Referee Awards
Recognising and rewarding our match officials
Every season, the Amateur FA host a recognition and awards event to celebrate the work, achievements and outstanding service of our registered referees.
The event is supported by the Amateur FA Referee Committee, who issue three awards, as well as long-service achievements of 15 and 30 years. In addition, the RefHub presents four further awards, whilst the County FA Appointments Officer announces the County Cup Final appointments.
The current and former recipients of these awards can be found below.
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To recognise outstanding refereeing administration and communication skills.
2021 – Mark Freedman2022 – Ian Kerr
To recognise outstanding services to refereeing in the Amateur FA.
2010 - Bill Evans
2011 - Trevor Syms
2012 - Jim Hale
2013 - Max Lea MBE
2014 - John Faithfull
2015 - Patrick Morrissey
2016 - Bart O'Toole
2017 - No award made
2018 - No award made
2019 - John Cooke
2020 – No award made
2021 – Steve Tate
2022 - Sandip Chaudhuri
To recognise an individual going above and beyond to make a lasting impact for Amateur FA referees.
2021 – Sandip Chaudhuri
2022 – Deryll DavidFor a match official that has performed extremely well as a Referee throughout the season.
2020 – Daniel Smith
2021 – Elliot Mayer
2022 – Terry Dawkins
For a match official that has performed extremely well as an Assistant Referee throughout the season.
2020 – Anthony Hemmings
2021 – Andy Stanford
2022 – Olivia Brownlee
For a match official that has performed extremely well as a New Referee throughout the season.
2020 – Mark Baxter
2021 – Anthony Browne
2022 – Kamil Mehmet
For a match official that has performed extremely well as a Young Referee (Under 25) throughout the season.
2020 – Oliver Bierman
2021 – Luke Burford
2022 – Robbie Campbell
For 15 years of service to Amateur FA Refereeing.
For 30 years of service to Amateur FA Refereeing.