About the Association Rochdale Referees Association is for Football Referees based in Rochdale and the surrounding areas. Meetings are held in the Main Stand at Rochdale F.C. Sportland on the second Thursday of the month, the meetings commence at 7.30pm.  Click here for directions All members and anyone interested in joining the Association are welcome to attend.   The Next meeting is on Thursday 14th August 2008.   (For details of future meetings- please click on "latest news" link above)  We are members of the Referee's Association and are affiliated to Lancashire County Football Association and Manchester Football Association. We usually have over 80 members each season from all standards of refereeing. We currently have members who officiate on the National Assistants List, Contributory Leagues, Supply Leagues and Local Open Age and Youth Saturday and Sunday Leagues. Rochdale RA are a member of the Referees Association. Meetings, are informal social occasions where we discuss all aspects of football and refereeing over a chat and a drink. At meetings we have either a guest speaker or a discussion topic for the evening. The Society holds a number of social events over the course of the season including our Sportmans dinner to be held on May 2009. Tickets can be ordered from John McHale 01706 364954. The Association holds fitness training sessions at Cardinal Langley School, Middleton. These have now finished for the winter season and these will start again in September 08.  You can contact Rochdale Referees Association via the Secretary Pete Johnson using this link