Category: Referees

From The Grass Roots To The World Cup

UK SOCCA LOOKS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF REFS

A huge recruitment drive to recruit referees is underway as UK Socca partners with Leisure Leagues to bring through the next generation of refs in community small sided football in 2020. And those that impress could find themselves rubbing shoulders with the likes of Mark Clattenburg and Bobby Madley and refereeing in International Competition. Leisure…
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BOBBY MADLEY PART 2

Last week we revealed that Bobby Madley – the former FIFA referee – had joined the ISF as our latest official. Bobby has already told us about his love for 6 a side football and where he thinks his skills can best be transferred into the fast-paced game of Socca. Now, in the second part…
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BOBBY SIGNS ON

UK Socca is thrilled to reveal former Premier League referee, Bobby Madley as the latest addition to our refereeing team. Bobby, from West Yorks, was one of the youngest officials ever to announced on the Football League list, when he was taken on in 2010, moving onto the Premier League three years later and being…
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RAMADAN MUBARAK

Everyone at UK Socca would like to wish all of our players who are observing Ramadan during the next month Ramadan Mubarak. We have seen the reach of the Socca family all around the world, and what an important role our tournaments play in bringing everyone together, the national teams, our club sides, are all a…
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SCOTT IN THE SPOTLIGHT

That feeling when you get bitten by the bug and you know you’ve found something that will be part of your life forever. There’s nothing like it. For Scott Jackson, Leisure Leagues Partner in Bridgwater, Somerset, that happened to him when he picked up the referees whistle. “Yes, it did,” he told us, and it…
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ROCK SOLID SUPPORT

The case of David McNamara made the national news late last year, and now one of the partners at Leisure Leagues powered International Socca Federation, Ref Support has taken the story worldwide. Mr. McNamara was suspended by the FA for using a game of “Rock Paper Scissors” to settle who would take the kick off…
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LOCAL REFS GET INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Leisure Leagues provided the officials as one of the oldest football rivalries of all was under the microscope again this weekend as Wales hosted England in a special 6 a side football friendly. Brandon Evans and Rhys Lewis, who both referee in our leagues in Bridgend, were given the opportunity to officiate the game.The pair…
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