Newly qualified ref (end of August) going into local Sunday Amateur league had just done my game under guidance.
Get my 1st solo game appointment... my old team, played with these guys in this league for 12 years!
Was thinking this is going to be a nightmare because I know what they can be like with a weak ref!
Plenty of messages and banter before, but during the game, nothing!
No favours asked and none given. No dissent, no-one playing up because it was my 1st game, nothing.
Couple of wrong decisions players had a moan as you would in any situation, but then it was done and we moved on with the game.
Going slightly against the grain from most I have read on here I told the both teams that this was my 1st game after having qualified and that if I make a mistake, it would probably be down to my inexperience and to just move on with the game. This seemed to work as I never got any grief from either team, even though I did get a few decisions wrong. In hindsight I think I signaled too quickly then as play went on I realized I had got it wrong, but I didn't want to go back on my decision when it would have appeared that I was 'just going with the shout'. A quick word with the player involved next time we are close to acknowledge my mistake, seemed to go down well and was appreciated by the player.
Due to the glorious Aberdeen weather (and a bout of illness) I am now due to do my 2nd game on this Sunday..... 1 of the teams involved, I played with half the players in a another team last season.
Lets see how this 1 goes!
Get my 1st solo game appointment... my old team, played with these guys in this league for 12 years!
Was thinking this is going to be a nightmare because I know what they can be like with a weak ref!
Plenty of messages and banter before, but during the game, nothing!
No favours asked and none given. No dissent, no-one playing up because it was my 1st game, nothing.
Couple of wrong decisions players had a moan as you would in any situation, but then it was done and we moved on with the game.
Going slightly against the grain from most I have read on here I told the both teams that this was my 1st game after having qualified and that if I make a mistake, it would probably be down to my inexperience and to just move on with the game. This seemed to work as I never got any grief from either team, even though I did get a few decisions wrong. In hindsight I think I signaled too quickly then as play went on I realized I had got it wrong, but I didn't want to go back on my decision when it would have appeared that I was 'just going with the shout'. A quick word with the player involved next time we are close to acknowledge my mistake, seemed to go down well and was appreciated by the player.
Due to the glorious Aberdeen weather (and a bout of illness) I am now due to do my 2nd game on this Sunday..... 1 of the teams involved, I played with half the players in a another team last season.
Lets see how this 1 goes!