2011-12 Season

Following my succesful promotion last year to level 6, it would have been great to continue to aim for another this campaign but with the impending birth of my little baby, I don't feel that I should be out for the majority of the weekends, especially as I doubt I would see much of it during the week. Therefore I decided against applying to progress to level 5.

It was a shame as it feels like a minor setback if I am ever to reach the dizzy heights of league football, but I still wanted to gain some experience this year and so whilst pulling out of Saturday afternoon football, as well as Sundays due to me playing again, I had committed to the Youth League for Saturday mornings and informed the new Central Midlands Referee Secretary that I would be available for midweek games and may pick up the odd Saturday game when possible.

This way I would continue to gain experience, stay on the circuit, keep fit and also have a little spare cash for the pocket. I'm sure I will continue to enjoy my officiating this season and it'll be interesting to see what memories will be created in the next 12 months.