Young ref and a shirtless club lino call an offside then give a "deadball" goal

[LXIV]

Interesting match incident uploaded by BoA.

Reminds me of the best advice I've ever given and received; just be confidently wrong.

 

[santa sangria]

I still do not understand why some countries persist with club linos. In my humble experience we are better off without them and the game benefits.

 

[Big Cat]

Everyone behaved themselves. Nice to see them strike a balance between giving the young ref a bit of stick whilst also recognizing the kid is just learning and made an understandable mistake
Generally speaking, I think it's good advice when referees are told 'they have more time than they realize' to make a decision. If anything, I can be quite slow on the whistle to avoid getting stung like this. Too slow is bad too, but it's better that dropping a massive boll0ck

 

[DavidObs]

I still do not understand why some countries persist with club linos. In my humble experience we are better off without them and the game benefits.

I’m not so sure about that. For 4 years from qualifying I had no club Lino’s (not a requirement under competition rules). However, after moving 150 miles North and therefore a different county, their regulations was that clubs had to provide Assistants. I found it to be refreshing even though I had games where there were challenges.

 

[Archer]

Don’t mind a club lino. I’ll ignore them all the same.

 

[Gabriel]

I had a similar incident to this in my first season (albeit in a youth game). Ironically my life would have been easier if I'd just thrown the LOTG out of the window and given the goal.

 

[gman1978]

I still do not understand why some countries persist with club linos. In my humble experience we are better off without them and the game benefits.

Respectfully disagree. Never have an issue with club linos and I wouldn't want to ref a game and call offside, it's impossible

 

[es1]

Respectfully disagree. Never have an issue with club linos and I wouldn't want to ref a game and call offside, it's impossible

6 and two threes...

you're either trusting someone who you don't really know (might do a good / bad job etc) and might try to influence the result to benefit your team or trust yourself knowing you'll never have the best angle

personally i've only had club linos do ins and outs, i've always called offside, it's how we do it in north / west Yorkshire

 

[betterlatethannever]

6 and two threes...

you're either trusting someone who you don't really know (might do a good / bad job etc) and might try to influence the result to benefit your team or trust yourself knowing you'll never have the best angle

personally i've only had club linos do ins and outs, i've always called offside, it's how we do it in north / west Yorkshire

Fair play! There is no way if I am following the game I could also judge offside - I have an idea if someone is off or on obviously but there is no way I could fairly and accurately say so especially when they are close.

 

[Archer]

Fair play! There is no way if I am following the game I could also judge offside

There’s a few linos on the Wessex League like that

 

[es1]

Fair play! There is no way if I am following the game I could also judge offside - I have an idea if someone is off or on obviously but there is no way I could fairly and accurately say so especially when they are close.

it's an absolutely valid viewpoint and a known limitation for games/leagues without NAR

 

[Gabriel]

Fair play! There is no way if I am following the game I could also judge offside - I have an idea if someone is off or on obviously but there is no way I could fairly and accurately say so especially when they are close.

To be fair, most of us couldn't the only time I manage this "successfully" is when the games are U12 and below, because they're the games where the pitches are tiny and I can walk faster than most of the players can run so it's not hard to get into a position to see it