Appointments

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

Request a Referee Contact Form 11 A SIDE ONLY

Request a Referee Contact Form 9 A SIDE ONLY

LOOKING FOR A REFEREE?

If you find that either of the above contact forms aren’t working, please email us (edra.appointments@gmail.com) with the following details:

Your Name, date of game, KO time, location of game (including postcode),  teams (plus age group if applicable), advising whether male or female teams, contact mobile number, fee proposed (unless you seek guidance) and how payable, any additional information (e.g. format, if not 11 aside, the league you normally compete in).

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 fill in the “Match Request Form”

GAMES NEEDING REFEREES

Weekend 5th-6th October Games

Ongoing

New Listing

Men’s 5 & 7 aside

Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

6:30-8:30

Sighthill Powerleague EH11 4EQ

£15 per game

EMail: sighthill@powerleague.co.uk

Tel: 0131 442 2000

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

Fees – Fees are detailed in competition rules (see above links).

* 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.

ESSDA / SE Region Referee Requirements for 2024/25 Season:

All coaches must provide a signed print out of their Comet team sheet, and you must be able to identify each player from both sides before the match. If for any reason there is a sending off in the match, this must be reported to the ESSDA Disciplinary contact together with a report of the reasons why a sending off was made. All players should be identified by their strip number being on the list, if not it is the coach’s responsibility to identify the individual.

A new sanction which is in place this season involves the behaviour of the coaches and parents. It is the Head Coaches responsibility to ensure the parents behave in an appropriate manner towards the official, both sets of players, coaches and other parents. The focus should and always will be about the development and safety of the young athletes. Any issues that arise, the Head Coach of the team will be sanctioned for failing to control the parents.

Finally, there should be two coaches named and present on the team sheet in which one must be a recognised first aider. This will be part of your pre-match inspection.

You only need to submit the team lines if there are any red cards or misconduct from the coaches / parents.

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.