Whilst taking the dog to the park this morning, a game of football was under way. Nothing unusual about that: on a Sunday morning we often spend a few minutes watching the football.
However, this was different: after one blast on the whistle, I heard a distinctly female voice giving instructions and, indeed, this seemed to be an adult men's game being refereed by a woman who I would say was probably in her mid-20s.
I thought this was a really refreshing change. Many hundreds of times have I watched, albeit briefly, a bit of park football, and this was the first occasion that a woman has been in charge of the game.
Has anyone else seen this? What percentage of qualified referees are female?
