This Sunday Brandon started his first paid job as a Sunday League football referee. His first game to referee was an U8's game at Academy Soccer and he did a pretty good job. He let the football flow and only had one injury to deal with. Being a bit of an introvert he needs to be a little more assertive on the pitch, but that will come with time and experience. After refereeing for 20 mins each way he was paid £15 cash in hand, so better than minimum wage (I wish there was gigs like this available when I was his age instead of paper/milk rounds!).
Really proud of Brandon for doing this as it is something we have being nagging Josh to do for ages. Ref two games on a Sunday and you get £30-50 in your pocket. Plus it looks really good on their CV as they can put this down as experience which pulls in some many skills such as communication, conflict management, leadership, assertiveness, decision making etc.etc.
It ended up being a very exhausting day for Brandon as it was an early start to do his refereeing gig and then back home for a quick bite to eat before heading over to Rayleigh for his own football match.
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| Brandon's first job refereeing mini soccer. |
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| Then it was over to Rayleigh for his own football match. |
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| Shielding a ball to win a throw in for the team. |
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| Brandon on the ball and looking for a pass that is on. |
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| Another action shot of Brandon. |
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