NLP says...

THE WARNING from the Kent FA on the fall in numbers of match officials for grassroots games makes for worrying reading. Put simply, without referees, the football system cannot function properly.In an open letter to clubs, the county FA’s referee development officer Nick Dunn explained the issues they, and many other county associations, seem to be facing in grassroots football.He said: “We closed the 2020-2021 season with over 1,634 match officials affiliated; the most we have ever received. Ensuring transparency, at this present time of the 2021-2022 se...