Ref Watch

Reinstating Maddley tells you exactly where refereeing standards are at in this country.
Having seen first hand the abuse that refs are getting at Saturday/Sunday league football there isn't going to be any new refs coming up the ranks anytime soon. Its going to be a major issue in the future whereby there will be simply be no one to fill the roles.
 
Having seen first hand the abuse that refs are getting at Saturday/Sunday league football there isn't going to be any new refs coming up the ranks anytime soon. Its going to be a major issue in the future whereby there will be simply be no one to fill the roles.
Yep, a high percentage of the population play football and it’s riddled with tossers.

Something about stepping onto a grass field in shorts and long socks enables people to get away with what they wouldn’t dream of anywhere else.
 
My eldest is 16, was 15 when he went to the time and expense (£140) of taking the refereeing course. He has now given it up, although he loves football he can’t stand the constant abuse and criticism from grown men and women (parents, grandparents), the kids who are playing and worse of all the coaches. Despite all the warnings it doesn’t improve and he isn’t doing it anymore. I guess we all behave badly towards refs at PL and uefa games but to see it happen to kids week in and week out is disgusting.
 
My eldest is 16, was 15 when he went to the time and expense (£140) of taking the refereeing course. He has now given it up, although he loves football he can’t stand the constant abuse and criticism from grown men and women (parents, grandparents), the kids who are playing and worse of all the coaches. Despite all the warnings it doesn’t improve and he isn’t doing it anymore. I guess we all behave badly towards refs at PL and uefa games but to see it happen to kids week in and week out is disgusting.
Friend of mine did the course and used to do local games. Told me he hated doing the kids games because of the abuse from family members as you mention above, during and after games. He also said 10 year old lads were scared to make mistakes to let down their dads in certain games. Surprisingly (or maybe not?)he preferred the Sunday morning games between the pub teams, where he said although though they tried to kick the shit out of each other they were a lot more civil at the end of the match!
 
One for the shitlist, the freekicks he gave for the dias and gundo 'fouls' were egregiously bad and gave them great chances to score from the resulting free kicks.
I was in min Cheshire today watching the game, a group of 7/8 lads came in from playing a lunchtime game, only 1 thought the red got the Dias one right....and they were all neutral lads.
 
How much further up the park do you reckon Ward could have taken that free kick before the referee waved him back?

Never understood why keepers are allowed to do that.
 

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