Appointments

This team serve the SFA Edinburgh and District Referees Association, helping to appoint referees per requests received.

LOOKING FOR A REFEREE?
Please use this contact form.
PLEASE – If you are also seeking Referees via other means, let us know.
VERY IMPORTANT – If you otherwise secure a Referee before we confirm our Appointment, please inform us immediately.

Referees – if you have received a request, please refer the requester to the above link to our contact form. We prefer to have requests directly, rather than via referees, so that we have a responsible point of contact.

To volunteer for a game, please email EDRA’s Appointments Team, ensuring you include the date and the full match details, as at times there may be a large number of games listed here.

GAMES NEEDING REFEREES

Women’s 5/6 aside League
Wednesdays 7pm – 9pm (Games are 40 mins each)
World of Football, Marine Drive, EH4 5EJ
£14 per hour (Revised fees)

Men’s 5 aside League
Fridays usually 6-9pm, sometimes 6:30-9:30pm
World of Football, Corn Exchange
£11 per hour

If  you can take any of the above, or have any questions about them, please email the Appointments Team – edra.appointments@gmail.com. Please note that there may be a lag between someone else volunteering and games being removed from this page. If there are multiple games you’re interested in, best to give us a prioritised list.

Competition rules

For most Girls’ (Regional, also known as SE Region, & Youth Performance League) matches, rules, fees etc. are detailed in:
Here for League & League Cup
Here for Youth Challenge Cup
The teamlines detail where the paperwork should be sent and the timescales. There is no requirement to record anything online or otherwise report scores etc..

For the new Girls NextGen Performance League (Also known as Talent Development Environment league or TDE) they are detailed here:
Cat1 U18s, U16s, U14s – Hearts, Hibs & Spartans
Cat2 U18s, U16s, U14s – Livingston & B’muir
League Cup 
NGPL games are processed on on SFA COMET*.

For Women’s and other Girls’ cups, see:
https://scotwomensfootball.com/governance/competitions/
Please note that SWFL games will be processed on SFA COMET*.

Fees – excepting NextGen, fees are detailed in competition rules (see above links). For NextGen fees please refer to the email issued on 27th Feb.

* For any games that are processed on COMET, you should receive an appointment confirmation email and the match will then appear there. This email can be late on in the week. Completed teamlines are scanned by you and uploaded there, after the game. There is no need to then post or email the teamlines, but you should retain them for at least a month. Please remember that ALL matches that are administered via COMET must be completed within 24 hours of the match finishing – so that the misconduct and suspension list can be updated. If extra time is required, or you know that the admin will be completed late, please inform Refadminmanager@scottishfa.co.uk and copy in disciplinary@scottishfa.co.uk (the latter if there were any cards). If you need advice about match processing on COMET, please contact EDRA Appointments quickly (well before that 24 hours is up!). However, if you are having technical issues with COMET, you should contact Appointments@scottishfa.co.uk.

For small sided games (e.g. 9 aside), both boys and girls, search in your App Store (Apple devices) or Play Store (Android) for ‘Scottish FA’ and install their Grassroots app. Under ‘I’m a Coach’ you’ll find links to either SYFA (Boys) or SWF (Girls) rules.

Edinburgh pitches
A useful place to check is:
https://www.edinburghleisure.co.uk/sports-pitches-weekly-update

Please note – if you have any questions about the rest of the association web site, including the sections on the right side of this page, please contact the association secretary.