I had a similar incident recently. This one was abandoned after 26 minutes for the shear abuse i was receiving from players refusing to leave the benches after being dismissed. I felt the league secretary (and assignment officer) was in no way willing to help me out. Until my resignation, I was the only referee in that league under the age of 30! Young refs need this support, and unfortunately lack-of-action is killing the numbers off!
I remember an incident many years ago when I was a club linesman (no ARs then!) in England. The referee booked one of the other team's players and asked for his name. The player was totally incensed and screamed at the ref: " Ball@cks ! Ball@cks!!" Then realising he would probably get sent off, he suddenly changed his tone and in a much calmer voice added: "er....that's my name, Ball@cks...."
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