Refereeing is really difficult,

People seem to think it’s easy but is not. I’ve refereed a Under 11/12 match and I missed a foul. The thing is I didn’t see it, I was distracted and was attending to something else when the foul was committed. For the next 5 minutes all I could hear was coaches and parents slagging me off. It’s surprisingly easy to hear parents when they’re giving you abuse and it genuinely hurts. It then makes you think twice about having another go.

I try to never hurl abuse at a ref at Carrow Road even if they’re having a stinker.

Posted By: strap_on sally on October 14th 2018 at 18:29:29

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Good read about reffing (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 14, 16:46:51
- One of the problems with reffing kids games is that the home team usually supplies the ref (Other Football) - Augustus Pablo, Oct 14, 21:22:35
  - Too many words. (Other Football) - Huge Small, Oct 15, 00:38:41
- Great read and very very true (unfortunately). I was a ref .... (Other Football) - Saucerer, Oct 14, 18:58:27
- Refereeing is really difficult, (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Oct 14, 18:29:29
- I used to hate umpiring in cricket when not impartial. (Other Football) - Huge Small, Oct 14, 18:10:26
- You’re a shit lino (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Oct 14, 17:46:20
- There's a bloke who sits near me at Carrow Road (Other Football) - Charles21, Oct 14, 17:41:58
  - Is it Selwyn? (n/m) (Other Football) - Graham Nine, Oct 14, 22:20:13
  - Say hello to me next time (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Oct 14, 17:48:08
    - It's not you (Other Football) - Charles21, Oct 14, 19:48:14
- Good read that, very familiar stuff from my own low level reffing career (n/m) (Other Football) - Worthing Yellow, Oct 14, 17:34:19
- Mic them up. Simples (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Oct 14, 16:58:39
  - That would be a disaster.... (Other Football) - usacanary, Oct 14, 17:41:40
    - it's not a disaster in any sport where refs are miced up (Other Football) - CWC, Oct 14, 17:46:27
      - Not sure about the correlation there though. (Other Football) - norway, Oct 14, 17:59:11
        
        tbh it's not even a football thing (Other Football) - CWC, Oct 14, 18:08:05
        
        American football officials also get all sorts of shit. (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Oct 14, 19:39:09
        
        Rugby as a game can penalise it better though. (Other Football) - norway, Oct 14, 18:14:55
        
        I was more thinking from the supporters... (n/m) (Other Football) - CWC, Oct 14, 20:03:36
        
        I remember the 10 yardage rule being brought into hockey. (Other Football) - Huge Small, Oct 14, 18:26:10
        
        They tried it though. (Other Football) - norway, Oct 14, 19:11:20
- Good that - thanks for posting. (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Oct 14, 16:55:30

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