I was reffing under 15's this morning.
Red player fouls orange player on the edge of the area.
Red keeper is talking to defenders about placings etc and orange player says "can i take it ref?". I say yes and blow whistle.
Orange player puts the ball in the top corner. Cue Red keeper giving me the benefit of his experience.
"He cant take it until i am ready". I walked to keeper and explained that if the attacking team wants to take it and i am ready they can. He then throws a paddy and the assistant ref (his dad) gets involved. I repeat what i sad to the son to the dad. The dad says"i played football for 20 years and the ref has to wait. Everybody knows that". I tell him he is wrong.
The red keeper then starts to shout "you don't know the rules ref" etc so i walk to him and show him a yellow one. I'm hearing the dad muttering away. As the sons walks away i get the sarcastic clapping etc from the red keeper so he gets a second yellow.
I then get attitude from the assistant and he throws the flag down. I then speak to the manager of the red team and he gets me a new assistant.
After the game the manager confirms that he knows that refs do not have to wait for keepers etc.
But i think the dad's attitude contributed to the son being sent off.
Red player fouls orange player on the edge of the area.
Red keeper is talking to defenders about placings etc and orange player says "can i take it ref?". I say yes and blow whistle.
Orange player puts the ball in the top corner. Cue Red keeper giving me the benefit of his experience.
"He cant take it until i am ready". I walked to keeper and explained that if the attacking team wants to take it and i am ready they can. He then throws a paddy and the assistant ref (his dad) gets involved. I repeat what i sad to the son to the dad. The dad says"i played football for 20 years and the ref has to wait. Everybody knows that". I tell him he is wrong.
The red keeper then starts to shout "you don't know the rules ref" etc so i walk to him and show him a yellow one. I'm hearing the dad muttering away. As the sons walks away i get the sarcastic clapping etc from the red keeper so he gets a second yellow.
I then get attitude from the assistant and he throws the flag down. I then speak to the manager of the red team and he gets me a new assistant.
After the game the manager confirms that he knows that refs do not have to wait for keepers etc.
But i think the dad's attitude contributed to the son being sent off.