higdawgy
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So this happened in my game today, Premier Division where I referee, 2nd vs 3rd in a tight contest.
This is the basic rundown of the confrontation that I will be submitted as an incident report, please let me know any feedback that anyone has. It was disappointing as the match was really good until this behaviour at the end spoiled it and left a bad taste.
During the match the winning goal was scored by Black (home) which Orange (away) believed was offside.
AR2 was looking towards the sun, I confirmed with him that he could clearly see the incident and he confirmed he could and that the goal scorer was onside and I awarded the goal.
They questioned his decision as he did not call a goal-kick that he stated was obscured by the sun, but confirmed a second time that he could see the goal onside incident.
Orange players continued their objections for an extended period after the goal was scored but no offences were committed by Orange players in their objection.
After the completion of the match and after all players had shaken hands, the two AR and I were leaving the Field of Play when Orange goalkeeper/coach (same player) approached me to talk about the winning goal. He believed that because AR2 was looking into the sun he couldn’t have seen the goal and wanted to know that they weren’t “having a go at him”, just were concerned that he couldn’t see the play.
I said words to the effect of “that’s fine, but you can’t keep going on about the play, he confirmed it was onside and I awarded the goal”.
He replied with words to the effect of “of course he is going to say that, he isn’t going to go against the home supporters, cause he is scared of them” (there were no supporters near him, irrelevant anyway to question the AR integrity).
I said that AR2 confirmed it was a goal and was happy to continue the rest of the game on that side of the field.
By this time we had left the field of play, I was next to the referee's area and Orange keeper/coach was halfway between the referee area near halfway and the orange technical area.
I told Orange keeper that I was finished with the conversation and that he had his say on what he thought was going on but I wasn’t going to listen to him questioning my AR.
At this stage, he raised his voice with words to the effect of “how can he see what’s going on, this isn’t good enough”. Two other Orange players joined in with similar comments. Due to the multiple people joining into the conversation I raised my voice to a level that they could all hear and said words to the effect of “you’ve said enough, this is done”.
Keeper continued to call out with words to the effect of “oh good, raise your voice, we can do that too”.
I turned around and walked to sit with the AR in the referee's area, the three players continued complaining but I had stopped listening to their conversation.
If we had not departed the field by the time that this conversation turned confrontational I would have given a red card for: R-TO5 – entering the field of play to: (a) confront a Match Official (including at half-time and full-time);(b) interfere with play or an opposing Player.
I believed that the Orange Keeper was acting in his capacity as the coach of the team as all other players had departed the field and he returned to speak to me as we left the field.
After we had finished completing the post-match paperwork and getting changed the two ARs and I walked along the field towards the carpark, Orange keeper was standing behind the Black technical area in civilian clothes. He yelled out to me “Make sure you write down everything I said, cause I’m putting in one about you”. I ignored his comments and did not acknowledge that he had spoken to me to which he replied “you aren’t an alpha bro”.
I viewed these departing comments as abusive and intended to intimidate.
This is the basic rundown of the confrontation that I will be submitted as an incident report, please let me know any feedback that anyone has. It was disappointing as the match was really good until this behaviour at the end spoiled it and left a bad taste.
During the match the winning goal was scored by Black (home) which Orange (away) believed was offside.
AR2 was looking towards the sun, I confirmed with him that he could clearly see the incident and he confirmed he could and that the goal scorer was onside and I awarded the goal.
They questioned his decision as he did not call a goal-kick that he stated was obscured by the sun, but confirmed a second time that he could see the goal onside incident.
Orange players continued their objections for an extended period after the goal was scored but no offences were committed by Orange players in their objection.
After the completion of the match and after all players had shaken hands, the two AR and I were leaving the Field of Play when Orange goalkeeper/coach (same player) approached me to talk about the winning goal. He believed that because AR2 was looking into the sun he couldn’t have seen the goal and wanted to know that they weren’t “having a go at him”, just were concerned that he couldn’t see the play.
I said words to the effect of “that’s fine, but you can’t keep going on about the play, he confirmed it was onside and I awarded the goal”.
He replied with words to the effect of “of course he is going to say that, he isn’t going to go against the home supporters, cause he is scared of them” (there were no supporters near him, irrelevant anyway to question the AR integrity).
I said that AR2 confirmed it was a goal and was happy to continue the rest of the game on that side of the field.
By this time we had left the field of play, I was next to the referee's area and Orange keeper/coach was halfway between the referee area near halfway and the orange technical area.
I told Orange keeper that I was finished with the conversation and that he had his say on what he thought was going on but I wasn’t going to listen to him questioning my AR.
At this stage, he raised his voice with words to the effect of “how can he see what’s going on, this isn’t good enough”. Two other Orange players joined in with similar comments. Due to the multiple people joining into the conversation I raised my voice to a level that they could all hear and said words to the effect of “you’ve said enough, this is done”.
Keeper continued to call out with words to the effect of “oh good, raise your voice, we can do that too”.
I turned around and walked to sit with the AR in the referee's area, the three players continued complaining but I had stopped listening to their conversation.
If we had not departed the field by the time that this conversation turned confrontational I would have given a red card for: R-TO5 – entering the field of play to: (a) confront a Match Official (including at half-time and full-time);(b) interfere with play or an opposing Player.
I believed that the Orange Keeper was acting in his capacity as the coach of the team as all other players had departed the field and he returned to speak to me as we left the field.
After we had finished completing the post-match paperwork and getting changed the two ARs and I walked along the field towards the carpark, Orange keeper was standing behind the Black technical area in civilian clothes. He yelled out to me “Make sure you write down everything I said, cause I’m putting in one about you”. I ignored his comments and did not acknowledge that he had spoken to me to which he replied “you aren’t an alpha bro”.
I viewed these departing comments as abusive and intended to intimidate.
