mikedn
Referee/Mentor
U18 game today arrived at the venue which was a school with 6 pitches, found the home manager and he told me that the game was on pitch one where an U15 game was just finishing which gave me 45 minutes before KO of my game. So as i stood there watching the last 5 minutes of the U15 match i pondered Shall i do a pitch inspection even though a game was just finishing on it ? Should i inspect the nets? Well erring on the side of caution i decided that i would. Well the game finished the pitch was clear i decided to do the checks..
Pitch inspection:
a) Found two pieces of glass,one in centre circle and one by a corner flag.
b) Found pile dog poo by half way line, and a yard off byline
c) Found hole in net, tied broken ends together to fix hole
d) One net not pegged down by upright
e) In one goal found small step ladder thrown into corner on top of small box containing cones and net pegs
** please note this was inside the goal**
Good job i decided to do my pre-match inspections........ Would you have checked the pitch and nets after the previous game? Would you have taken it for granted the previous ref would have done his checks? and assumed the pitch was safe.........
Pitch inspection:
a) Found two pieces of glass,one in centre circle and one by a corner flag.
b) Found pile dog poo by half way line, and a yard off byline
c) Found hole in net, tied broken ends together to fix hole
d) One net not pegged down by upright
e) In one goal found small step ladder thrown into corner on top of small box containing cones and net pegs
** please note this was inside the goal**
Good job i decided to do my pre-match inspections........ Would you have checked the pitch and nets after the previous game? Would you have taken it for granted the previous ref would have done his checks? and assumed the pitch was safe.........