Home team wanted to play, the opposition wanted to play and It had been weeks since any of us had a game. The rain had stopped and the pitch was in okay condition (considering the weather) and the fixture build-up is not worth mentioning; it's that bad.
The team that I play for, we have three consecutive weeks of: Saturday, Monday, Friday, Saturday games. That's a lot of games in a short period of time. That's alot for any club to manage, let alone clubs like mine where we are the only team.
I certainly weren't going to add to the nightmare because the lines weren't white! I briefed the CAR's before hand stressing that they will be quite important to me, aswell as also briefing the Captains on the fact it may be difficult to determine at times whether the ball runs out of play or not.
Lines were visible, but not great. CAR's done a very good job and the game was a good one
I had an email the next day from my CFA saying about what a good job I done and that "common sense" prevailed. I'm not sure where that came from, but obviously it was good to hear.
To answer your statement regarding the desperation... In short, yes. We are all desperate to get the games played.