Season 2023-24 - Update 1 September 2023

Dear all,

Referee Protocol

Just to keep everyone updated on the refereeing situation, the following procedures must be adhered to viz,.

• Contact Referee Convenor, Stewart McLachlan, 01416378493
• Qualified Personal contact referees can be used.
• Schoolboy referees who have qualified or are in process of completing qualification can be used in Divisions 5,4,3. Opposition schools must be informed and agree to the referee before the game starts. Failure to do so may result in the home team forfeiting the game.
• Schoolboy Referees who have a sibling playing in the game are not allowed to officiate.

Referees are human beings and must be protected from all forms of abuse from players and parents and other spectators. Referee reports will be taken into account and games forfeited if necessary.

Procedures to Follow:

Please contact your opponents for Home and Away fixtures, sooner rather than later to organise games. Problems with arranging games with opposition schools (email, text or phone), should be made known to me …

… e.g. Division 1 separate from Division2 ..etc,.... All communication should be via the School Football Representative in the first instance. The decisions of the GSFA Management Committee are final Yours

Please make the season an enjoyable one.

Yours

Maurice Shields

League/Cup Coordinator