Last minute switch last night meant saying goodbye to my £32 for refereeing a local West Sussex Football League, Div 3 North game and saying hello to £27 and 2 miles in 45 minutes at the end of the M23 for running the line at a Ryman's Youth League fixture - my biggest to date.
Under floodlights and an official attendance of 52. a good and positive experience.
Best comment of the night when ball clearly went out of play near the far corner and i did my usual trick of 'not sure whose throw, but i'll forget to raise my flag to signal ball out of play'
a player then said 'come on, lino' which led to a pavlovian response of finally signalling the direction of the throw as given by the ref.
a wag in the crowd picked up on this and commented, 'That was a very, very late flag ,linesman'
i so wanted to explain and apologise but settled for a smile instead.
Under floodlights and an official attendance of 52. a good and positive experience.
Best comment of the night when ball clearly went out of play near the far corner and i did my usual trick of 'not sure whose throw, but i'll forget to raise my flag to signal ball out of play'
a player then said 'come on, lino' which led to a pavlovian response of finally signalling the direction of the throw as given by the ref.
a wag in the crowd picked up on this and commented, 'That was a very, very late flag ,linesman'
i so wanted to explain and apologise but settled for a smile instead.
