Just been reading that L1 L2 and National leagues will be on one list of referees. That should help this league because the standards are extremely poor.

Is this new and how did it work before?

I was reading it on the Southend forum. I will go back and get more details.

A review of the structure of refereeing across the National Group and Step 1 has now been undertaken, and following approval from the FA Referees Committee and the PGMOL Board, the National Group and step 1 list of match officials will be merged to create one list of match officials to cover all competitions currently served by the National Group and step 1 ( EFL 1 & 2, National league and Premier L2 development). This will be in place for start of the 24/25 season. This change sees the operational management of step 1 officials move from the FA to PGMOL, i.e. appointments, kit , equipment, and payment mechanisms. All referees in this group will be considered level 1 match officials.

Cheers for that. I hope it will be an improvement.

No problem Blue

why should it when the problem starts much earlier in the careers of refs where some get promoted without being better than ones who never get the chance. we will still see the same types who will follow orders from their masters to the letter rather than following the laws of the game strictly and sensibly.