Long time reader, first time poster. My first encounter with a mass confrontation and a spectator getting involved at the weekend. Fiery open age game, red v blue. Played on an enclosed 3G pitch, so sidelines close to the action.
It was a close, niggly affair requiring a few words to players and a couple of cautions for AA (handbags really), but nothing that had blown up significantly.
Score was level with about 10 to go, when blue defender commits a foul a few yards away from the touchline where all the people are. There's a brief exchange of words between the players, resulting in the blue player striking the red around the head. As I'm whistling and getting closer, one of the spectators comes onto the pitch, grabs the blue player around the collar/neck and shoves him away.
This causes a bit of a scene, but no other major misconduct. Once it settles down, I have the spectator leave the vicinity (for everyone's safety to stop it boiling over on the sides), then show the RC to blue player. I was surprised just how fast everything happened and for a moment I almost forgot which blue player to dismiss!
Red manager and blue club sec congratulate me after game on how I handled it. I say to red manager that I'd have to report the spectator, but now I realise in the midst of everything, I didn't get a name.
Do I just report the misconduct as 'spectator from [team]'?
Was there also cause for abandonment or did I deal with it sufficiently?
Apologies for the ramble.
It was a close, niggly affair requiring a few words to players and a couple of cautions for AA (handbags really), but nothing that had blown up significantly.
Score was level with about 10 to go, when blue defender commits a foul a few yards away from the touchline where all the people are. There's a brief exchange of words between the players, resulting in the blue player striking the red around the head. As I'm whistling and getting closer, one of the spectators comes onto the pitch, grabs the blue player around the collar/neck and shoves him away.
This causes a bit of a scene, but no other major misconduct. Once it settles down, I have the spectator leave the vicinity (for everyone's safety to stop it boiling over on the sides), then show the RC to blue player. I was surprised just how fast everything happened and for a moment I almost forgot which blue player to dismiss!
Red manager and blue club sec congratulate me after game on how I handled it. I say to red manager that I'd have to report the spectator, but now I realise in the midst of everything, I didn't get a name.
Do I just report the misconduct as 'spectator from [team]'?
Was there also cause for abandonment or did I deal with it sufficiently?
Apologies for the ramble.