Match today at 2:15pm.
Blue v Purple. (U14 age group). Both teams in the top division of their age and Blue is 3rd, Purple is 1st. So obviously the game was going to be a feisty! It started off okay, with strong tackles from both sides and they were fair. I gave free kicks where it was necessary, and the first half went pretty well. At half time, score was 2-0 to Purple.
2nd half was a bit more physical with nudges in the back were happening left, right and centre. It was one of those games where all of the parents and managers are shouting 'Ref' every 2 minutes!
But coming into the 30th minute, Blue player was running down the line and then a Purple player comes in with a challenge. The ball gets stuck in between both of them and then pops out past the goal line. Both teams claim that it's there goal kick/corner, so I look to my linesman who said he didn't see it properly. So I award a goal kick (because on the course I was told to always go in favour of defence if you have to make a decision like that). There was then an uproar from the blue team and number 3 comes up to me and says "You need to go kill yourself ref!". So I pull him over, take his name etc and issue the yellow card. Then carried a rather aggressive game on to the end. (Final score was 2-2). S
So what I want to know, is what would you guys have done in that situation? Would you have issued a yellow or red? Thinking about it now, maybe it was worth a red, but I think I opted for the yellow card due to the age of the player, even though that shouldn't have been an excuse. But yeah, what card would you have issued?
Blue v Purple. (U14 age group). Both teams in the top division of their age and Blue is 3rd, Purple is 1st. So obviously the game was going to be a feisty! It started off okay, with strong tackles from both sides and they were fair. I gave free kicks where it was necessary, and the first half went pretty well. At half time, score was 2-0 to Purple.
2nd half was a bit more physical with nudges in the back were happening left, right and centre. It was one of those games where all of the parents and managers are shouting 'Ref' every 2 minutes!
But coming into the 30th minute, Blue player was running down the line and then a Purple player comes in with a challenge. The ball gets stuck in between both of them and then pops out past the goal line. Both teams claim that it's there goal kick/corner, so I look to my linesman who said he didn't see it properly. So I award a goal kick (because on the course I was told to always go in favour of defence if you have to make a decision like that). There was then an uproar from the blue team and number 3 comes up to me and says "You need to go kill yourself ref!". So I pull him over, take his name etc and issue the yellow card. Then carried a rather aggressive game on to the end. (Final score was 2-2). S
So what I want to know, is what would you guys have done in that situation? Would you have issued a yellow or red? Thinking about it now, maybe it was worth a red, but I think I opted for the yellow card due to the age of the player, even though that shouldn't have been an excuse. But yeah, what card would you have issued?