Interesting one today and a first for me.
82 mins into a tight County Cup QF. Award a foul to team A. Start retreating into team B half in anticipation of long FK whilst watching the dead ball. Captain of Team A runs over and tells me he’s heard a homophobic comment made by the offending player to the player he fouled. I’ve not heard any comment at all.
Recently had the ‘dealing with discrimination as an official’ flyer circulated by my county so immediately blew the whistle and time off. Explained to skipper I’d need to stop play, speak to the accused, speak to coaches of both teams and make some contemporaneous notes before we could restart.
Did all that, restarted play and match ended without incident. Spoke to a couple more players after FT and took further notes, spoke to coaches, the complainant and accused and reiterated the process and that I’d have to submit a report post match, then it would be up to the FA. Completed extraordinary report on WGS when I got home.
Has anyone else had this happen to them? Anything I should’ve done differently?
82 mins into a tight County Cup QF. Award a foul to team A. Start retreating into team B half in anticipation of long FK whilst watching the dead ball. Captain of Team A runs over and tells me he’s heard a homophobic comment made by the offending player to the player he fouled. I’ve not heard any comment at all.
Recently had the ‘dealing with discrimination as an official’ flyer circulated by my county so immediately blew the whistle and time off. Explained to skipper I’d need to stop play, speak to the accused, speak to coaches of both teams and make some contemporaneous notes before we could restart.
Did all that, restarted play and match ended without incident. Spoke to a couple more players after FT and took further notes, spoke to coaches, the complainant and accused and reiterated the process and that I’d have to submit a report post match, then it would be up to the FA. Completed extraordinary report on WGS when I got home.
Has anyone else had this happen to them? Anything I should’ve done differently?