Erewash Valley Referees Society

Nick Hopton will be on @BBCDerby at 6pm this evening, talking about his FA Cup Var appointment. Listen live on this link! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

🚨 It's your final chance to book onto our exclusive FA Cup Final Celebration event! Join Darren England and his officiating team tonight at 7pm via Zoom. Follow the link for full details and to grab your spot: the-ra.org/news/fa-cup-fi…

Huge congratulations to one of our committee members, Lauren, who has been appointed as an Assistant Referee for the Women’s FA Cup Semi-Final! 👏🏽 All of us at EVRS are incredibly proud of you for such a prestigious achievement and wish you all the best for this weekend! ⚽️

As a member, you’ll get exclusive access to a host of benefits, and also to our monthly meetings where we hear from Professional Game Match Officials and other top guest speakers. Join here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

🚨 2026/27 Membership Now Open 🚨 For over 80 years, we’ve proudly brought together people of all ages and experience levels. We are more than just a society. We’re a place to meet new people, share experiences, and build friendships that last both on and off the pitch.

We’re over the moon for our Nick, who has been appointed as AVAR in the 2026 Emirates FA Cup Final 👏🏻 a very prestigious appointment and we can’t wait to hear his stories. Great to see him appointed alongside some other friends of the society too. Here’s to a good match ⚽️

Huge congratulations to our Ollie who will officiate in the FA Sunday Cup next weekend! A great appointment and very well deserved 👏🏻 🏆 The FA Sunday Cup Final ⚽️ Hartlepool AFC Supporters v Home Bargains 🕐 1pm BST, Sunday 10 May 2026 📍 Bramhall Lane, Sheffield United FC

@Hombre1977 He’s worked very hard all season, and massively deserved this recognition!

Earlier this week we crowned our 2026 Award Winners! 🏆 Chairman’s Award - Tony Henley 🏆 Young Referee of the Year - Charlie Attridge 🏆 Harry Hardy Referee of the Year - Rhys Watkinson A huge congratulations to you all, these awards are so very well deserved!

He’ll speak about his journey, his appointment to the league cup final between Arsenal v Man City, and show some Dogso clips. We’ll then have some food, awards, fun and more, so we hope you can join us! Monday 20th April, 7pm for a 7:30pm start, at Erewash Valley Golf Club ⚽️

Steve Meredith will be the new guest speaker at our awards night on Monday! Akil Howson has (deservedly) been appointed to Crystal Palace vs West Ham, so Steve has kindly agreed to come along to help us hand some awards out and present to us.

📌 Monday 20th April, 7pm for a 7:30pm start, Erewash Valley Golf Club. ⚽️⚽️⚽️

Introducing our special guest! Joining us for our 2026 awards night is none other than Akil Howson! He’ll be helping us hand out awards and will do a guest speaker talk for us too. Come along to celebrate the season, enjoy some buffet and hear from a pro!

See you at Erewash Valley Golf Club from 7pm for a 7:30pm start 🤩 #ErewashValley #AwardsNight #EVRS #Referees

Join us on Monday 20th April for our end of season awards night! We’ll be crowning our young referee of the year, and presenting the Harry Hardy and Chairman’s Award. We’ll also be joined by a special guest who we’ll be announcing later this week!!

Save the date for our next meeting: Monday 20th April for our annual awards night! More info coming soon 🏆

A brilliant night with two of our own! Huge thanks to Ollie Bickle and James Oldham for their time and presentation last night. They gave us some great advice on how to handle the highs and lows of refereeing, how to have strength and resilience, and to check in on each other.

T minus 6 days to go!

There’s less than 2 weeks to go, so save the date and join us on Monday 16 March, Erewash Valley Golf Club, 7pm for a 7:30pm start. ⚽️ Everyone welcome! #ErewashValley #RefereesMeeting #SaveTheDate #RefereeDevelopment

Right then…. If you know these two, you’ll KNOW we are in for a good night at our next meeting! Our very own James Oldham and Ollie Bickle will be on home turf as our guest speakers for the penultimate meeting of the season.