Porton Sports V Stockton and Codford
Venue - Porton Camp.
This is one weekend where i wish Salisbury and District players were called up for international duty, giving us referees the week off to enjoy our intense endeavours of the last 5 weeks. Unfortunately due to the skill levels of all concerned, this was not the case. This is the first game of this season where refereeing has given me the full "working over". Twenty minutes into a football/kicking match, i was greeted by a cautionable challenge from a Stockton player, i believe it should be called doing a "Karl Henry". This was proceeded by a melee of player's, im afraid i cannot talk of the details of this incident due to disciplinary measures (yes seriously!). However, i had to reduce one team to 10 men. It is here that the reaction of the players suprised me. I'm sure you've seen regularly the usual anarchy which can occur with the simplest of red cards. However, the only comment i heard was "Hang on ref, let us reorganise", needless to say out of both suprise and common niceities, I allowed this to occur. The game proceeded with the same bubbling temperature, however I looked to use the "10 minute technique" of Graham Poll, this involves 10 minute periods of intense work, blowing up for every little offense. It seemed to work, reducing the tension in the game and calming the challenges. This led to an exciting 2-2 finish.
Job well done ? maybe.
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