Refs being attacked?

**eoinh** · 06/05/2004, 10:54 AM

I cant think of any incidents but apparently there have been. Disgarceful if this is so but does anybody know of such attacks?

See HERE

**pete** · 06/05/2004, 12:00 PM

I presume they referring to the abuse that the ref took from BLOB after Bohs v Rovers & also the "fan" attacking ref at Unuted Park?

Bad as it is at least eL refs not attacked by mobs as has been known to happen in the GAA.

**the 12 th man** · 06/05/2004, 12:00 PM

high profile one last fri in drogs v de town match.supporter

was arrested. also famous incident in ucd friendly (this season) when" tom the gom" chinned a linesman.,

**Macy** · 06/05/2004, 12:39 PM

tbh I'm surprised it doesn't happen more given the standards.... Not in any condoning the "attacks" that are being unbelievably hyped. btw most of the "attacks" are supposedly by players and managers. So that's 2 this season (one fan and one management) out of how many games so far?

**Dapman** · 06/05/2004, 4:20 PM

Prizeman from Athlone attacked the referee after the Athlone V Kildare league cup match on Monday. He was quite rightly sent of for elbowing Shay Zellor and then seemed to go a bit mad. He ran around for a few minutes trying to blame everyone else, which was the funny bit.
When he attacked the ref about 15 mnutes had elapsed and he should have calmed down, but when the ref was walking past the dressing rooms, he ran out and had a go. He had to restrained by other players and stewards. I think that this was the straw that broke the camels back, hence the meeting etc.

**FalkirkFear** · 10/05/2004, 3:35 AM

Seen it happen quite a bit abroad, not so much in Britain apart from a few cases, also i hear quite alot of it happens at Sunday League football

**Footie_Fan** · 10/05/2004, 5:18 PM

It happens too much in schoolboy/junior football. Several referee strikes over it.

**4tothefloor** · 10/05/2004, 5:24 PM

I know it's a thankless job and refs are vital to the game, but most Sunday league refs are gob****es. Alot of them don't even have any real interest in the game and just do it for the money. Alot of them are pure stones.

**Footie_Fan** · 10/05/2004, 6:56 PM

Originally Posted by 4tothefloor

I know it's a thankless job and refs are vital to the game, but most Sunday league refs are gob****es. Alot of them don't even have any real interest in the game and just do it for the money. Alot of them are pure stones.

Thats the kind of attitude prevailing and all refs are been tarred with the same brush and young talent is put off.

**4tothefloor** · 11/05/2004, 12:49 AM

I wouldn't be a ref in a million years, then again I have an understanding of the game and a good feel for it, having played the game and being a football fanatic etc, so I don't think i'd make a balls of things as badly as some of the more out of touch, shall we say, men in black.