Afternoon, as I've said on previous posts I qualified last August and at the moment cover youth football... looking to make the move to open age at somepoint soon but left today's fixtures with a definitive "why both" approach to that move! However, a number of the recent discussions on here played out in my fixtures...
Game 1, U15, pitch is a little slippery in parts but good nick overall. From the off the away coach was shouting about everything demanding that I make allowances for the conditions... we went through the motions and he eventually ended up being cautioned for a rant about players shouting "mine".
Temperature of the game was up and down like anything, but I think I rode it fairly well. Couple of yellows and a grumpy away manager but I found myself clock watching. Parents from both teams said I'd had a good game... we move on.
Game 2, U16, 3G pitch annoying wire across the halfway line for the nets to seperate the pitch into smaller pitches... before KO we agreed if the ball struck it we would take a drop ball... is this right?
Needless to say one of the drop balls was lumped straight into the goal... goal kick awarded, cue all sorts of protests.
I really struggled with the temperature of this one. One physical but very good on the ball team and one lump it long side. In hindsight, what the game needed was a flurry of yellows fairly early to kill it dead. Instead I'd work with the captains, it'd settle and flare up again later on. Also had a report of homophobic language to which the player seemed to take offence at the idea I couldn't sanction what I didn't hear, but spoke to the accused, the coach and reported it in my match report.
Again, a few cautions, two players sin binned but it never really felt like I had a hold of the game. Nor that either coaching side would be confident in my performance, away side won so they were full of praise when leaving. Home side didn't say a word besides paying me!
Anyway, waffling over, we go again tomorrow... U11s as a favour to the appointment sec, hopefully quieter!
Game 1, U15, pitch is a little slippery in parts but good nick overall. From the off the away coach was shouting about everything demanding that I make allowances for the conditions... we went through the motions and he eventually ended up being cautioned for a rant about players shouting "mine".
Temperature of the game was up and down like anything, but I think I rode it fairly well. Couple of yellows and a grumpy away manager but I found myself clock watching. Parents from both teams said I'd had a good game... we move on.
Game 2, U16, 3G pitch annoying wire across the halfway line for the nets to seperate the pitch into smaller pitches... before KO we agreed if the ball struck it we would take a drop ball... is this right?
Needless to say one of the drop balls was lumped straight into the goal... goal kick awarded, cue all sorts of protests.
I really struggled with the temperature of this one. One physical but very good on the ball team and one lump it long side. In hindsight, what the game needed was a flurry of yellows fairly early to kill it dead. Instead I'd work with the captains, it'd settle and flare up again later on. Also had a report of homophobic language to which the player seemed to take offence at the idea I couldn't sanction what I didn't hear, but spoke to the accused, the coach and reported it in my match report.
Again, a few cautions, two players sin binned but it never really felt like I had a hold of the game. Nor that either coaching side would be confident in my performance, away side won so they were full of praise when leaving. Home side didn't say a word besides paying me!
Anyway, waffling over, we go again tomorrow... U11s as a favour to the appointment sec, hopefully quieter!
