Game this morning, fairly well contested and some excellent football being played by both teams (and some great goals too), finished up 3-2 to the home team after being 2-0 down - gave a penalty for the home team after a trip, no complaints from anyone.
The players on both teams were chatty and friendly and aside from a few 50-50s there was nothing of note really happening - that is to say apart from one the of home team's defenders; he was a bit gobby throughout the first half, I'm not really sure why, none of his team were complaining at all. Anyway, nearing half time, said home team defender and away striker go in for a 50-50, bit of a coming together, but nothing really to call, away striker wiggles away with the ball and defender then pulls him back - easy FK, nothing really happens then blow up for half time.
I'm having a drink and just thinking about the game for 5 minutes at half time and home defender comes up to me away from his manager giving a team talk and starts asking me why he didn't get a FK - I don't know if this is right - but I told him it was HT and I was just having a breather, I didn't want to talk to him about it. He wasn't leaving so I explained the decision and he still wasn't going so I just ignored him and he eventually went back to his team.
Just before KO as the players are coming back on I called the defender and his captain over, speaking directly to the captain, I said I didn't appreciate the defender talking to me at HT - captain apologises, defender starts saying that he didn't say anything and it was 'my word against his'? - I said I didn't really know what he meant by that.
5 minutes in and defender is clearly pushing the away striker, try to call him just to have a bit of a chat he doesn't come so I booked him and the manager then subbed him - hear a few players talking saying that he's going to cost them games this season, which made me feel a bit better - I know that's not the best thing to think...
Away team make a sub, first half lineman who seemed friendly and chatty in the first half, comes on with 15 minutes left and starts right from the off calling me 'woeful', 'terrible' - whatever - I was a bit confused at this point, no one else was saying anything and there wasn't much happening.
Blow up for FT, handshakes all round, away team sub refuses to shake my hand, tells me he's not going to and that he'll be reporting me - I said that's fine, again still a bit confused - packing my things away and the sub comes over quite aggressively asking for my name - I said that I don't need to tell him and wasn't going to, he then starts shouting, by this point home players are kind of standing around watching - again I said that he should contact the league sec or ask his manager. He replies saying that he is the manager and keeps asking, eventually I just said he wasn't having my name - do I need to tell him?/should I have told him? - again says he's going to report me and asks what the lowest score he can give before writing a report is, told him I absolutely no idea and walked off - by this point everyone else had gone bar the player who's still muttering something.
Wow, apologies for the long post but I was wondering - was I perhaps overreacting about the player coming over at half time? And do I have to give my name in these situations?
Dylan
The players on both teams were chatty and friendly and aside from a few 50-50s there was nothing of note really happening - that is to say apart from one the of home team's defenders; he was a bit gobby throughout the first half, I'm not really sure why, none of his team were complaining at all. Anyway, nearing half time, said home team defender and away striker go in for a 50-50, bit of a coming together, but nothing really to call, away striker wiggles away with the ball and defender then pulls him back - easy FK, nothing really happens then blow up for half time.
I'm having a drink and just thinking about the game for 5 minutes at half time and home defender comes up to me away from his manager giving a team talk and starts asking me why he didn't get a FK - I don't know if this is right - but I told him it was HT and I was just having a breather, I didn't want to talk to him about it. He wasn't leaving so I explained the decision and he still wasn't going so I just ignored him and he eventually went back to his team.
Just before KO as the players are coming back on I called the defender and his captain over, speaking directly to the captain, I said I didn't appreciate the defender talking to me at HT - captain apologises, defender starts saying that he didn't say anything and it was 'my word against his'? - I said I didn't really know what he meant by that.
5 minutes in and defender is clearly pushing the away striker, try to call him just to have a bit of a chat he doesn't come so I booked him and the manager then subbed him - hear a few players talking saying that he's going to cost them games this season, which made me feel a bit better - I know that's not the best thing to think...
Away team make a sub, first half lineman who seemed friendly and chatty in the first half, comes on with 15 minutes left and starts right from the off calling me 'woeful', 'terrible' - whatever - I was a bit confused at this point, no one else was saying anything and there wasn't much happening.
Blow up for FT, handshakes all round, away team sub refuses to shake my hand, tells me he's not going to and that he'll be reporting me - I said that's fine, again still a bit confused - packing my things away and the sub comes over quite aggressively asking for my name - I said that I don't need to tell him and wasn't going to, he then starts shouting, by this point home players are kind of standing around watching - again I said that he should contact the league sec or ask his manager. He replies saying that he is the manager and keeps asking, eventually I just said he wasn't having my name - do I need to tell him?/should I have told him? - again says he's going to report me and asks what the lowest score he can give before writing a report is, told him I absolutely no idea and walked off - by this point everyone else had gone bar the player who's still muttering something.
Wow, apologies for the long post but I was wondering - was I perhaps overreacting about the player coming over at half time? And do I have to give my name in these situations?
Dylan