I know of a few male referees looking to go along the female pathway. But will they ever reach the top? Of course not.. seen it over the past few seasons, up until the FA cup semi final male officials are on games, but then remarkably disappear when the semis are appointed to.
Further still a male referee who is a L3 referee cant referee a WSL game but they can do the line to a L3 female referee who can referee on the WSL.
Surprised she's only done half a dozen Football League matches in the first half of the season.
I believe, though stand to be corrected, that Ms Welch also officiates at a very senior level in Women's football and so that would presumably limit her availability in the Football League. Both avenues must be open to referees now. Are there any male referees making a good name for themselves officiating in senior Women's football ? It must now be open for all referees to operate in such a dual way.
edited purely to fix the quote thingamajigga! bmb