I am incensed. In an u11 game, after at least 8 off the ball stampings not seen by the ref, 2 elbows, crying children, foul and abusive language/aggression aimed at a club assistant referee (who is also a qualified referee - me) and his own players by the away coach, and several horrendous challenges and late tackles - not unlike the Millwall sending off today, the home coach takes his team off the pitch mid way through the second half and the game is effectively abandoned. He wished he would have done it an half time.
I sit here 33 hours later, absolutely incensed that this coach uses OFFINABUS, screams into the faces of other coaches, who I suspect told his players to target several players, including my son who was stamped on off the ball 5 times, who is then cheered by parents and his players alike at the end in the centre circle as some sort of celebration. Horrendous tackles included raking down the back of legs and several pushes to the floor followed by stamps. Having spoken the ref after the game, he had never shown a yellow card in the 4 months of refereeing and thought it harsh to book u11s. He did have great courage in walking over to the coach after a tirade of foul and abusive language was aimed at me for having the audacity to raise my flag for offside. But fundamentally he had no control of the game and just allowed constant horrendous challenges to continue without words or caution. But he will learn. Of course, this sort of game should not be happening at u11 level.
So what to do now. In 27 years of on and off officiating, the last two at this level because of my son, I have never seen such bile and I never want to see this coach anywhere near coaching children ever again. The ref has submitted a report to the local FA stating he was about to abandon the match due to health and safety of players and states the OFFINABUS of the coach. I've written a full report of the situation to the local FA and local RA. I have also sent this report to the club's safeguarding officer who has forwarded it and several other parent's reports to the local FA. The coach has submitted a report to the league.
Is there anything else that I can do/should do re getting this coach removed? Why the hell does this sort of thing go on at u11 level?
Re the ref, I had spoken to the ref before the start, at half time and at the end but didn't interfere at other times during the game, despite seeing missed fouls etc. I've reffed this coach before and I'm very strong from the start of play on how they should act and things were fine. He played on the weakness of this ref and therefore I'm wondering if I should have got involved at any point during play, especially as he shouted 'He's a phucking cheat ref' at me in the second half.
Any thoughts anyone?
I sit here 33 hours later, absolutely incensed that this coach uses OFFINABUS, screams into the faces of other coaches, who I suspect told his players to target several players, including my son who was stamped on off the ball 5 times, who is then cheered by parents and his players alike at the end in the centre circle as some sort of celebration. Horrendous tackles included raking down the back of legs and several pushes to the floor followed by stamps. Having spoken the ref after the game, he had never shown a yellow card in the 4 months of refereeing and thought it harsh to book u11s. He did have great courage in walking over to the coach after a tirade of foul and abusive language was aimed at me for having the audacity to raise my flag for offside. But fundamentally he had no control of the game and just allowed constant horrendous challenges to continue without words or caution. But he will learn. Of course, this sort of game should not be happening at u11 level.
So what to do now. In 27 years of on and off officiating, the last two at this level because of my son, I have never seen such bile and I never want to see this coach anywhere near coaching children ever again. The ref has submitted a report to the local FA stating he was about to abandon the match due to health and safety of players and states the OFFINABUS of the coach. I've written a full report of the situation to the local FA and local RA. I have also sent this report to the club's safeguarding officer who has forwarded it and several other parent's reports to the local FA. The coach has submitted a report to the league.
Is there anything else that I can do/should do re getting this coach removed? Why the hell does this sort of thing go on at u11 level?
Re the ref, I had spoken to the ref before the start, at half time and at the end but didn't interfere at other times during the game, despite seeing missed fouls etc. I've reffed this coach before and I'm very strong from the start of play on how they should act and things were fine. He played on the weakness of this ref and therefore I'm wondering if I should have got involved at any point during play, especially as he shouted 'He's a phucking cheat ref' at me in the second half.
Any thoughts anyone?
