The FA Launches RAIL Initiative for Referee’s

The Oxfordshire FA has announced a new scheme for referee’s that is hoped will recruit 8,000 new ref’s by 2012, and retain existing ones.
The RAIL initiative (Referees Advice and Information Line) provides a hotline for referee’s in the early stages of their development to get help and advice from a number of experienced ref’s.
Oxfordshire FA’s [...]

Written on December 14, 2008 | Posted in Featured

FA Extends January Transfer Window

The FA has posted this announcement on its website:

“After full consultation with our partners in the Premier League and Football League it has been agreed to push the transfer deadline through to 5pm on 2 February.
”This is because 31 January falls on a Saturday and, in order to fall in line with procedures adopted by [...]

Written on December 14, 2008 | Posted in transfers