What was up with the referee?

[grummitts gloves]

Probably got fed up with the incompetence of the Lino on the east side.

 

[Notters]

Probably needed to get the last ferry to Isle of Wight

This.

 

[SweatyMexican]

He had to make sure he got the 1.30am ferry back from Pompey. If he missed it, he would have had to wait for the 3am crossing, which would have been tough as he has an appointment at 8.30am in his full-time job as a self-employed plumbing and heating engineer.

How lovely to think of himself first like that.

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

The way ran down the tunnel must've had a turtles head.

 

[Mowgli37]

Probably got fed up with the incompetence of the Lino on the east side.

Some unbelievable offside calls

 

[Icy Gull]

Some sort of injury. The replacement ref either needed a shit or wasn't wearing the right footwear as he disappeared down the tunnel and didn't re-appear for about 5 mins.

 

[Mr Blobby]

I thought he gone down the tunnel to find out what joker had announced the crowd as 25,759. He then sent the fourth offical to count the Barnsley away support before he was allowed to take over for the last 20+ minutes.

 

[Stat Brother]

Probably got fed up with the incompetence of the Lino on the east side.

Some unbelievable offside calls

From my position, further along towards the North, the Lita decision looked staggeringly bad.

 

[kingcole]

Slightly off subject but the chap running the line in front of the east stand was rather odd looking. He was also very camp in his sideways movements.

 

[CheeseRolls]

Sharted himself ?

Are you that annoying thirteen year old who sits behind me ?

Oh and by the way that song you made up about that kid at school is neither witty or original, just plain bullying. I can't imagine where you get this from, oh wait is that your dad in the row behind you, laughing at his own "jokes" ? Suddenly it all makes sense.

 

[Puppet Master]

Are you that annoying thirteen year old who sits behind me ?

Oh and by the way that song you made up about that kid at school is neither witty or original, just plain bullying. I can't imagine where you get this from, oh wait is that your dad in the row behind you, laughing at his own "jokes" ? Suddenly it all makes sense.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

He was also very camp in his sideways movements.

I thought it was just the team last night moving like crabs

 

[BensGrandad]

He was limping for a few minutes before going off so I thought that it was a hamstring or similar. I thought that one of the supposed benefits of having a 4th official was that he was meant to be ready to take his track suit off and change over to take charge of the game but last night that didnt happen although the ref went into the tech area as 4th official.

 

[sully]

I felt sure the Argus would provide the real answer, so I just had a look.




They don't even mention the incident

 

[Hans Kraay]

The ref pulled a calf muscle and the fourth official trotted off to get miked up.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The ref pulled a calf muscle and the fourth official trotted off to get miked up.

Is the boring but tiresomely truthful answer.

I'm not really convinced all the miking up is essential in that situation, particularly not if it's going to delay the game for five minutes. Officials got by for over a hundred years just by watching each other and flagging.

 

[raymondbriggs]

Is the boring but tiresomely truthful answer.

I'm not really convinced all the miking up is essential in that situation, particularly not if it's going to delay the game for five minutes. Officials got by for over a hundred years just by watching each other and flagging.

So the Ref,is miked up,the Linesmen are both miked up,and for FIFA games the 2 extra goal line men are miked up BUT the forth official can only hear what the others are saying ?
WTF is the reason and logic for that?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Slightly off subject but the chap running the line in front of the east stand was rather odd looking. He was also very camp in his sideways movements.

When the match officials were doing a warm-up before the game by the North, just assumed they were those 'comedy' match officials that are sometimes despatched to 'entertain' us.

 

[Cappers]

They subbed him as he was having a crap game?

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Had to leave early to get his bus?

Yes, it isn't easy to get back to Isle of Wight after an evening game.