Pic of the week 18/9/16
Issued my first “report-able” yellow card today. Stone wall yellow, with approx 10 mins to go, stripes throw in near stripes goal. Not contentious, no one disagrees. Ball on the deck – stationary – waiting for stripes to come over and take the throw. Red kicks the ball away, beyond the goal line. Silly & unnecessary, call the lad over, ask him what he thinks is going to happen next – says he’s not sure, tell him he’s going to get a yellow, which I then administer. No big drama – a good one to break my duck. No need to ponder it. Think he might have been a little surprised, probably never happened to him before; hope he’s learned his lesson and doesn’t do it again.
On the whole, was not a bad match to ref. Standard of football was quite poor – both sides had yet to register a point, but seemed to be more about 22 lads enjoying a game on a Sunday afternoon, and you can’t fault that.
Fell my ref-ing continues to improve with experience, feel I had a good game today (definitely my refereeing was better than the football being played) and I’m really starting to enjoy it. Still much to learn, but all good. (Except haven’t been paid – yet – for this game. Home team coach was surprised when I asked for match fee. Says it gets paid by club (Somerton FC) he will investigate for me (and I shan’t let i lie either!)
Match Stats
Somerton U16 0 Pen Mill U16 1
Under 16, Yeovil & District League Youth League, U16
1 Yellows (C4) 0 Reds
Match fee: tbc