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first middle for a cup final

haywain

haywain

the voice of reason
Level 7 Referee
Sussex Schools F.A. u13's Girls Cup final tonight, at the wonderfully named 'Dripping Pan, home of Lewes F.C.
 
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Is this what your anxiety based dream reported elsewhere was triggered by?

Nice work either way.
 
Ahhhh, the Dripping Pan. Lovely little ground and the only football venue I've paid to enter, then slept through all 90 minutes of the game.

Congrats on the appointment and enjoy the game.
 
all went well, thanks

unfortunate lack of communication between referee and assistant in the game before mine, tho

boys u12's, goalmouth scramble, ball goes over the line and referee signals a goal.

linesman steps onto the pitch and raises flag

referee goes over to linesman, pulls up about ten yards away and has a very brief conversation before signalling the goal again

linesman remains on the pitch with his flag up and referee goes right up to him. another short discussion and a free kick is awarded to the defending side.

by this time team that thought they had scored had headed back to their own half, celebrating the goal. free kick was taken and subsequent play almost resulted in a goal at the other end which would have been even more embarrassing.

heard the story later and separately from both assistant and referee. ref went over and asked, from 10 yards away, 'did the ball cross the line?' to which the reply from the assistant was 'yes, it did'. ref then signalled the goal, without hearing the rest of that sentence which was, 'yes it did....but the goalkeeper was pushed over the line by the attacker at the same time'

there's a lesson in there, somewhere
 
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