As apart of the Football Association's new plan, the number of supply leagues has been reduced from 53 to just 39.
This means that some supply leagues no longer exist and any Level 4 referees originally on these leagues have been re-appointed to another nearby surviving supply league.
Other Level 4 referees on the borders of two supply leagues have been transferred to even out the numbers. Otherwise some supply leagues would have too many Level 4 referees whilst others would have too few.
There are now approximately twenty something Level 4 referees per supply league. Level 5, 6, 7, and 8 referees would then act as Assistant Referees only.
In previous seasons, Level 5 and sometimes Level 6 referees were used when there were no available Level 4 referees. This is no longer allowed.
For me as a Level 4 referee, considering I was geographically positioned, I have been transferred from the Mid-Cheshire Football League to the West Cheshire Football League for this football season.
The Football Association's idea is that only Level 4 referees will be allowed to referee at supply league level and they would now fairly compete with each other for the top two places in their supply league.
Those at the top of their supply league would then likely be offered an interview for Contributory League (semi-professional) refereeing. Successful candidates following their interview would be premoted to Level 3 and be allowed to referee at the semi-professional standard.
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