The Kennedy Cup is not all about the players, and it is a great honour for any Referee to be selected to officiate. This year Liam Wells represented the SDFL in Limerick, and had a more gruelling schedule than any of the players, sometimes doing 3 games a day. It is a mixture of running the line, being 4th official and taking charge from the center, and as the picture below shows Liam was exhausted at the end!

Referees

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All referees are recruited, trained and operate under the direct control of the FAI. Referees are in short supply and we urge everybody to respect referees and to accept their decisions.

                                                              Beginners courses are run by the FAI

John Stacey, Referee Recruitment Officer, FAI

Email: john.stacey@fai.ie

Address: FAI, National Sports Campus Ireland, Abbotstown, Dublin 15.

                                               For details of SDFL referees and FAI courses please contact:

                                                                   Brendan Finn       Tel: 087-6748972

It is vitally important that new referees are given the time, encouragement and patience to get to grips with their new role and we would strongly urge everybody connected with clubs/teams to take the long term view and refrain from abusing our referees.

Removal of referee details

We have been instructed by The Irish Soccer Referees Sociey, Dublin Branch as and from 16/01/2010 to remove all Referees names and contact details from our website. This is out of our control and we would advise that all Secretaries consult their Secretary's handbook should they need to contact a Referee.     

Paul Weafer waits for a throw in to be taken               Tommy McGuinness in action