SM
The avuncular one
This drives me nuts (at the time of writing, this is my confession, after which my sins will be washed away)
Had a good game today. Happy on the pitch, nice and mobile, a commanding presence ( ). Managed what I could, gave what I saw, didn't seem to "not see" anything which could have caused reaction from the players, applied common sense when needed - Game finished with no issues, everybody more or less happy. Job done, feet up, cocoa, roaring fire and self congratulate myself for being awesome?
No. Sadly, brothers, I did something sinful. I made an error in law. One error. It didn't change the course of the game in any way. No players or anybody else present knew I was wrong. I doubt any of them will ever know or even care/remember. However, I know.
So here is my sin - At a throw in, an opposing player jumps right in front of the taker and blocks the throw in (he was a tall fella). Easy sell caution. I explained what I had seen and why he was being cautioned as I produced the lemon from my pocket like a mundane, working mens club style conqueror act, no complaints from anyone.
Then I screwed the pooch - I gave a bloody freekick as the restart. As I was giving it I was thinking, this is not right its a retake.
Still we had the freekick, game carried on. Led to nothing special. Just another boring bit of the game nobody really cares about (aside from the guy who got cautioned, I guess he will remember that bit when he gets to fork over the tenner) while waiting for an exciting break or shot or goal or spectacular tackle...
I hate law based mistakes. But hey, my catharsis complete - I feel much better about it now for my confession. Live and learn.
Any of my fellow referees wish to confess to dropping a boner at today's games or was it just me?
Had a good game today. Happy on the pitch, nice and mobile, a commanding presence ( ). Managed what I could, gave what I saw, didn't seem to "not see" anything which could have caused reaction from the players, applied common sense when needed - Game finished with no issues, everybody more or less happy. Job done, feet up, cocoa, roaring fire and self congratulate myself for being awesome?
No. Sadly, brothers, I did something sinful. I made an error in law. One error. It didn't change the course of the game in any way. No players or anybody else present knew I was wrong. I doubt any of them will ever know or even care/remember. However, I know.
So here is my sin - At a throw in, an opposing player jumps right in front of the taker and blocks the throw in (he was a tall fella). Easy sell caution. I explained what I had seen and why he was being cautioned as I produced the lemon from my pocket like a mundane, working mens club style conqueror act, no complaints from anyone.
Then I screwed the pooch - I gave a bloody freekick as the restart. As I was giving it I was thinking, this is not right its a retake.
Still we had the freekick, game carried on. Led to nothing special. Just another boring bit of the game nobody really cares about (aside from the guy who got cautioned, I guess he will remember that bit when he gets to fork over the tenner) while waiting for an exciting break or shot or goal or spectacular tackle...
I hate law based mistakes. But hey, my catharsis complete - I feel much better about it now for my confession. Live and learn.
Any of my fellow referees wish to confess to dropping a boner at today's games or was it just me?