Grassroots referees in England have suffered a torrid time in recent years. Rising levels of verbal and physical abuse have led to thousands of FA referees leaving the game for good. And despite the relaunch of the Respect campaign, England’s match officials came perilously close to a nationwide strike last year. A major advertising campaign and a new, zero-tolerance approach...
The behaviour of some players and parents in grassroots football has been a major cause of concern for many years now. But over the last decade or so, the situation at youth level seems to have become worse — despite the existence of the FA’s Respect campaign. So bad has the problem become, grassroots referees were planning to strike on...
Following years’ of criticism about its lack of action, the Football Association finally launched their Respect campaign in 2008. At the time, many people within the game thought it was little more than a gimmick – designed to appease those who accused the FA of neglecting the health of the grassroots game. At a time when assaults on referees were...
Grassroots referees in England have suffered a torrid time in recent years. Rising levels of verbal and physical abuse have led to thousands of FA referees leaving the game for good. And despite the relaunch of the Respect campaign, England’s match officials came perilously close to a nationwide strike last year. A major advertising campaign and a new, zero-tolerance approach...
The behaviour of some players and parents in grassroots football has been a major cause of concern for many years now. But over the last decade or so, the situation at youth level seems to have become worse — despite the existence of the FA’s Respect campaign. So bad has the problem become, grassroots referees were planning to strike on...
Following years’ of criticism about its lack of action, the Football Association finally launched their Respect campaign in 2008. At the time, many people within the game thought it was little more than a gimmick – designed to appease those who accused the FA of neglecting the health of the grassroots game. At a time when assaults on referees were...