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Little girl has big dreams of being a referee after seeing this

Published 12:24 16 Oct 2017 BST

Louise Carroll
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She’s going to be one of the lucky ones, who believes it’s possible thanks to this ref.

Four-year-old Clara Walker, from West Yorkshire in the UK, was brought by her dad Nathan to a football match in Garforth Town, along with her 9-month-old brother, Rufus. Can we all just take a moment to swoon over that adorable name… While watching the match, little Clara spotted a female referee, Melissa Burgin, and dad heard her say, “Her hair is like mine, can I be a referee?” Through a tweet posted by dad, we learned that Clara loves going to these matches and that the referees are her favourite because she loves the colour black. Nathan said;
“She had a great day, she loves going to the football, mainly because she gets chips, but she had to make do with a sausage sandwich as Garforth don’t do chips.”
Well we’re sure the ref made up for that too! Not only is this ref a woman who carried on in sports (something many teens feel pressured to give up) but she gave Clara a very warm smile and giggle when hearing her comment. Witnessing a woman on the field has clearly had a powerful effect on little Clara… all she wants to be is a ref! And people are delighted.

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