zarathustra
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So I had my first game back today since I got injured at the start of October.
Not a great game, and I did feel a little off pace so my performance certainly wouldn't win any awards, but I think that I got the majority of decisions correct.
There were 2 penalties both against Blue, and the first might have been a bit soft but it was definitely a foul, two players went to kick a waist highish ball Purple got their first and blue ended up kicking her.
Anyway, this game, specifically the behaviour of the Blue team has left me wondering why I bother giving up my weekends so that people can enjoy a game of football.
There were 3 cautions, all against Blue, one for dissent after the second penalty (I was in a good position, and 9-10 yds away and it was nailed on), she was talking her self into a red card, but she was lucky that her skipper calmed her down.
In the last few minutes there was some hand bags, I'm not entirely sure what started it but all I saw was a Blue player turnaround and shove/push a Purple player with some force, but in my opinion it wasn't enough to warrant a red for VC.
The game ends, and I go to the Blue coach to collect my flag, he'd been running the line, and he'd been good as gold up until that point. And he says "Are you sending in the cautions" I say "Yes".
He goes on to ask whether I supervised the purple teams substitutions, which I did, although I will admit I was naughty and didn't make them go to the halfway line, but checks were completed as per.
He then says that the 2 players which they had down as subs didn't have numbers against them on the team sheet, which to be fair they don't, but that isn't a deal breaker in the league, and as I take a players name and number in the event of any misconduct I don't rely on them after the match anyway, unless I need to confirm an unusual spelling.
Anyway, he then tries to blackmail me into not sending the cautions in. Basically saying that if I send the cautions in then he will make a complaint about two players not having numbers on the team sheet. I informed him that yes I would be submitting the (at that point in time) 2 cautions, and that I would also be submitting a misconduct report regarding his comments in trying to black mail me into not submitting the cautions. I just replied that he is free to submit a report if he wishes to do so.
Then after that (before I had left the field of play) I got a dissent caution for another Blue player as she walked past and said you're a **** ref.
However, she refused to give me her name, although obviously I can get this from the team sheet. I assume that. Would just submit the caution as normal, without the need for a second misconduct report.
I know it's a relatively long post, but I'm almost done. Although the Blue coach wasn't out and out abusive, for some reason him trying to black mail me into not submitting cautions has really got under my skin. Not in a I'm upset kind of way but It's made me really angry, and I'm seriously wondering whether to bother giving up my weekends to get treated like scum on a football pitch, when I could be at home with my fiancé.
Anyway, rant over
Edited to add, I have informed the league that the Purples missed two numbers off their team sheet, and that I knew about it. But as teams have to send in their team sheets to the league its not a big issue anyway.
The teams hand over their teams sheets before the game infant of the referee and he mentioned it then, as they were running late and he didn't know what shirts they had.
Not a great game, and I did feel a little off pace so my performance certainly wouldn't win any awards, but I think that I got the majority of decisions correct.
There were 2 penalties both against Blue, and the first might have been a bit soft but it was definitely a foul, two players went to kick a waist highish ball Purple got their first and blue ended up kicking her.
Anyway, this game, specifically the behaviour of the Blue team has left me wondering why I bother giving up my weekends so that people can enjoy a game of football.
There were 3 cautions, all against Blue, one for dissent after the second penalty (I was in a good position, and 9-10 yds away and it was nailed on), she was talking her self into a red card, but she was lucky that her skipper calmed her down.
In the last few minutes there was some hand bags, I'm not entirely sure what started it but all I saw was a Blue player turnaround and shove/push a Purple player with some force, but in my opinion it wasn't enough to warrant a red for VC.
The game ends, and I go to the Blue coach to collect my flag, he'd been running the line, and he'd been good as gold up until that point. And he says "Are you sending in the cautions" I say "Yes".
He goes on to ask whether I supervised the purple teams substitutions, which I did, although I will admit I was naughty and didn't make them go to the halfway line, but checks were completed as per.
He then says that the 2 players which they had down as subs didn't have numbers against them on the team sheet, which to be fair they don't, but that isn't a deal breaker in the league, and as I take a players name and number in the event of any misconduct I don't rely on them after the match anyway, unless I need to confirm an unusual spelling.
Anyway, he then tries to blackmail me into not sending the cautions in. Basically saying that if I send the cautions in then he will make a complaint about two players not having numbers on the team sheet. I informed him that yes I would be submitting the (at that point in time) 2 cautions, and that I would also be submitting a misconduct report regarding his comments in trying to black mail me into not submitting the cautions. I just replied that he is free to submit a report if he wishes to do so.
Then after that (before I had left the field of play) I got a dissent caution for another Blue player as she walked past and said you're a **** ref.
However, she refused to give me her name, although obviously I can get this from the team sheet. I assume that. Would just submit the caution as normal, without the need for a second misconduct report.
I know it's a relatively long post, but I'm almost done. Although the Blue coach wasn't out and out abusive, for some reason him trying to black mail me into not submitting cautions has really got under my skin. Not in a I'm upset kind of way but It's made me really angry, and I'm seriously wondering whether to bother giving up my weekends to get treated like scum on a football pitch, when I could be at home with my fiancé.
Anyway, rant over
Edited to add, I have informed the league that the Purples missed two numbers off their team sheet, and that I knew about it. But as teams have to send in their team sheets to the league its not a big issue anyway.
The teams hand over their teams sheets before the game infant of the referee and he mentioned it then, as they were running late and he didn't know what shirts they had.
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