Ian Topping
New Member
Reffed my first youth game this morning, very different to open age ,u15's , local derby, previous bad history , what could go wrong
1st half not that bad , couple of niggles here n there, cb for the away team complains to me about high elbows from big big cf . All going on behind of course. Had a word with them both told them I was watching, cut it out. HT 0-1
2nd half starts ok ,home team come out pumped , press hard, score 1-1. Both teams go full throttle for 10 mins, not really any fouls but few sloppy challenges, big cf hits a shot , deflects for a corner off same cb , blow for corner no big deal . 3 seconds later the CB is screaming at me "ref ref he's spat at me" comes to show me spit in his hair. Got heated very very fast , 20 players all pushing ,shoving , shouting, parents are going ballistic, health and safety cries etc,coaches are on the pitch trying to calm it down, was blowing to try n calm the situation , was trying to get cf separate . One last extra extra loud blow and it stopped . Got everyone's attention . Explained that the match was on the verge of being postponed , pulled the coaches explained I haven't seen the incident , the match goes on if we all calm down and play football .
Anyway , the match finished 3-1 ,no other incidents, but a few disgruntled parents. Stayed for 10 mins to watch for any aftermath but all ok.
Could I of handled this any better ?
Cheers guys
1st half not that bad , couple of niggles here n there, cb for the away team complains to me about high elbows from big big cf . All going on behind of course. Had a word with them both told them I was watching, cut it out. HT 0-1
2nd half starts ok ,home team come out pumped , press hard, score 1-1. Both teams go full throttle for 10 mins, not really any fouls but few sloppy challenges, big cf hits a shot , deflects for a corner off same cb , blow for corner no big deal . 3 seconds later the CB is screaming at me "ref ref he's spat at me" comes to show me spit in his hair. Got heated very very fast , 20 players all pushing ,shoving , shouting, parents are going ballistic, health and safety cries etc,coaches are on the pitch trying to calm it down, was blowing to try n calm the situation , was trying to get cf separate . One last extra extra loud blow and it stopped . Got everyone's attention . Explained that the match was on the verge of being postponed , pulled the coaches explained I haven't seen the incident , the match goes on if we all calm down and play football .
Anyway , the match finished 3-1 ,no other incidents, but a few disgruntled parents. Stayed for 10 mins to watch for any aftermath but all ok.
Could I of handled this any better ?
Cheers guys