by The Football Association so that it could communicate directly with its referees.
 
The “Welcome Pack” handed to trainee referees on the beginner’s course includes, at the back of a leaflet entitled “Welcome to Refereeing”, an application form for a Record of Achievement. That form should be completed as the new official referees his or her first six 11-a-side games and then sent to the London FA.
 
On receipt of the completed form and once the new referee has attended the three hour “Next Steps Workshop” required to complete the fifth and final module of the beginner’s course, the London FA will arrange for the FA to issue:-
a FAMOA Referee’s Badge (commonly known as a “Three Lions” Badge);
a refund of the training course fee; and
a Record of Achievement, contained in a wallet in which certificates etc. issued during a referee’s career can be kept.
   
An incentive scheme is also operated by FAMOA, under which free refereeing kit, FA products, etc., are available as a reward for refereeing games, attending meetings, etc. The application form for a Record of Achievement includes a box to be ticked by anyone wishing to join the incentive scheme.
 
All members of FAMOA receive occasional newsletters and “Refereeing” magazines directly from it.
 
Each County FA organises one meeting a year on behalf of FAMOA, to which all members are invited: London FA FAMOA meetings have so far been held at Arsenal FC, West Ham United FC and Fulham FC, with the next one being planned for Charlton Athletic FC.
 
CLICK HERE for a link to the FAMOA page of the FA website.
 
If you have any queries about FAMOA, please e-mail The Football Association at famoa@thefa.com or telephone it on 020 7745 4651.
 
Local Referees’ Societies
The London FA encourages all its referees also to join a local referees' society and to attend its meetings as frequently as possible. Membership of a local referees' society will include membership of The Referees' Association of England, the national body representing the interests of referees. The following further benefits are automatically included in membership of the Referees’ Association of England:-
Personal accident and loss of equipment insurance cover;
The right to attend a National Conference, at which there will be the opportunity to be trained by, meet and mix with Premiership referees;
The entitlement to receive free of charge copies of the “Refereeing” newsletter published jointly by FAMOA and by the RAE;
The right to buy tickets to the Eve-of-Final Rally, which is a gathering attended by the FA Cup Final match officials;
A service for the sale of refereeing kit and equipment at low prices, which is available online and by letter or telephone;
A RAE website;
Representation at the FA; and
A benevolent fund.
 
CLICK HERE for a link to the website of The Referees’ Association or contact it at ra@footballreferee.org or on 02476 601701 for more details
  
The local societies to which most London FA referees belong are detailed below:-
 

Local Referees’ Societies

The London FA encourages all its referees also to join a local referees' society and to attend its monthly meetings as frequently as possible. Membership of a local referees' society will include membership of The Referees' Association, the national body representing the interests of referees and providing them with personal accident insurance cover.

CLICK HERE for a link to the website of The Referees’ Association

 

The local societies to which most London FA referees belong are detailed below:-

 
AFA & London Society of Association Referees

Meeting at Chadwick Street Recreation Centre, 1 Chadwick Street, Westminster, London SW1P 2EP at 7.00 pm for 7.15 pm on the second Thursday of each month from September to May. Occasional “regional” meetings are arranged at suburban locations. Visit www.afalonsar.co.uk or contact...

Errol Walker...    ewalewal@hotmail.com or telephone 07984 473074
 
Bexleyheath and Welling Referees' Society

Meeting at The Harrow Public House, 119 Northend Road, Slade Green, Kent DA8 3PZ at 8 pm on the first Monday in each month apart from January, July and August.

Contact Tom Metcalfe on 020 8301 3459 for more details.

 
Bromley Referees' Society

Meeting at Farnborough Sports Club, High Street, Farnborough Village, Kent BR6 7BB at 8 pm on the third Thursday of each month apart from June and July.
Visit www.bromleyreferees.yolasite.com or contact...

Rob Preedy...   bromleyra.secretary@ntlworld.com or telephone 020 8249 0390
 
Fulham & District Referees' Society

Meeting at Twynholm Residents’ Association Hall, 20 Laundry Road, off Brecon Road, Fulham, London W6 8PZ at 7.30 pm on the third Friday of each month from September to April.

Contact Steve Lomas on 020 8987 8693 for further details.

 
Knights Society of Association Referees
Meeting at Dulwich Hamlet FC, Edgar Kail Way, East Dulwich, London SE22 8BD at 8 pm on the third Thursday of each month.

Contact Maurice Newton on 020 7652 3008 for further details.

 
North Middlesex Referees’ Society
Meeting at Holtwhites Sports & Social Club, Kirkland Drive, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 0RN at 7.30 pm on the third Thursday of each month from September to May inclusive.

Contact Robin Jagot secretary@northmiddlesexreferees.org.uk

or telephone 01707 651461 for further details.
 
South of the Thames & Woolwich Referees Society
meeting at the Meridian Sports and Social Club, Charlton Park Lane, Charlton SE7 8QS on the second Tuesday of each month between September and May.

Contact Gordon Manning on 020 8697 0743 for further details
 
West London Referees' Society
meeting at The Royal British Legion, 65 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, London SW15 2RD at 8 pm regularly during the football season.

Visit www.westlondonreferees.co.uk or contact Paddy Boshell on 020 8943 9462