Was anyone else at Horam or little common tournaments this weekend? I was there with the u12's I help coasch.
was good but unfortunately the ref made a huge error on full time awarding a penalty that was quite weird to say the least. my team were not in the final but I felt sorry for the team that lost.No what was it like? I was at Ringmer today with my 12s.
was good but unfortunately the ref made a huge error on full time awarding a penalty that was quite weird to say the least. my team were not in the final but I felt sorry for the team that lost.
No what was it like? I was at Ringmer today with my 12s.
I will doPerhaps you could take the time to explain!
Am I glad those days are behind me!
A whole day for about an hours worth of football made up of essentially 10 minute matches. Even worse if it's a steaming hot day. I've done more than my fair share of them and can't say I miss them at all. Fair play to anyone still putting in the time and effort.
Perhaps you could take the time to explain!
No what was it like? I was at Ringmer today with my 12s.
Here goes.
Last few minutes of game the ball was in the area of the team A, defending a 1-0 lead, two players from each team involved. A typical scramble ensued by the touchline inside the goalmouth. Team A defender cleared the ball in a "John Smith's way". The ball ending up two pitches away. The ref turned away and was waiting for the return of the ball for a throw in. At this juncture I noticed a player from team B was on the ground just out of play on the touchline. I shouted a the ref to draw attention to the injured player. At this point the ref had not even noticed the player. He ran over to him, and please remember this is an U12 game. He looked at the player as the lad's mum attended to him walked back on to the pitch and signalled for a penalty. I happened to be standing next to team A's manager who turned to me and asked if I had seen anything, which I hadn't to constitute a foul apart from seeing the player on the ground as the ball flew over my head. The manager questioned the ref to why the penalty was awarded to which he answered the lad had a cut his leg WTF that had to do with it God only knows.
The lad's mother argued with the manager that her little Jonny had a bad injury and therefore must have been fouled, doh! Now between the ball being cleared and the penalty being awarded the only person to talk to the ref was the lad's mum.
He simply got injured in the scramble no foul at all was committed.
I felt for team A as they ended up losing in a penalty shoot out.