RegalRef
Politically Incorrect
Very strange one this - it's done and gone but would be interested to hear people's thoughts...
U18 girls game last night. Apparently at the reverse fixture at the beginning of the season there was a huge kick off of some sort resulting in a small scale fight amongst players and a huge verbal between managers/coaching teams.
Reports were logged to CFA by both sides and both were unfounded by CFA.
Anyway, for last nights game it was apparently requested for a strong referee (I'm honoured) and NAR's of which the teams footed the bill, and this was agreed.
Anyway, all went predictably smoothly despite some clear bad feeling harboured on both sides from last time which was swiftly dealt with at the beginning.
Approx 70 minutes in home team (red) attacking away team (blue). Attack goes forward, about level with rearmost edge of centre circle, I suspected offside from the red attempting to win the ball, flag goes up from NAR.
Blue player wins a long looping header well into red half, straight to blue players feet. 3 v 3 for blue, a chance of a promising attack and about to give the big arms and shout advantage, when blue picks up the ball and throws backwards for offside.
I blow for handball against blue and blue coach is going nuts on the side at his player for not playing to the whistle, along with a few bemused comments from blue players.
I stuck with the handball and red dark for restart.
Thoughts?
N.B. To clarify - neither the visual or audible advantage signals had begun at the point the ball was picked up by blue player.
U18 girls game last night. Apparently at the reverse fixture at the beginning of the season there was a huge kick off of some sort resulting in a small scale fight amongst players and a huge verbal between managers/coaching teams.
Reports were logged to CFA by both sides and both were unfounded by CFA.
Anyway, for last nights game it was apparently requested for a strong referee (I'm honoured) and NAR's of which the teams footed the bill, and this was agreed.
Anyway, all went predictably smoothly despite some clear bad feeling harboured on both sides from last time which was swiftly dealt with at the beginning.
Approx 70 minutes in home team (red) attacking away team (blue). Attack goes forward, about level with rearmost edge of centre circle, I suspected offside from the red attempting to win the ball, flag goes up from NAR.
Blue player wins a long looping header well into red half, straight to blue players feet. 3 v 3 for blue, a chance of a promising attack and about to give the big arms and shout advantage, when blue picks up the ball and throws backwards for offside.
I blow for handball against blue and blue coach is going nuts on the side at his player for not playing to the whistle, along with a few bemused comments from blue players.
I stuck with the handball and red dark for restart.
Thoughts?
N.B. To clarify - neither the visual or audible advantage signals had begun at the point the ball was picked up by blue player.