Had a game today which was a heated affair but only one card. A yellow for USB AA. However, in the first ten minutes, I gave the home team a free kick for a late challenge. The player who committed the foul then proceeded to kick the ball away. The home player responded by calling him a d*******. I spoke to the player and he said that he was just frustrated that the opposition had kicked the ball away. From this incident I have two questions:
1) Should I have cautioned the player for kicking the ball away? It had no real impact on the game and it was an U15s game. At what age group do yellows start coming out for this offence? Having played at U15 4 years ago, I personally viewed that it would have been very harsh for a first offence and for that game as well.
2) What, if any, card should have gone to the player for the home team. The player was not physically violent nor did he show disrespect to me throughout the game. Is this just a teenager or should it have resulted in a card? (coincidentally he was the player whom I later booked for USB)
I am going to be starting on a new league in a fortnight so I just wanted these queries to be answered by then.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated
1) Should I have cautioned the player for kicking the ball away? It had no real impact on the game and it was an U15s game. At what age group do yellows start coming out for this offence? Having played at U15 4 years ago, I personally viewed that it would have been very harsh for a first offence and for that game as well.
2) What, if any, card should have gone to the player for the home team. The player was not physically violent nor did he show disrespect to me throughout the game. Is this just a teenager or should it have resulted in a card? (coincidentally he was the player whom I later booked for USB)
I am going to be starting on a new league in a fortnight so I just wanted these queries to be answered by then.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated