Done a U18s game yesterday and unfortunately ended up binning 2 and cautioning a further 4.
Second half, blue v red, blue are 3-2 up and just have gone down to 10 men after having a player sent off for OFFINABUS. Blue are frustrated. Red slides in hard against blue player, blue retain ball with a good attack and I play advantage. Ball goes out for a throw and I go over to have a word, have an angry red in my face saying blue player he slid in on stamps him. I tell him I didn't see any stamp. He lifts his shirt to reveal some very nasty fresh stud marks on his lower stomach and blood has been drawn. Understandably at this time he's very angry as I've missed what seemed to him a blatant stamp, however I said to him "to be fair lad you flew in at him, he's probably tried to jump over your tackle and caught you, I'm sure there was nothing sinister in it". He's still F'ing and blinding but thankfully not at me, just in general from the pain I think so I just leave him to be treated.
Five minutes later another tackle goes in on him, very fair tackle nothing wrong, I was 30 yards away though as it was on the break, he feels he's been fouled, gets up and two foot lunges somebody above the knee studs up and a brawl erupts. Guy who's been tackled has squared up to the guy and everyone is pushing and shoving a bit.
Anyways, RC to the tackler straight up and he squares up to me, was waiting for him to punch me tbh until his manager screams at his team to get him off the pitch, guy ends up dragged off pitch by three of his teammates.
I was happy with my performance as the ref other than missing the "stamp", but just felt that if I'd given an early yellow after a dodgy tackle in the first few mins I might of retained control of the match. Instead I let them take it too far before using the cards and ultimately this was the demise of the game.
Onwards and upwards
Second half, blue v red, blue are 3-2 up and just have gone down to 10 men after having a player sent off for OFFINABUS. Blue are frustrated. Red slides in hard against blue player, blue retain ball with a good attack and I play advantage. Ball goes out for a throw and I go over to have a word, have an angry red in my face saying blue player he slid in on stamps him. I tell him I didn't see any stamp. He lifts his shirt to reveal some very nasty fresh stud marks on his lower stomach and blood has been drawn. Understandably at this time he's very angry as I've missed what seemed to him a blatant stamp, however I said to him "to be fair lad you flew in at him, he's probably tried to jump over your tackle and caught you, I'm sure there was nothing sinister in it". He's still F'ing and blinding but thankfully not at me, just in general from the pain I think so I just leave him to be treated.
Five minutes later another tackle goes in on him, very fair tackle nothing wrong, I was 30 yards away though as it was on the break, he feels he's been fouled, gets up and two foot lunges somebody above the knee studs up and a brawl erupts. Guy who's been tackled has squared up to the guy and everyone is pushing and shoving a bit.
Anyways, RC to the tackler straight up and he squares up to me, was waiting for him to punch me tbh until his manager screams at his team to get him off the pitch, guy ends up dragged off pitch by three of his teammates.
I was happy with my performance as the ref other than missing the "stamp", but just felt that if I'd given an early yellow after a dodgy tackle in the first few mins I might of retained control of the match. Instead I let them take it too far before using the cards and ultimately this was the demise of the game.
Onwards and upwards
