RegalRef
Politically Incorrect
Had a game this morning, Yellow vs Green.
Done both teams on a number of occasions, Green excellent team who win the league and all the cups they're in every season and play some quality football.
Yellow very disrespectful to referees from the Manager down and generally a bit of a handful.
Anyway, 20 minutes in and yellow are 5-0 down, surprisingly no goals my fault.
At half time on comes a very angry man for yellows, who absolutely opitimises 'little man syndrome'. I have sent him off one one of my previous meetings with him, and cautioned in the two others.
10 minutes in and there's an incident where he was basically being lazy, and wanted me to save his team from conceding a goal for it.
From that point on he's muttering constantly, I caution him quickly in the hope he shuts up, instead he just starts to charge into challenges etc, although being lucky not to commit any offences. At this point I'm aware he's a ticking time bomb and I'm just waiting for my opportunity to get rid of him.
But it doesn't come.
Game finishes 10-0 to Greens. As we walk off the pitch he then starts giving it the big lips to me so I whistle, show second yellow and red at which point he keeps going. And going. And going.
I head back to changing rooms, get changed, await collecting money from manager (who took his time to say the least) and he comes across to talk to his manager about how biased I was etc etc (while I'm stood right next to him) and how he only has to breathe and I caution him.
Anyway, I politely inform manager to expect a misconduct report and walk back to my car as he comes with me, along with a few of his team mates. (For the record all cards and misconduct already submitted at time of writing)
I must add I didn't feel intimidated at this point and I don't think that was the intention, but stood my ground as normal as I talked to his team mates about the game in general, and got back to my car, got in and drove off with no further issue.
My question is though, with all this clear bear-baiting (in particular the conversation with the manager present), I'm pretty sure a lot of this goes on because they know we as referees can't react. And if we did they'd be able to play the victim.
I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be trying this kind of caper on if I saw him on a night out - those of you unlucky enough to have seen my ugly carcass know I'm 6ft 1in, 17 1/2 stone and a 50" chest so dwarf this guy completely, but because he's safe in the knowledge on the football pitch I can't react he feels safe enough to try it on?
If only, he'd last about 10 seconds!
Done both teams on a number of occasions, Green excellent team who win the league and all the cups they're in every season and play some quality football.
Yellow very disrespectful to referees from the Manager down and generally a bit of a handful.
Anyway, 20 minutes in and yellow are 5-0 down, surprisingly no goals my fault.
At half time on comes a very angry man for yellows, who absolutely opitimises 'little man syndrome'. I have sent him off one one of my previous meetings with him, and cautioned in the two others.
10 minutes in and there's an incident where he was basically being lazy, and wanted me to save his team from conceding a goal for it.
From that point on he's muttering constantly, I caution him quickly in the hope he shuts up, instead he just starts to charge into challenges etc, although being lucky not to commit any offences. At this point I'm aware he's a ticking time bomb and I'm just waiting for my opportunity to get rid of him.
But it doesn't come.
Game finishes 10-0 to Greens. As we walk off the pitch he then starts giving it the big lips to me so I whistle, show second yellow and red at which point he keeps going. And going. And going.
I head back to changing rooms, get changed, await collecting money from manager (who took his time to say the least) and he comes across to talk to his manager about how biased I was etc etc (while I'm stood right next to him) and how he only has to breathe and I caution him.
Anyway, I politely inform manager to expect a misconduct report and walk back to my car as he comes with me, along with a few of his team mates. (For the record all cards and misconduct already submitted at time of writing)
I must add I didn't feel intimidated at this point and I don't think that was the intention, but stood my ground as normal as I talked to his team mates about the game in general, and got back to my car, got in and drove off with no further issue.
My question is though, with all this clear bear-baiting (in particular the conversation with the manager present), I'm pretty sure a lot of this goes on because they know we as referees can't react. And if we did they'd be able to play the victim.
I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be trying this kind of caper on if I saw him on a night out - those of you unlucky enough to have seen my ugly carcass know I'm 6ft 1in, 17 1/2 stone and a 50" chest so dwarf this guy completely, but because he's safe in the knowledge on the football pitch I can't react he feels safe enough to try it on?
If only, he'd last about 10 seconds!