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Big Cat

Big Cat

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Level 4 Referee
U16 game this a.m.
Kid takes another kid out
C1 RP, absolutely no question
I beckon the imp over, who promptly announces, 'I'm also a referee and that's never a yellow card'
To which I reply, 'well you can't be a very good one, you've got 15 minutes left to keep your nose clean', card aloft
After the game, he come over and wants my name so he can report me... for insulting him. I duly obliged by informing him it's 'Big Cat' (well maybe that bit didn't happen)
Can anyone trump that in the refereeing referees absurdity stakes?
 
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A CaR of mine, many years ago was called a f*cking cheating ****, I dismissed the captain who said it and he ran right over to the ref sec who was watching on the other side to tell tales... He asked him why I'd dismissed him and he said the actual words to which the ref sec said he'd of sent me off too!!

On what planet is that not a red card???
 
I should add that I called the player's coach over to get the kid to repeat the allegation in front of an adult
The coach told the kid to stop being silly...
Not that this would will ever go anywhere, but i thought it wise to bring it to an adult's attn.
 
I had it the other way round, whilst managing a team I got sent to the stands by a referee that I knew for allegedly abusing him (I actually said "that's a bit inconsistent {refereename}". As I was trudging off he asked for my county FA so I told him, but then he said "no, not the club, the one you are registered with as a referee as I am reporting you as a referee not as a manager". Suffice to say it didn't go anywhere as he was totally wrong to do that, and I successfully appealed the misconduct charge.

I won't tell you what my first action was when I took over on the league …. :)
 
First person I ever sent off was another referee. He was playing for a team in the local Saturday league and disputed a throw-in with an opponent. As the opponent bent down to pick up the ball before taking the throw, the "referee" rabbit punched him in the back of the neck.
 
"I'm a referee" happened twice to me last year. On both occasions I was walking to the pitch to do an inspection (for show more than anything and it was -2 and the ground was rock solid). First time I asked the guy what level he was and he said "semi pro" so I just looked at him and he laughed and knew the game was up. Second occasion the player said "level 3". So I said "that's impressive, what do you think to this pitch" and he said "a bit firm but playable in Sunday League". I'm not exaggerating in the slightest, it was completely frozen solid, the home team hadn't even bothered to change.

I also had it in the first game of this season where a player claimed to be a referee after I gave a penalty. "Not today your not pal".

Going back to frozen pitches, I once played a Sunday League game behind an infamous Stockport nightclub where we hadn't even washed the kit as it was -4 and hadn't got above freezing all week. Just turned up because theybwere they archaic rules of the league. Ref amazingly said it was playable and then went to check the nets, demanding that they were pegged in better. Their gaffer gave him the pegs and mallet and told him to have a try! I'm afraid some refs just want the money regardless of circumstances. The pitch was white
 
I had one just today. Gotta love the adult leagues..... Unbelievably whiny lot. Griping about nearly every call despite being the best team in the league. Mr. Referee decides it is a good idea to tell me "you not doing it right" and then provide a commentary on how he thinks the game should be refereed while claiming to be a referee (note: I'm about 700-1000 games into this over the last 5 years and I've never seen him at a field or tourney). Well, I explain that i'm sure he is familiar with dissent then and administer the YC. There's a lot more to the ongoing dissent from him and his team but a few YC's seemed to put a lid on it
 
From the memory banks... I had a ‘referee’ tell me that handball was handball if the player gained an advantage! 😂😂😂.. Does it? 🤔
 
Kes said:
If I was playing football, I'd never tell the referee that I'm a referee too (unless he obviously knew me as one) on account of me not wanting to look a complete bell end. :cool:
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I played 45 minutes in my very last friendly 6-7 years ago and was trying all the stuff you could get away with all those years ago, it was all friendly but i'd never last 10 minutes with some of you lot!! Goalies used to get a bit more non-match action at corners back then i'll tell you!! Just ask Billy Whitehurst!!!
 
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On the flip side...had a CAR in a Sunday match last year...he was surprisingly v good. Clear/decisive signals, well up with play, right where he needed to be on a few tight GK/Corner decisions. My brief to CARs is to never get involved in fouls and misconuct/pens/handball etc - he followed the briefing perfectly....I guessed he had some ref experience during the match and asked him after - He said yes he was an L5 going for 4. Didn’t want to tell me at the start and be “one of those guys”. Told me I did a great job, smiled and walked away. Class!

Real Refs won’t shout at you and/or generally make it harder than it has to be during a match!
 
Only "but I'm a referee" I've even believed was when the player in question wasn't the one to say it! I was told that by the manager that the CAR he was supplying was a level 4 ref coming back from injury. Of course I didn't believe him initially, but as soon as I saw the CAR crabbing and then pulling off a calm hand-swap to signal a defensive throw in, I was convinced!
 
As said in another thread, had a great ref scream at me ”you can’t bring the medic on without the permission of the player”... the one holding his face prone on the floor, really?!
 
Kes said:
If I was playing football, I'd never tell the referee that I'm a referee too (unless he obviously knew me as one) on account of me not wanting to look a complete bell end. :cool:
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I used to if I spoke to them before the game, although most of them knew me anyway and, more importantly I wasn't an idiot on the pitch. Far from it, I would back them and be their friend, then when there's a tight decision and I appeal loudly (but respectfully), you'd be amazed how many times it went our way. Not ashamed to admit that, as it is how all players should behave, and certainly the captains. Few if any referees are consciously biased, but the subconscious in all of us is likely to mean that a 50/50 decision goes to a player who has been working well with you all game as opposed to the idiot who has berated you on every decision.
 
RustyRef said:
I used to if I spoke to them before the game, although most of them knew me anyway and, more importantly I wasn't an idiot on the pitch. Far from it, I would back them and be their friend, then when there's a tight decision and I appeal loudly (but respectfully), you'd be amazed how many times it went our way. Not ashamed to admit that, as it is how all players should behave, and certainly the captains. Few if any referees are consciously biased, but the subconscious in all of us is likely to mean that a 50/50 decision goes to a player who has been working well with you all game as opposed to the idiot who has berated you on every decision.
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It's impossible to be subconsciously impartial
 
Ben448844 said:
"I'm a referee" happened twice to me last year. On both occasions I was walking to the pitch to do an inspection (for show more than anything and it was -2 and the ground was rock solid). First time I asked the guy what level he was and he said "semi pro" so I just looked at him and he laughed and knew the game was up. Second occasion the player said "level 3". So I said "that's impressive, what do you think to this pitch" and he said "a bit firm but playable in Sunday League". I'm not exaggerating in the slightest, it was completely frozen solid, the home team hadn't even bothered to change.

I also had it in the first game of this season where a player claimed to be a referee after I gave a penalty. "Not today your not pal".

Going back to frozen pitches, I once played a Sunday League game behind an infamous Stockport nightclub where we hadn't even washed the kit as it was -4 and hadn't got above freezing all week. Just turned up because theybwere they archaic rules of the league. Ref amazingly said it was playable and then went to check the nets, demanding that they were pegged in better. Their gaffer gave him the pegs and mallet and told him to have a try! I'm afraid some refs just want the money regardless of circumstances. The pitch was white
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Is this your game from Sunday @Ben448844? Just saw it on a local Facebook page.

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