On Boxing day, I refereed a local fixture. There were two incidents which each resulted in red cards. For the purpose of this thread, Attacking team is Red, defending team is Blue.
Midway through second half, Red player bundles over Blue player just inside Blue teams penalty area. I blow up and cosider whether to caution the player. Game has been good so far and it's his first offence so he gets a telling off... 5 minutes later, same Red player again bundles over blue player on the halfway line where it meets the touchline. Blue player falls on the ground and has blood seeping from his nose. The challenge itself was a cautionable offence.
I call the player over, no response. I make another 4-5 attempts and he walks over to me, muttering and swearing under his breath. I take my book out, I tell him he had his warning and is now about to be cautioned for the challenge. I write the details in the book and ask for his name. He doesn't give it to me. I ask him again 4-5 times, he then gives it to me. By this time I'm quite fed up and annoyed... As I pull the yellow card out, he then strikes my hand in an attempt to knock the cards out of my hand... That's enough now. I advise him that his caution stands and will now receive a red card and that he's to leave the field.... The story on this player will continue shortly...
As I bring the red card down, I hear the word that rhymes with bunt from behind me. A team-mate of the Red player then walks from behind me, around and in front of me, just verging inside my "personal space".... "Bunt, bunt, bunt, are you going to send me off now, Ref? you bunt, bunt....." You get the drift. I ask the players name, which he gives straight away and tell him to follow his mate, not before I tell him that was completely uneccesary and that he's just let his team-mates down..
As he's following the first player up, I resume the game.
I then get reports after the game that the first player player I sent off decided to pull out a metal post (the ones that hold rope) from the cricket square boundary. He starts hitting the ground with it before throwing it and continuing up to the changing rooms. He then decided to go all Mike Tyson on them, punching and kicking the doors, putting a hole in the changing room door in the process (It was a brand new door, only fitted two weeks prior). He was then removed from the area, just after being slapped across the chops by his angry mother!! (He was about 21-22, so that must have been rather embarrassing).
Now, I've just checked to see what ban they've each received.... 2 games each!! So, a yellow and a straight red, then another straight red. For me as a player, if I'd have done that, I'd have expected a heftier ban than that! Obviously I don't like seeing players banned but surely this is quite lenient?
Thoughts?
Midway through second half, Red player bundles over Blue player just inside Blue teams penalty area. I blow up and cosider whether to caution the player. Game has been good so far and it's his first offence so he gets a telling off... 5 minutes later, same Red player again bundles over blue player on the halfway line where it meets the touchline. Blue player falls on the ground and has blood seeping from his nose. The challenge itself was a cautionable offence.
I call the player over, no response. I make another 4-5 attempts and he walks over to me, muttering and swearing under his breath. I take my book out, I tell him he had his warning and is now about to be cautioned for the challenge. I write the details in the book and ask for his name. He doesn't give it to me. I ask him again 4-5 times, he then gives it to me. By this time I'm quite fed up and annoyed... As I pull the yellow card out, he then strikes my hand in an attempt to knock the cards out of my hand... That's enough now. I advise him that his caution stands and will now receive a red card and that he's to leave the field.... The story on this player will continue shortly...
As I bring the red card down, I hear the word that rhymes with bunt from behind me. A team-mate of the Red player then walks from behind me, around and in front of me, just verging inside my "personal space".... "Bunt, bunt, bunt, are you going to send me off now, Ref? you bunt, bunt....." You get the drift. I ask the players name, which he gives straight away and tell him to follow his mate, not before I tell him that was completely uneccesary and that he's just let his team-mates down..
As he's following the first player up, I resume the game.
I then get reports after the game that the first player player I sent off decided to pull out a metal post (the ones that hold rope) from the cricket square boundary. He starts hitting the ground with it before throwing it and continuing up to the changing rooms. He then decided to go all Mike Tyson on them, punching and kicking the doors, putting a hole in the changing room door in the process (It was a brand new door, only fitted two weeks prior). He was then removed from the area, just after being slapped across the chops by his angry mother!! (He was about 21-22, so that must have been rather embarrassing).
Now, I've just checked to see what ban they've each received.... 2 games each!! So, a yellow and a straight red, then another straight red. For me as a player, if I'd have done that, I'd have expected a heftier ban than that! Obviously I don't like seeing players banned but surely this is quite lenient?
Thoughts?
