Quote: snowie "a young lad but its a learning curve that they have to go through'"
I reckon it's time for adult, impartial referees at u12 level. If we're going to be competitive (which at u12 we're supposed to be) we need proper referees instead of kids who are going to be swayed by the home crowd. I realise that they've got to learn how to referee a game but can't kids who want to be refs get their experience from refereeing the younger ones in tandem with a refereeing course or something? If it's a question of cost then I don't know ...