It's your pundits - they aren't backing the referees. I just can't go to any of his games any more. "He's been refereeing since he was 16 and I've watched him make his way up through the ranks. Mum 'Helen', spoke to BBC Radio 5 live anonymously about her referee son, who she said is now in his late 20s and at "quite a high level" in the game. 'Parents are horrendous & referees are the easy victim' Some of the cases happened in junior football matches featuring children as young as 11. One cup final between sides from Blackburn and Oldham saw the referee knocked to the ground and up to 20 people punching him. Kent FA called for match officials to be treated with respect, blaming a 24% fall in the number of officials on "an unacceptable level of physical and verbal abuse".Įvidence given in disciplinary hearings show referees and their assistants being kicked, headbutted, punched, spat on and threatened with violence by players, club officials and spectators. Sanctions for last season's incidents - which occurred across thousands of games - ranged from 112 days to eight years and came in a season where grassroots referees protested over the abuse they faced on the pitch.
If it doesn't stop, referees are actually getting physically assaulted and there is going to be a national strike." What do last season's FA reports show? "A national rule has to come in to say if any misdemeanours happen, they are banned for three or four weeks, never mind a week. They all want to have the next Messi and Ronaldo, because they couldn't be. They constantly bombard officials with a must-win attitude and say 'you've got it wrong'.
Radcliffe added: "It's parents, managers, coaches. Last weekend, a referee suffered "significant" injuries when he was attacked while officiating a game between Platt Bridge FC and Wigan Rose FC on Sunday, and Greater Manchester Police (GMP) arrested a 24-year-old. There are 1,100 leagues and 18,500 clubs across all ages in England. Keith Radcliffe, a senior referee in the league, told BBC Radio 5 Live the issue "seems to be across the whole of the country" and the the league had decided to "take a stance" in postponing more than 70 games. It said "we cannot allow this toxic behaviour to continue to escalate". The Merseyside Youth Football League has cancelled all fixtures external-link for this weekend in protest at "multiple incidents of inappropriate and threatening behaviour" towards officials.
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