In a county league U13 game this morning I had the whites vs the reds and its was a very entertaining and close game. A few niggly fouls but good game of footy, with 5 minutes left the white team who were now 2-1 up after coming back from being 1-0 down started to waste a bit of time with going down for injuries which annoyed the reds, every time this happened I would stop my watch as it counts down from 35 minutes down to 0, then I don't have to add on anytime at the end of the game. During the 5 minutes I was constantly getting asked by reds management team etc, how much time ref to moans and groans of course.
The game then carried on with the reds attacking and trying to get an equaliser, just as my watch beeped as it got to 0 minutes I gave a foul outside the box to the reds and obviously I had to let the free kick take place and then I would see what would happen and blow after the attack as over, Unfortunately here is where the big mistake took place....
The GK caught the ball and walked a couple steps and then put the ball on the floor and then picked it up again, cue all of reds having a moan and saying you cant do that, its an indirect free kick blah blah, I know all this but I was just about to blow for full-time, I was waiting for the GK to kick it and then I would blow, unfortunately with all the moaning and arguing taking place I blew my whistle for full-time amidst all of this arguing and the game was over, however the reds were very unhappy and manager and coach came on the pitch to moan blah blah, I explained to him I played 30 seconds too much anyway hence the reason I blew, I did say to him that yes I knew its was an indirect free kick but I was going to blow anyway.
Was I right to blow for Full time?
Should I have blown for full time after the foul I gave at the end of the game?
Any tips for this would be great because this is the first time since September of being a newly qualified referee and doing games every weekend since September that I did not enjoy the game and thought that I ruined the game. (Reds managers said I had a good game until that decision)
The game then carried on with the reds attacking and trying to get an equaliser, just as my watch beeped as it got to 0 minutes I gave a foul outside the box to the reds and obviously I had to let the free kick take place and then I would see what would happen and blow after the attack as over, Unfortunately here is where the big mistake took place....
The GK caught the ball and walked a couple steps and then put the ball on the floor and then picked it up again, cue all of reds having a moan and saying you cant do that, its an indirect free kick blah blah, I know all this but I was just about to blow for full-time, I was waiting for the GK to kick it and then I would blow, unfortunately with all the moaning and arguing taking place I blew my whistle for full-time amidst all of this arguing and the game was over, however the reds were very unhappy and manager and coach came on the pitch to moan blah blah, I explained to him I played 30 seconds too much anyway hence the reason I blew, I did say to him that yes I knew its was an indirect free kick but I was going to blow anyway.
Was I right to blow for Full time?
Should I have blown for full time after the foul I gave at the end of the game?
Any tips for this would be great because this is the first time since September of being a newly qualified referee and doing games every weekend since September that I did not enjoy the game and thought that I ruined the game. (Reds managers said I had a good game until that decision)