Hello all,
So, this my being my first season, I yesterday, had the immense pleasure of showing my ever first red card - bearing in mind I've been reffing about a game a week - sometimes two - since September last year, it's had me thinking if I'm perhaps a bit too lenient...
But ANYWAY. Cup game yesterday, I knew the away team and had never had any issues with them, the other team were a bunch of spritely young chaps so I saw this one only going one way - shows what I know as it went to extra time and pens.
Five minutes in, fairly innocuous foul about 10 yards outside the home team box, away player had been running and just got nicked by the defender, easy DFK, I blow up wander over. Suddenly out of nowhere, there's pushing and shoving, handbags is the colloquialism I believe, I was in there quickly blasting the whistle, not before an away player - not even the one who was fouled - boots one of the opposing players, and I mean really whacks him.
Further pushing continues, I grab the offender. Isolate. Back everyone else off. Oddly, he realises what he's done and as calm as anything gives his name, I tell him he's off, he shakes my hand, apologises and calmly walks off. I couldn't believe it...he was calmer than I was?!
Fairly feisty in places after that, four yellows, three for the home team who are continuous complainers. Away team play 115 minutes with 10 men, come back from being a goal down each time (2-2 AET) and then lose on sudden death pens.
Sunday League, you can't say it's dull.
D
So, this my being my first season, I yesterday, had the immense pleasure of showing my ever first red card - bearing in mind I've been reffing about a game a week - sometimes two - since September last year, it's had me thinking if I'm perhaps a bit too lenient...
But ANYWAY. Cup game yesterday, I knew the away team and had never had any issues with them, the other team were a bunch of spritely young chaps so I saw this one only going one way - shows what I know as it went to extra time and pens.
Five minutes in, fairly innocuous foul about 10 yards outside the home team box, away player had been running and just got nicked by the defender, easy DFK, I blow up wander over. Suddenly out of nowhere, there's pushing and shoving, handbags is the colloquialism I believe, I was in there quickly blasting the whistle, not before an away player - not even the one who was fouled - boots one of the opposing players, and I mean really whacks him.
Further pushing continues, I grab the offender. Isolate. Back everyone else off. Oddly, he realises what he's done and as calm as anything gives his name, I tell him he's off, he shakes my hand, apologises and calmly walks off. I couldn't believe it...he was calmer than I was?!
Fairly feisty in places after that, four yellows, three for the home team who are continuous complainers. Away team play 115 minutes with 10 men, come back from being a goal down each time (2-2 AET) and then lose on sudden death pens.
Sunday League, you can't say it's dull.
D