Great read and very very true (unfortunately). I was a ref ....

When I stopped playing Sunday League stuff (many years back) I did a couple of years as a ref. No fun for all the obvious reasons - and it would be far worse now. Told myself I would do one more season and if I didn't enjoy it anymore it would be knocked on the head once and for all. Never even started season 3. Had to send two players off for fighting in a pre season friendly and when I went home put the ref's outfit, flags and whistle in a cupboard and never touched them again. Think I threw them out 5 years later.

Posted By: Saucerer on October 14th 2018 at 18:58:27

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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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