Game
21, 2017-18
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| Man of the match |
The visitors bag a fortuitous early goal
when a scuffed shot finds its way into the corner of the net, more thanks to
the intrinsically malevolent bounce of the pitch than any skill on the part of
the shooter. It turns out to be the most accurate attempt on goal all
afternoon. The remaining 83 minutes are for connoisseurs of random pinball - though
Tommy Daltrey's deaf, dumb and blind kid would have played more accurate passes
than all these lads put together.
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Hello - just discovered this blog via wsc and found it really fascinating. Am much more impressed than before by the small scale heroism of the referee!
ReplyDeleteCheers, Joe. Usually updated about once a week during the season (though where I ref takes a long break in winter).
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ReplyDeleteDaveB has left a new comment on your post "A relegation fight on 80s astro-turf - as bad as i...":
Must say I have added this as a favourite to read each week. Being an ex-referee at about the same level most of the incidents I am nodding to, but we still come back each week for more punishment for peanuts. But as a well known referee once said “refs are not in the game for payment, but if there were no payments there would be no refs”.