Who's the angry bloke in the black? It was sadly inevitable a referee would crack Max Rushden
over 4 years in The guardian
Given the pressure, the abuse and the scrutiny of referees, there’s been a sense in the reaction to the Darren Drysdale incident that this was bound to happen
A few years ago, during a Southern Amateur League pre-season friendly the referee started on one of our players. It was quite a shock. It had been a petulant affair: a few late challenges, everyone was a bit hot, tired and off the pace. As with every game I’ve played over the past two decades the ref was getting a fair bit of stick – he was making mistakes, we were making mistakes – but nothing out of the ordinary.
And then it happened. My centre-mid was clipped from behind as he strode forward with the ball. Sitting on the pitch he yelled one of the classics: “Ref, how many more times?” And that was it. The combustible official completely lost it. Continue reading...
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