Padfoot
The Persecuted One
And what a controversial one it was......
After a feisty first half between blues and reds, in which blues felt very aggrieved I hadn't dismissed a red defender for DOGSO.....attacker was heading away from goal when fouled.....I had called both captains together at half time and offered them a choice....if their players wanted to continue bitching and moaning about every decision then could go down that route, but it would mean the cards coming out and staying out. Or we could just have a game of football?
Anyway.....ended up with 6 cautions....3 a piece.
The red card......red player fouled, free kick duly given, red player has ball in hand for the FK, blue player runs past red player brushes his shoulder ever so slightly....red player slams ball down to the ground and leathers it at the blue player striking him on the top of his thighs.
Clearly deliberate attempt to strike the player with the ball.....cue all the protests of 'just taking a quick free kick ref..'
Oh, and a misconduct report for the red manager for his foul mouthed critique of my performance following the final whistle!
After a feisty first half between blues and reds, in which blues felt very aggrieved I hadn't dismissed a red defender for DOGSO.....attacker was heading away from goal when fouled.....I had called both captains together at half time and offered them a choice....if their players wanted to continue bitching and moaning about every decision then could go down that route, but it would mean the cards coming out and staying out. Or we could just have a game of football?
Anyway.....ended up with 6 cautions....3 a piece.
The red card......red player fouled, free kick duly given, red player has ball in hand for the FK, blue player runs past red player brushes his shoulder ever so slightly....red player slams ball down to the ground and leathers it at the blue player striking him on the top of his thighs.
Clearly deliberate attempt to strike the player with the ball.....cue all the protests of 'just taking a quick free kick ref..'
Oh, and a misconduct report for the red manager for his foul mouthed critique of my performance following the final whistle!