Some of you ain’t going to like this ...

[RefJef]

Don’t say I didn’t warn you, but I reckon this is going to split opinion into two camps:

The “meh, good on them for getting the game going” camp and those outraged at the sacrilegious breaking of Law 5 ....

It appears a ref was late to a game, so someone agreed to stand in for the first five mins until he arrived. But there was no whistle. However (and why remains a mystery) someone did have a harmonica ...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1156818928947122176

 

[Sheffields Finest]

Its OK, the County FA have issued him with a Banjo!!!

 

[RustyRef]

That is genius. A lot different to not having a coin as he does have a whistle of some description with him.

 

[The Referee]

Yeah, I'd say a harmonica is a type of whistle

 

[zarathustra]

It's unorthodox, but aside from the ability to make pretty noises, I doubt harmonicas differ much from a pealess whistle.

Some times you need to improvise, adapt, and over come.

 

[Sheffields Finest]

It's unorthodox, but aside from the ability to make pretty noises, I doubt harmonicas differ much from a pealess whistle.

Some times you need to improvise, adapt, and over come.

The civvies may not appreciate that saying ZaZa in a military sense!!

 

[one]

That's one referee who can see sharp.

 

[QuaverRef]

Step 7 so probably had AR’s as well. How did all 3 not have a whistle between them?

 

[zarathustra]

If that was step 7 surely the senior AR should have stepped in, or the match word have been delayed until the ref appeared.

 

[one]

I seriously thought dad joke experts would gobble this up.

The first complaint he got was about changing his tune every second minute.