Being a referee: 'I get a front row seat on the pitch'

As a female official takes charge of a Uefa men's game for the first time, why do people want to become refs?

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Ms Whiteman, who received coaching from Premier League assistant referee Sian Louise Massey-Ellis, won the Grassroots Match Official of the Year award.Yet being a woman in a male-dominated profession has taken some by surprise. "I have struggled for many, many years with my mental health. So for 90 minutes I have people judging me, I've got people disagreeing with my decisions.

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