TheRef
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Amateur Cup tie, Red vs Blue, teams from opposite sides of the country so never normally play each other.
Midway through the second half, scores are level at 2-2.
Red player injures himself attempting to make a tackle but not serious enough to warrant stopping the game for it. Blue team respond by sportingly putting the ball out of play in order the treatment to be administered. As we go to restart play with a throw in to Red, the thrower says to me that he will give it back to the keeper which I have no problem with. Not manufacturing the outcome by any means, but just the sporting thing to do.
However, Red 3 is demanding that his teammate throw him the ball and he will "put it out for a shy right at the corner so they can't get out" or something to that effect, basically saying not to give it back to the keeper.
Red thrower throws the ball to Red 3, who takes a touch readying himself to put it back out for a throw in the corner, when a Blue player runs in and nicks the ball away from him and plays a square ball across the defensive line. No issue about this from me as long as the throw in was legal, which it was, then we play on.
Red 3 is not happy about losing the ball and proceeds to body check the Blue player who tackled him too the ground, a couple of seconds after the ball has gone.
Issued a straight Red Card for VC to Red 3 and cue all the other Red players complaining about the Blue player not letting them give the ball back. Eventually everything settles down again and we restart with a free kick to Blue.
Just one of those moments where the game goes from 0-100 in the blink of an eye.
My question is, was I correct to issue the red card or would a yellow have been enough?
Interestingly enough, despite playing the rest of the 90 minutes and extra time with 10 men, the Red team still won 6-5.
Midway through the second half, scores are level at 2-2.
Red player injures himself attempting to make a tackle but not serious enough to warrant stopping the game for it. Blue team respond by sportingly putting the ball out of play in order the treatment to be administered. As we go to restart play with a throw in to Red, the thrower says to me that he will give it back to the keeper which I have no problem with. Not manufacturing the outcome by any means, but just the sporting thing to do.
However, Red 3 is demanding that his teammate throw him the ball and he will "put it out for a shy right at the corner so they can't get out" or something to that effect, basically saying not to give it back to the keeper.
Red thrower throws the ball to Red 3, who takes a touch readying himself to put it back out for a throw in the corner, when a Blue player runs in and nicks the ball away from him and plays a square ball across the defensive line. No issue about this from me as long as the throw in was legal, which it was, then we play on.
Red 3 is not happy about losing the ball and proceeds to body check the Blue player who tackled him too the ground, a couple of seconds after the ball has gone.
Issued a straight Red Card for VC to Red 3 and cue all the other Red players complaining about the Blue player not letting them give the ball back. Eventually everything settles down again and we restart with a free kick to Blue.
Just one of those moments where the game goes from 0-100 in the blink of an eye.
My question is, was I correct to issue the red card or would a yellow have been enough?
Interestingly enough, despite playing the rest of the 90 minutes and extra time with 10 men, the Red team still won 6-5.