Quote Originally Posted by 57vintage View Post
Been there, done both. I did the required level certificate courses when the late Chic McLelland and Drew Jarvie were in charge of youth development, and qualified as a b’stard in the black in 1995.

The ref training was a hoot. Some of the inside stories from Mike Pocock, Sandy Roy, Dave Fleming, and the late Bryan Christie (also the Malters’ Sunday League ‘keeper behind me) were gold.

During the training spell, Sandy Roy refereed an Aberdeenshire Cup final at Postage Stamp Park between hated Cove and the Dons reserves. About ten minutes in, Sandy flashed a straight red to the long-forgotten Reds’ midfielder Graeme Ferguson who was about to take a throw-in. On the Tuesday night at training, I asked him about it. “Foul and abusive language”, he explained, “He called me a cûnt”.

“That’s because you ARE a cûnt, Sandy” responded one of his Class 1 colleagues.
Respect given for doing both the coaching and getting the qualification to be a ref. I am currently doing the same regarding the qualification to be a ref (I don’t want to be a referee but it will give me extra clout in the future). The league are desperate to get more referees and often send emails out trying to encourage anyone to give it a go.
Some hassle to become a coach nowadays though….the days of just volunteering to help out is over.