I had an interesting game last night.
It was county level u23’s and I was in the middle.
It finished with 8 yellows and a straight red.
Unfortunately, I dropped an absolute howler.
In the 63rd minute, a tackle went in. It was two footed and completely out of control and about 2 foot (literally both feet and 2 foot in height) off the ground. Human error- I only cautioned him. I knew within a few minutes I was so wrong and it was a red card but I have just seen the video footage and how bad it actually is. It honestly has to be one of, if not the worst decision I’ve ever made whilst refereeing. It is such a blatant red card.
I was being observed as well. This is only my second middle at county u23 level. I had my first ever middle for county u23 last week and I was also observed on that. That one was good. I cautioned 6 players and the away manager and the observer supported me on all of them and the report came back and it was great. Only one development point.
This game last night was more eventful than my first u23 game, and both teams still said I did well and so did the observer, but everyone knows I should have sent the player off. The observer last night supported all of my cards except the one where I booked the player instead of dismissing him. He said it was human error and these things happen.
Things like this play on your mind unfortunately.
I’m only 17 and things like this make me question wether I’m out of my depth or not!
I have absolutely no idea why I didn’t send that player off. I can only put it down to human error.
It’s one of those where it’ll probably be doing the rounds on Twitter in the next few days!
It was county level u23’s and I was in the middle.
It finished with 8 yellows and a straight red.
Unfortunately, I dropped an absolute howler.
In the 63rd minute, a tackle went in. It was two footed and completely out of control and about 2 foot (literally both feet and 2 foot in height) off the ground. Human error- I only cautioned him. I knew within a few minutes I was so wrong and it was a red card but I have just seen the video footage and how bad it actually is. It honestly has to be one of, if not the worst decision I’ve ever made whilst refereeing. It is such a blatant red card.
I was being observed as well. This is only my second middle at county u23 level. I had my first ever middle for county u23 last week and I was also observed on that. That one was good. I cautioned 6 players and the away manager and the observer supported me on all of them and the report came back and it was great. Only one development point.
This game last night was more eventful than my first u23 game, and both teams still said I did well and so did the observer, but everyone knows I should have sent the player off. The observer last night supported all of my cards except the one where I booked the player instead of dismissing him. He said it was human error and these things happen.
Things like this play on your mind unfortunately.
I’m only 17 and things like this make me question wether I’m out of my depth or not!
I have absolutely no idea why I didn’t send that player off. I can only put it down to human error.
It’s one of those where it’ll probably be doing the rounds on Twitter in the next few days!