Had a very odd incident yesterday.
Yellow v. Green. Green striker runs into the box and tries to shoot but is forced wide by the defender, who proceeds to go straight through the back of the striker. Stone wall penalty, comfortably inside the box. I blew up straight away and gave the penalty.
Yellow defenders were furious, one of whom said "you can't give a penalty for that ref, he was going away from goal"! The look I gave him must have been enough, but I said that it didn't matter and that it was a foul. "It doesn't matter that it was a foul, he was going away from goal" came the reply! A stern talking to, along the lines of one more word and you'll be booked, shut him up.
Perhaps this should be added to the millions of threads about players who don't know the rules!
Yellow v. Green. Green striker runs into the box and tries to shoot but is forced wide by the defender, who proceeds to go straight through the back of the striker. Stone wall penalty, comfortably inside the box. I blew up straight away and gave the penalty.
Yellow defenders were furious, one of whom said "you can't give a penalty for that ref, he was going away from goal"! The look I gave him must have been enough, but I said that it didn't matter and that it was a foul. "It doesn't matter that it was a foul, he was going away from goal" came the reply! A stern talking to, along the lines of one more word and you'll be booked, shut him up.
Perhaps this should be added to the millions of threads about players who don't know the rules!