HAVE any critics of refereeing standards ever actually considered becoming an official themselves? No? Me neither. Why would you?
I attended a Hellenic League game at Thame United recently, as a neutral, where the referee was clearly inexperienced and gave some poor decisions.
This, according to the visiting manager, was justification for a tirade of personal abuse at the official, including threatening to withdraw his players from the pitch after just five minutes!
If you think the standard of refereeing is unacceptably poor, then the answer is simple. Become a referee yourself and show ev...