Welcome to Referee's Den Exclusive program!This manual has been written by John Nielsen on behalf of the Referee Education Commitee of British Columbia. All the copyright resides with them. This is for Education purposes only. Please note that some information refers to the province of BC, but mainly, it is very general.

This manual provides information critical to being a good referee, but which is not provided in Laws of the Game, or any booklets, other then the Match Preparation Manual. It is information which answers some basic questions for any begginer soccer referee.