Cup semi final, Orange vs Blue. Orange are 4-2 up with 2 minutes left. Blue player goes down screaming loud and long. He has no obvious injury but passes out. An ambulance is called. Advice is not to move him until the paramedics arrive.
It's 15.55 when the injury occurs. The pitch is 4G with floodlights so light is not an issue. It's booked until 16.30 and by 16.10 a youth training outfit has arrived waiting their turn. It looks like some of the away (blue) team are drifting off to the changing rooms and then we hear that the ambulance is on site.
I told both teams that if the injured player is removed before 16.28 we will play the remaining two minutes. Any team unable to field 7 players at that point will cause abandonment and likely forfeit the match. The Blue team say they don't want to continue, heads not right, worried about their teammate, etc etc.
What happens is that the injured player is removed at exactly 16.30. By this time the home (Orange) team have spoken to the youth training outfit who have generously agreed to allow us to play the remaining two minutes.
What do you do?
It's 15.55 when the injury occurs. The pitch is 4G with floodlights so light is not an issue. It's booked until 16.30 and by 16.10 a youth training outfit has arrived waiting their turn. It looks like some of the away (blue) team are drifting off to the changing rooms and then we hear that the ambulance is on site.
I told both teams that if the injured player is removed before 16.28 we will play the remaining two minutes. Any team unable to field 7 players at that point will cause abandonment and likely forfeit the match. The Blue team say they don't want to continue, heads not right, worried about their teammate, etc etc.
What happens is that the injured player is removed at exactly 16.30. By this time the home (Orange) team have spoken to the youth training outfit who have generously agreed to allow us to play the remaining two minutes.
What do you do?