I was asked tonight by someone whose views on football I very much respect why I keep banging on about refereeing standards at step 5 football in the Midlands.Well the reason is that as a former ref (At a very amateur level) I enjoy seeing a good performance by the officials almost as much as by the players and I am not seeing that in the Midland League
Business has taken me to the South West a fair bit in the past 12 months as a result of which I have seen a fair few games here at Step 5 in the Western and South West Peninsula League's. Here the quality of the officials is light years ahead of the Midlands,they work as a team use common sense and generally look to make the game an enjoyable experience for those watching and playing
I have raised these observations with the Midland league that their South West cousins are doing things better than them but I didn't even get the courtesy of an acknowledgement let alone a reply. So I will continue to drone on in the vain hope that one day officials in the Midlands will be in the same ball park as those south of Bristol.
