Matt Bickerton
New Member
Just reffed my first game since completing my course, and to my surprise it went really well! I had spent quite a lot of time preparing so i was confident in my pre-match routine, but I was still fairly nervous.
There were a couple of incidents that I had to deal with. One was one of the parents (apparently the first aider) had come onto the pitch and was checking her son over. I had a quiet word about waiting for me to call her over as he was obviously ok, she took this well however.
I did find myself switching off over offside, with a goal I allowed having a few complaints about being offside but I was confident in my decision.
The only question I have was over a goal I gave. The keeper lunged for the ball but fumbled it, knocking it into the path of a striker who scored. The players claimed he had a hand on it, but I didn't believe so as it had been out of his control and not an infringement from the striker. Thankfully this was not a game-changing decision as that team lost 14-0!
So, a good game overall, but a great learning experience and one I look to improve on next week!
There were a couple of incidents that I had to deal with. One was one of the parents (apparently the first aider) had come onto the pitch and was checking her son over. I had a quiet word about waiting for me to call her over as he was obviously ok, she took this well however.
I did find myself switching off over offside, with a goal I allowed having a few complaints about being offside but I was confident in my decision.
The only question I have was over a goal I gave. The keeper lunged for the ball but fumbled it, knocking it into the path of a striker who scored. The players claimed he had a hand on it, but I didn't believe so as it had been out of his control and not an infringement from the striker. Thankfully this was not a game-changing decision as that team lost 14-0!
So, a good game overall, but a great learning experience and one I look to improve on next week!