Steve C
The Unfit one!
Do people find that the worse spectators on match days are females?
Was doing an U12s game and numerous freekicks were given at one particular end in the second half due to frustration, and everytime i have the same protocol: see if they wish to get on with it quickly, if not, tell them to wait, mark the yards, move to defensive line for offside, inform keeper of nature of free kick, blow whistle... anyway, each time the def line was the same, edge of the box, on lineish with a group of 4, im assuming, mums. EVERY time a free kick was taken, a the attackers were offside, some straight from the FK, some from a flick on, but im always on line, and always when I blew for the offside, I got a high screech of 'HOWS THAT OFFSIDE'. Now i did an assistant refereeing day with Anthony Taylor and Steve Bratt, and we did 1 hour of offside testing with ipads, and I got 100% of mine right, I had to argue one because the camera was offline but the pitch strip markings showed i was right (as a referee when arent we!) so i think i know the offside deal pretty well, especially when it was a straight forward as the U12s give it. So how can all spectators jump on the bandwagon of questioning my knowledge of Law 11, from the source of 4 mothers? They could be higher levels than me for all i know but chances are they werent given that we're talking 3-4 yards offside every time!
Anyone else find female spectators like to take the law into their own hands?
Was doing an U12s game and numerous freekicks were given at one particular end in the second half due to frustration, and everytime i have the same protocol: see if they wish to get on with it quickly, if not, tell them to wait, mark the yards, move to defensive line for offside, inform keeper of nature of free kick, blow whistle... anyway, each time the def line was the same, edge of the box, on lineish with a group of 4, im assuming, mums. EVERY time a free kick was taken, a the attackers were offside, some straight from the FK, some from a flick on, but im always on line, and always when I blew for the offside, I got a high screech of 'HOWS THAT OFFSIDE'. Now i did an assistant refereeing day with Anthony Taylor and Steve Bratt, and we did 1 hour of offside testing with ipads, and I got 100% of mine right, I had to argue one because the camera was offline but the pitch strip markings showed i was right (as a referee when arent we!) so i think i know the offside deal pretty well, especially when it was a straight forward as the U12s give it. So how can all spectators jump on the bandwagon of questioning my knowledge of Law 11, from the source of 4 mothers? They could be higher levels than me for all i know but chances are they werent given that we're talking 3-4 yards offside every time!
Anyone else find female spectators like to take the law into their own hands?