Ever wanted the ground to swallow you up and quickly?
21 June 2003, 05:57 PM
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Well, I did today!!!!
I had the fortune of an assistant referee for one half of the pitch, but not the other. As one of the teams were being caught offside often, the AR agreed to "referee" his half as I would have to be running level with the last defender as much as possible during the second half. Running with shin splints is never a good thing.
Now, I had done well up until the 70th minute, caught the offsides and explained why some situations they weren't offside which the defending team were accepting which was good.
(The defending and losing sides captain was an absolute diamond!!!! his team would be lost and brawling every match without him!!!)
Anyhow, the winning team were on the attack - again
- and I was up with play, ball was passed through and I spotted an attacker in front, blew the whistle for an offside and then looked across in horror *** I noticed a burly defender playing him some 5 yards onside!!!! 
I put my hands to my head and shouted "I am so sorry guys" as loud as I could. I preceded to call myself a muppet, apologised again and said I would restart with a drop ball. The defending team agreed to knock it forwards and out of play to give the attacking team a wee advantage out of it.
I got ribbed for the remainder of the match and also after the match about it the *******.
At least they took it in good spirits.
Fantastic match to referee, nearly every player came up to me afterwards to shake me by the hand and tell me I had done well and that it was a great game of footie.
Only trouble I had was with a number 9 for the losing team, he was so, so lucky that I was in a good mood else I would have marched him off. his captain was another reason why I kept him on. I told the captain afterwards that he was a credit to his team and they were lucky to have him.
I had the fortune of an assistant referee for one half of the pitch, but not the other. As one of the teams were being caught offside often, the AR agreed to "referee" his half as I would have to be running level with the last defender as much as possible during the second half. Running with shin splints is never a good thing.
Now, I had done well up until the 70th minute, caught the offsides and explained why some situations they weren't offside which the defending team were accepting which was good.
(The defending and losing sides captain was an absolute diamond!!!! his team would be lost and brawling every match without him!!!)Anyhow, the winning team were on the attack - again
- and I was up with play, ball was passed through and I spotted an attacker in front, blew the whistle for an offside and then looked across in horror *** I noticed a burly defender playing him some 5 yards onside!!!! I put my hands to my head and shouted "I am so sorry guys" as loud as I could. I preceded to call myself a muppet, apologised again and said I would restart with a drop ball. The defending team agreed to knock it forwards and out of play to give the attacking team a wee advantage out of it.
I got ribbed for the remainder of the match and also after the match about it the *******.
At least they took it in good spirits.
Fantastic match to referee, nearly every player came up to me afterwards to shake me by the hand and tell me I had done well and that it was a great game of footie.
Only trouble I had was with a number 9 for the losing team, he was so, so lucky that I was in a good mood else I would have marched him off. his captain was another reason why I kept him on. I told the captain afterwards that he was a credit to his team and they were lucky to have him.
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