Recent content by Bobdazzle

So the outcome (although subject to appeal). The team that won after 90 min Has been charged with unsportsmanlike conduct and as result forfeits the match. They deemed that the two players who were given red cards and protested put the ref under undue pressure and they should have left the field...

Still awaiting the outcome. Will let you know!

I was playing for the team that won. Personally I don't feel as though any undue pressure was applied to the ref to change his mind (other than the standard level of questioning from someone who has got a card that really shouldn't have been) and that the result should stand. But I have a...

Expanding on the second point. If the governing body decides that he didn't change his mind, but felt pressured to leave them on, I can see 3 possible options. 1) Game should be replayed. 2) The game results stands at the 70minute mark ie when the players should have left the field (ie the last...

Thanks I should note that In this case I was not referring but was playing. The question that seems to being asked is if the players plyed undue pressure on the referee. From my vantage they asked questions like anyone would if sent for basic protesting (but I am biased). The referees...

Keen to get feedback on this situation and what the right action should be post match. At 70 min mark a goal was scored by the "blue" team making the score. The "red" team protested for offside. The referee then issued a red card to one player followed by a second yellow and red to a second...