>A football referee has called for more support from the FA after a spectator who attacked him following an under-7s match had his touchline ban overturned.
>The Merseyside official was punched twice after complaining about how a teenage referee officiating the children’s game had been threatened.
>He said he was “sickened” after the spectator, Adam Sears, said he would “drop” the teenager, who had been in charge of his stepson’s match.
> Sears was convicted of assault by beating and the use of threatening behaviour to cause fear, he was sentenced to 150 hours community service.
Imagine being so pathetic that you attack someone over a childs game.
People see their favourite football stars on the weekend abusing referees and mouthing off to them, so Joe Bloggs suddenly thinks it’s okay to start on a referee for a children’s match.
The FA really need to start cracking down on behaviour at the top of the game and make people realise that this sort of behaviour is not okay at any level.
Rugby World Cup starts today – an opportunity to see how you can both play a high tension / big hitting / painful sports match and still respect the officiators.
The FA should not have dropped the ban. Can’t be good knowing if you’re a volunteer referee, even when you are assaulted they still won’t ban the perpetrator.
The FA do not follow through with their words. I’ve seen numerous complaints of abuse in football dropped.
“no justification in the reasons as to why a ground ban was considered appropriate,”
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How about the fact that he got so angry at a children’s match that he threatened a teenage ref and then assaulted anothe ref who tried to intervene.
Ban him for life from attending any and all football matches.
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>A football referee has called for more support from the FA after a spectator who attacked him following an under-7s match had his touchline ban overturned.
>The Merseyside official was punched twice after complaining about how a teenage referee officiating the children’s game had been threatened.
>He said he was “sickened” after the spectator, Adam Sears, said he would “drop” the teenager, who had been in charge of his stepson’s match.
> Sears was convicted of assault by beating and the use of threatening behaviour to cause fear, he was sentenced to 150 hours community service.
Imagine being so pathetic that you attack someone over a childs game.
People see their favourite football stars on the weekend abusing referees and mouthing off to them, so Joe Bloggs suddenly thinks it’s okay to start on a referee for a children’s match.
The FA really need to start cracking down on behaviour at the top of the game and make people realise that this sort of behaviour is not okay at any level.
Rugby World Cup starts today – an opportunity to see how you can both play a high tension / big hitting / painful sports match and still respect the officiators.
The FA should not have dropped the ban. Can’t be good knowing if you’re a volunteer referee, even when you are assaulted they still won’t ban the perpetrator.
The FA do not follow through with their words. I’ve seen numerous complaints of abuse in football dropped.
“no justification in the reasons as to why a ground ban was considered appropriate,”
​
How about the fact that he got so angry at a children’s match that he threatened a teenage ref and then assaulted anothe ref who tried to intervene.
Ban him for life from attending any and all football matches.