Do you work in particular leagues?

Do you work in particular leagues?

Vic Callow (Ex - FA Premiership referee) gives expert video advice on: Does a referee choose his assistants?; Do referees' performances get assessed?; What happens if a referee gets a bad assessment? and more...

When you first start off as a referee, you'll work in the local leagues. Because there's a catchment area, there are a fair number of leagues. When you're in the promotion system, you are appointed to one of the leagues. The structure I keep talking about is a structure where you move up, just like a pyramid. The number of opportunities reduce, because ultimately at the top you've got FIFA, then you've got the Premier League, then the Championship and Football League, then you've got the Conference and the power leagues, then you've got the feeder leagues and the contributory leagues into those. That's your route to progress if you want to make it to the very top, so consequently, when you get to a certain level you are appointed to a league, and therefore you will do the games. You have no choice where you're appointed to as a referee.