Had a game yesterday (I helped out last minute) on a local cup semi final - ref was 'old school', not too much to disagree with in terms of major decision (9 yellows and sin bin all looked fine) though there were 3 errors in law which undermined his own credibility, and certainly his match control as well as the benches were aware of the mistakes.
I tried talking to him post match, didn't want to be too critical but found it hard to get my points across and I imagine similar mistakes will be made in future games.
1. Foot on the pitch when taking a throw (with it on the line as well) was given as a foul throw - this was just before half time so I advised him he was wrong during the break.
2. Player receiving treatment wasn't made to go off until I waved him over.
3. Player whistled on from his sin bin during open play (ball in keepers hands) - play restarted with ball still in keepers hands, no drop-ball.
I know we've had similar discussions before about credibility of officials, particularly long term L5s, who don't receive any training but how far could I have gone? Would you do any different? This was a cup game between 2 top Sunday league teams and, as the losing bench suggested, they deserve a ref who knows the laws...
Is there a place for mandatory training every so often...or does that just risk losing more refs in the long term?
I tried talking to him post match, didn't want to be too critical but found it hard to get my points across and I imagine similar mistakes will be made in future games.
1. Foot on the pitch when taking a throw (with it on the line as well) was given as a foul throw - this was just before half time so I advised him he was wrong during the break.
2. Player receiving treatment wasn't made to go off until I waved him over.
3. Player whistled on from his sin bin during open play (ball in keepers hands) - play restarted with ball still in keepers hands, no drop-ball.
I know we've had similar discussions before about credibility of officials, particularly long term L5s, who don't receive any training but how far could I have gone? Would you do any different? This was a cup game between 2 top Sunday league teams and, as the losing bench suggested, they deserve a ref who knows the laws...
Is there a place for mandatory training every so often...or does that just risk losing more refs in the long term?