Ill agree with you there, was at an u18 game the other day and the ref (not name any names) said to the captian, and i quote 'they (the other team) have annoyed me already, refusing to send over their captian, i'm going to let as many 50/50s go for yous as possible now'.
Then he cancelled the...
Goes without saying, but when you have 30 men, numerous managers and subs and not to mention the fans having a go at one man (who doesn't get paid much for his time and normally doesn't have his own linesmen) it can be hard not to get the back up. You couldn't pay me to be a referee!
As a fellow club man, I know Stephen personally and he is not a bad lad and I would have a lot of time for him, especially as he keeps us from racking up a huge fine for not having a referee.
Any personal abuse aimed towards him and other referees in this forum is a total disgrace, along with...
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