Ref squares up

He reffed us a few times.

‘Right lads, it’s a Sunday morning and we’ve all been out on the beer last night, so we aren’t going to play with offsides today‘.

Ok Don so we are going to change one of the fundamental rules of association football because you’ve had a skin full the night before.

 

Hahaha...yep that was Don,

 

Yes, that's a better punishment!

 

So ... a player goes rushing straight up to the ref, mouthing away. Ref stands his ground. Manager mouths off about the ref but not about his player. I know which one should be charged by the authorities (it’s not the ref!). As people often say, Don’t start what you can’t finish

 

One of our lads once started bollocking our midfielder who was trudging around, Don turned round and shouted "tha not pulling up any trees young un, so I'd pipe darn"

 

Lambert just needs a distraction from the fact his team is starting to feel at home in League One and the club from the fact they’re unwilling to spend the money to sack him

 

my mate was reffing game, gave a controversial penalty to home team ,early in game, every foul after away team shouting pen ref, taking the pee,no matter where on pitch foul was big no 5 was worst at him all time, so I shouts "take no notice of that number 5 he is a ******* idiot" just ref the game mate, next thing big number 5 over at side of pitch prodding me in chest " so I am a ******* idiot am I,will see you after game ", totally forgot there was only 3 men and a dog watching game and players could hear all you say,luckily for me home team went on a break, so goes " watch out mate they are attacking " and he ran back on and got a tackle in, decided it was best I made my way home ASAP

 

It would be Don Wiley from Little Houghton. A good ref but as a member of Darfield Church he didn’t like swearing. If I’m not mistaken it used to be an offence under the laws of the game as “use of foul and abusive language”, so he was justified. Not sure if it is still contrary to the games laws.

 

with a game in hand over them,we are as good a promotion contender as Cardiff

 

It was definitely Don Mellor mate, you could be kicking hell out of each other and he’d just say, “c’mon it’s a mans game” but let anyone swear and you’d be off

 

I must have played in more than a dozen games when Mellor reffed but I don't recall him sending anyone off for bad language. That said he wasn't that good a ref. The best local refs without doubt in my time playing were Dave Philips and George Martin, and that includes Arthur Holland and Harold Hackney. The most unpopular was the guy they called 'little Hitler', if you give me a couple of days I'll remember his name. He knew that was his nickname and he loved it.

 

What a character. At least he used to warn teams before the game that he didn’t like swearing.
He once sent off our keeper and full back for effing and blinding at each other after they had managed to give a soft goal away.

 

Don Mellor caused a lot of unnecessary aggro for his colleagues. I personally witnessed the aforementioned in games where he let players kick lumps of one another but dare to question a decision and you were in trouble. Sorry but my opinion of Don Mellor as a referee is a very low one and did his colleagues no favours at all.

 

I didn’t like him when I was playing but over time I’ve.....Mellored