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Misconduct report advice...

Best report?

  • Short and Simple

    Votes: 6 50.0%
  • Little bit more information

    Votes: 6 50.0%
  • War and peace

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    12

RefSheff

New Member
Level 6 Referee
Need to write a misconduct report for an SFP red in a friendly. What's best?

1. Short and sweet
In the 6th minute of the game xx tackled an opponent in a dangerous manner, using excessive force, so I dismissed him for serious foul play. I was 10 yards from the incident and had a clear and unobstructed view.

2. A bit more detail
In the 6th minute of the game xx tackled an opponent in a dangerous manner by lunging in from a distance of 2 to 3 yards, off the ground and without control, making direct contact with his opponent's ankle. I judged this to be a use of excessive force and I dismissed xxx for serious foul play. I was 10 yards from the incident and had a clear and unobstructed view.

3. War and peace
Only joking!

Thoughts? To be fair I can't see this being appealed, but you never know.
 
The Ref Stop
2) is nice and short and conveys the situation nicely with little room for argument from the player.

I agree about the dangerous manner comment - i would change that to "lunged into the tackle using excessive force in a manner which endangered the safety of his opponent..." And so on.
 
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