“Refereeing at high level is becoming more and more demanding”, says Darren Handley, Football League assistant referee. Interview written by Dave Humphreys. Darren, can you tell me how you got into refereeing and gone on to achieve your status as a Football League assistant referee? “I started at the age of 14, I played local football for junior teams for my father, he was a referee, I struggled to play to a high level week in week out, he said why don’t you try refereeing? So I signed to do a couple of lines when he was refereeing. Then at the age of 14 I refereed my first ever game…