I had an U18 game today and it was a bit feisty to say the least but both managers gave me 90 out of 100 and said I handled the game well but at the end of the game I didn't enjoy it and thought I could have handled the situation a little better but I will explain what happened.
Whites number 5 was moaning all game so i had lots of issues with him all game, he was yellow carded first thing in the second half for delaying the restart by complaining about a decision I gave against him so I cautioned for delaying the restart as he would not get out of the way when a free kick was taken and he was fine about it so all good. 15 mins before the end he came flying in for a really bad tackle so I gave his a second yellow for the bad tackle and then subsequent sending off, he went off and everything was fine so no complaints there.
However Whites number 8 came flying in and hardly got the ball and injured blue number 10 (who did stay on but needed treatment), it was a sending off in my opinion but I only gave him a yellow card cos it was his first challenge and he was fine all game, another reason I also didn't give him a straight red is I had just sent off one his team mates for exactly the same thing as a second yellow so in my head I thought it also has to be a yellow card cos of what happened and didn't think that sending off a player straight after sending off another player cos it doesn't look good in my opinion.
Did I do the right thing by only cautioning him and not red carding him cos of the previous situation?
Any tips and advice would be great cos I didn't enjoy my first red card but it was an obvious one anyway.
Whites number 5 was moaning all game so i had lots of issues with him all game, he was yellow carded first thing in the second half for delaying the restart by complaining about a decision I gave against him so I cautioned for delaying the restart as he would not get out of the way when a free kick was taken and he was fine about it so all good. 15 mins before the end he came flying in for a really bad tackle so I gave his a second yellow for the bad tackle and then subsequent sending off, he went off and everything was fine so no complaints there.
However Whites number 8 came flying in and hardly got the ball and injured blue number 10 (who did stay on but needed treatment), it was a sending off in my opinion but I only gave him a yellow card cos it was his first challenge and he was fine all game, another reason I also didn't give him a straight red is I had just sent off one his team mates for exactly the same thing as a second yellow so in my head I thought it also has to be a yellow card cos of what happened and didn't think that sending off a player straight after sending off another player cos it doesn't look good in my opinion.
Did I do the right thing by only cautioning him and not red carding him cos of the previous situation?
Any tips and advice would be great cos I didn't enjoy my first red card but it was an obvious one anyway.