I refereed my first game today, an U9's league match. Within a minute, the away side is 1-0 up (went on to win 6-3). Obviously home side are unhappy about this. One of the players from the home side ran up to me and shouted things I didn't know an 8/9 year old kid would know existed (basically meant I was useless etc). I ignored him because it was so early on and they were so young. Should I have spoken to them/the coaches about this or used a sanction or not?
Just to clarify, the coach took him off 10 mins later after he kicked out at someone (I spoke to him about this), and he never came back on.
Just to clarify, the coach took him off 10 mins later after he kicked out at someone (I spoke to him about this), and he never came back on.