Phil Hart
New Member
Hi All,
I had my first game as a level 9 trainee last weekend, a tough 2nd vs 3rd West Sussex Saturday league game. The first 20mins flew by not really having to blow my whistle then my first mistake, forgetting to look at the assistant referee who was signalling for offside. I realised a good 10 seconds after in which i had already gave a free kick to the attacking team just past the half way line. I thought it would be too late to award the offside... i was kindly reminded by the defending team's captain that it would not be fair if the attacking side now score from this. Hands up my mistake!
I found that in every goal kick both teams kept asking for the free kick as both teams had 2 big stocky players competing for every ball, to me it looked 50/50 everytime, both had hold of each others shirts, nudging each other etc so i allowed play to go on unless it was a obvoius foul - is this correct?
Another mistake on 39mins when there was a obvious free kick in which i for some reason blew my whistle a good 5 seconds after to award it, not sure why i delayed the whistle but made myself look a bit silly and the players had a good laugh about it.
I blew for half time with the score 1-0, it seem a lonely place to be at half time so i tried to reflect on the first have and thought i better watch the game a bit harder. I started the 2nd half and within 10mins i gave my first penalty, it was a very crowded area the attacker went to shoot, dummied and a defender slid in and took him down inside the box. As obvious as it was i still had the defending team giving me a hard time.
I gave another penalty, this time to the other team about 10mins later. The attacking playing was through on goal took the ball just inside the box on the far left and the keeper went for the ball but tripped him.I blew for the penalty straight away and had all of the attacking team screaming for a red card, i awarded the yellow card to the keeper for the fact that 2 defenders managed to get in the the goal area to cover the goalkeeper - is this what anyone else would of done?
The home team lost 6-2 in the end but for the last 20mis of the game when they really fell behind they started to give me a really hard time. I had a quiet word with a couple of them and that put a stop to them being so direct to me.
Overall it wasnt too bad, there was a couple of times that i thought to myself - why am i doing this. I have another game this weekend in the same league, this time it is 1st vs 4th so i expect another competitive game. I need to be alot more vocal and confident as the knowledge is there but it is just putting it in place.
Any feedback?
Phil
I had my first game as a level 9 trainee last weekend, a tough 2nd vs 3rd West Sussex Saturday league game. The first 20mins flew by not really having to blow my whistle then my first mistake, forgetting to look at the assistant referee who was signalling for offside. I realised a good 10 seconds after in which i had already gave a free kick to the attacking team just past the half way line. I thought it would be too late to award the offside... i was kindly reminded by the defending team's captain that it would not be fair if the attacking side now score from this. Hands up my mistake!
I found that in every goal kick both teams kept asking for the free kick as both teams had 2 big stocky players competing for every ball, to me it looked 50/50 everytime, both had hold of each others shirts, nudging each other etc so i allowed play to go on unless it was a obvoius foul - is this correct?
Another mistake on 39mins when there was a obvious free kick in which i for some reason blew my whistle a good 5 seconds after to award it, not sure why i delayed the whistle but made myself look a bit silly and the players had a good laugh about it.
I blew for half time with the score 1-0, it seem a lonely place to be at half time so i tried to reflect on the first have and thought i better watch the game a bit harder. I started the 2nd half and within 10mins i gave my first penalty, it was a very crowded area the attacker went to shoot, dummied and a defender slid in and took him down inside the box. As obvious as it was i still had the defending team giving me a hard time.
I gave another penalty, this time to the other team about 10mins later. The attacking playing was through on goal took the ball just inside the box on the far left and the keeper went for the ball but tripped him.I blew for the penalty straight away and had all of the attacking team screaming for a red card, i awarded the yellow card to the keeper for the fact that 2 defenders managed to get in the the goal area to cover the goalkeeper - is this what anyone else would of done?
The home team lost 6-2 in the end but for the last 20mis of the game when they really fell behind they started to give me a really hard time. I had a quiet word with a couple of them and that put a stop to them being so direct to me.
Overall it wasnt too bad, there was a couple of times that i thought to myself - why am i doing this. I have another game this weekend in the same league, this time it is 1st vs 4th so i expect another competitive game. I need to be alot more vocal and confident as the knowledge is there but it is just putting it in place.
Any feedback?
Phil