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I've been refereeing for twelve months now and I think I'm soon going to be one of the 7,000 who quit each year. I'm already emotionally exhausted from the constant barracking by players, coaches and spectators. I'm fed up of teams that seem to have no understanding of the concept of dissent...

Approaching the end of a non-eventful men’s match, and after a tackle by the touch line that results in a throw-in, the tackled player yells “ref he’s just kicked me in the back, you f*cking pr*ck”. I called him over and issued a red card for OFFINABUS. Blew the final whistle very soon...