Gotta love those Brits.
Jan. 31st, 2005 04:29 pmRef tosses himself out of a match for unsportsmanlike conduct.
"With hindsight I should never have officiated," he said.
"It was totally unprofessional. If a player did that I would send him off, so I had to go.
"I heard the keeper say 'It's always the bloody same with you, ref - we never get anything'. It was the last straw, but fortunately I came to my senses."
Andy Wain, whose future as a ref is now hanging in the balance, had to abandon the game as he headed for an early bath in the 63rd minute - because there was no-one else to officiate.
Fortunately he did not compound his error by arguing with himself about the sending off.
"With hindsight I should never have officiated," he said.
"It was totally unprofessional. If a player did that I would send him off, so I had to go.
"I heard the keeper say 'It's always the bloody same with you, ref - we never get anything'. It was the last straw, but fortunately I came to my senses."
Andy Wain, whose future as a ref is now hanging in the balance, had to abandon the game as he headed for an early bath in the 63rd minute - because there was no-one else to officiate.
Fortunately he did not compound his error by arguing with himself about the sending off.