🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨 Fairbanks Youth Soccer in Alaska has become our first partner in the USA!

They support hundreds of teams and referees in the Fairbanks area, so we’re delighted to be able to help them all become more efficient with their refereeing administration.

Get in touch…

REFSIX are delighted to announce a deepening integration with the DBU in Denmark. Our app now syncs both ways - games are imported automatically, and results are synced back to the DBU system.

Get in touch today if you’re a national association wanting to use technology and data…

Identical twins just took part in a A-League history by appearing in the same game as assistant and 4th official!

Do you know of any other identical twins that referee? Or for that matter... sibling duos?

An insight from #BristolStreetMotors final referee Scott Oldham 🔎

📺 Sky Sports’ Don Goodman sat down with Scott last season to learn more about the preparation of officials in the #EFL .

Brilliant from referee Andy Madley.

Sent to monitor by the VAR, Michael Oliver, for penalty to Brighton - Yoane Wissa holding back Lewis Dunk.

Madley rightly rejects the review, Dunk pulled by Wissa first.

Only second time this season a ref has rejected a review.
#BREBHA

21 referees
42 assistant referees
20 video match officials
6 support referees

Congratulations to all the match officials who have been selected for this year's Olympic Football Tournaments in France! 👏

The FA Wales has announced sin bins will be rolled out across all grassroots games after a trial.

Dissent cautions for players reduced by 34% compared to the previous season!

Do you think sin bins work?

Download REFSIX from your app store, it can help with managing sin bins!

Following successful trials, Temporary Dismissals will be introduced for 2024 / 2025 season.

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Spent 24 hours with Championship referee Matt Donohue, watching all that goes into football’s most unenviable role around a matchday. “It’s the long, lonely drives home when games haven’t gone well.”
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Who’s shown outstanding dedication, commitment and service as a volunteer within Refereeing? 👏

If they’ve given their time and energy to have a significant impact, nominate them for the Referee Volunteer Support of the Year Award.

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Excellent watch this ⤵️ Premier League skysports.com/football/video…

“Officials are human and, yes, they make mistakes — but they’re so important. If we didn’t have them, we wouldn’t have a game.”

Just 15 of the 75 officials in the women's game are pro. So what training do they receive?

The Athletic | Football went to find out.

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✅ 28 years as an on-field ref
✅ 4 World Cups
✅ 3 Olympic Games

Kari Seitz continues to blaze the trail for women in refereeing as the federation's first VP of Refereeing starting in April!

#WomensHistoryMonth x #OneNation

A bit of an insight into our preparation here!

Our first partnership in Portugal!

NAFAMA are one of the top referee associations in Portugal, and we've partnered with them to develop refereeing in their region.

They'll be using our coaching tool to track promising referees.

More info here: bit.ly/4aadrW8

Following on from our successful partnership with Derbyshire FA we’ve teamed up with Derby and South Derbyshire RA!

We recommend checking out their regular meet-ups and training sessions if you’re a local referee.

More info here - refsix.com/news/partnersh…

REFSIX I say to my ARs “There’s 3 teams out there today, may us 3 be the best one”.

Ever wondered what a referee REALLY says to their assistants?

We've developed the ultimate pre-match briefing guide so you can find out.

youtu.be/s481YTEv0Fg

Tears flowed freely after Karen Hernández Andrade finished her debut match as a #referee in the Mexican top league. Years of hard work, dedication, tenaciousness all came to fruition in this moment.