Applying for promotion could not be easier; all you have to do is to contact the MCFA Assessing Officer Jim Upfold and tell him that you would like to join the scheme.
What happens next?
Jim will send you the necessary paperwork, which you fill in and return it to him.
The promotion season starts on 1st March each year and finishes on the last day of February. During the 12-month period you have to referee 20 11-a-side open age competitive matches, attend a one-day In Service Training Seminar, during which you will have to pass an examination on the Laws of the Game. You will also be assessed by an experienced Referee on 4 of your matches. The marks that the Assessors award are very important in your gaining promotion.
At the end of the Promotion Year your performance will be evaluated, and provided you meet all the requirements you will be promoted to Level 6.
The process to the next level is very similar. In addition to the 20 games and In Service Training, you are required to attend a Fitness Test (run 2,500 meters in 12 minutes and do 50 meter sprints each in under 7.5 seconds), officiate on 5 matches as an Assistant Referee and you will be assessed on 6 of your games.
Again provided your assessed performances are to the required standard you will be promoted to Level 5.
If you have passed the fitness Test you will be nominated by Middlesex FA to be promoted to Level 4. These promotions are dealt with by the FA, but if successful you will now be a Supply League Referee and a Contributory League Assistant Referee. Then provided you continue to develop and improve you could find yourself on the Football League!
So now that you are interested please contact the Assessing Officer and register your interest!
Jim Upfold (jim@upfold.freeserve.co.uk) 07931-789197
Alternatively, contact Andy Taylor, MCFA - Referee Development Officer, on 07957 626270 or andyjc.taylor@middlesexfa.com, to find out more information.