Comments on: Football Referee Too Drunk To Whistle

By: David

David — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:24:42 +0000

Back when I first moved to the USA I coached a childrens soccer team (8 year olds)
The kids were great but I could have used a stiff drink to face their parents on match days.
Occasionally I actually felt sorry for the ref, not often though

By: Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:51:22 +0000

Clive

By: Noseycow

Noseycow — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:25:11 +0000

Dairy/mel

I used to be totally dispassionate (yep really) until said ref didn’t give a certain team a DEFINATE penalty, and blew the whistle for half time just BEFORE that team took a corner kick

Suffice to say that the result of that particular match was ALL Mr Nosey’s fault!!!

Of course I only have mr nosey’s word for it that this is who is ex wife is ( might even be ‘was’ now ) married to (but he has been consistant in this veiw for many a year)

By: dairy

dairy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:14:40 +0000

…or a reflection of the courage and fortitude required to survive living with Mr Nosey’s ex wife in the first place….?

By: Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:27:25 +0000

Is that a purely dispassionate view?

By: Noseycow

Noseycow — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:21:57 +0000

Mr Nosey’s ex wife is married to a premiership ref. Mr Nosey is convinced that he must be p****d just to get through the day.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:05:59 +0000

The school hockey team was well-known as a smoker’s paradise. The netball team were far too stuck-up to tolerate such bodily abuse like that…

By: JuneJohnson

JuneJohnson — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:01:08 +0000

Good grief Duncan, sounds like our netball team, and the lacrosse, now what can I say about that……

By: DuncanR

DuncanR — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:55:34 +0000

What’s the big deal?

When I was a lad, playing footie for the under 11 school team, a swift half and a fag at half time was the norm!

(P.S. We finished bottom of the league)

By: Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:41:57 +0000

Crikey I would need a drink or two at half-time if I were a referee.

By: Noseycow

Noseycow — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:14:09 +0000

I suspect that a drink or 10 might actually improve many ref’s performance

By: David

David — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:11:43 +0000

When I used to play I often suspected the ref might be drunk, or blind, on drugs, insane, retarded, biased, or just plain evil.
Or maybe I was biased?