Sunday, 30 August 2009

Not so friendly after all

Despite my legs of lead, I'd promised a friend that I'd do a game for him this morning.

It started easily enough and I worked overtime explaining to players that I was unhappy with a few things, but avoided reaching for my pocket. Everything went well until it reached half time or more accurately about 35 seconds before it. A nothing tackle turned into an argument, some headbutts and two dismissals. The only people who disagreed with the dismissals were the two players involved.

The game restarted for the second half and I did some more running. The home team lost 5-1, my friend was happy, despite the heavy defeat and explained that he'd told his team they would learn more about referees in 90 minutes with me than he could teach them in a season (he's a retired level 5 with 5 years experience).

I took the compliment, calories 1302 (lazy but reflects the pattern and standard of play), max hr 86%, average 71%

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