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FAMOA Details
08.12.01
We have received details about The Football Association Match Officials Association (FAMOA)...

Changes to Panel and Contributory Levels
08.12.01
The FA have announced changes to the Panel and Contributory levels of refereeing....

Advertising Referees
05.12.2001
FIFA has announced that referees will be able to have advertisements on the shirts for club matches but not internationals. The adverts will be limited to 200 square centimeters and can not promote alcohol, gambling or politics.

Society Regain Quiz Title
19.11.2001
The society successfully defended the quiz title it won last year at the recent County Committee football and quiz competitions. The quiz was tied with Derby and then won on a tie break. The winning team was:
J Baker, C Baker, P Turner, T Lenton
The society did not have as much luck in the football competitions as we failed to win a match.

Implementation Team Elected
7.11.2001
The new RA implementation team has been elected, the following people have been elected onto the team:
Active Referees - D. Crick (team leader), B. O'Toole, A. Snoddy, A. Henderson, B. Ridgard, L. Randall
Non-Active Referees - R. Blackman, C. Harris, J. Bates

County 5 a-side and Quiz
27.10.2001
The county five-a-side and quiz competitions are due to take place on Sunday 18th November at Ripley Leisure centre. The football is due to start at 6:30pm and the quiz at 9:00pm. The society decided at the last meeting to enter 1 football team and 2 quiz teams.

Professional Players Put Off Refereeing
20.09.2001
According to the Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor, it is going to take a huge change in the attitudes of the football authorities before many Premiership Managers get their wish of having ex-professional players refereeing Premiership games. It is claimed that the Referees Association is very much opposed to the idea.

RA Insurance
09.09.2001
From the Management Consultancy Report one of the suggestions was that Council should look at the possibility of offering members of the Referees Association extra benefits in addition to those members currently enjoy under the present personal Accident Policy. Visit the RA website for full details

New Class System for Referees
01.08.2001
The classification system for referees is set for change. Instead of having 3 classes there will now be 10 levels, ranging from 1 FIFA to 10 Inactive Referees...

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