Saturday 20th December

This weekend saw me officiate in a fairly interesting game, about 2 miles from my home, in the 2nd division of my league.

The away side, who I had offciated in my last game, ran into a 2-0 lead after about 20 minutes. This prompted the home team into life, and by half time the score was 2-3.

During the 2nd half the home side was very much on top and scored early on, setting up a very interesting half, which culminated in a penalty for the home side with 2 seconds remaining of normal time. This was converted and gave the home side a 4-3 advantage.

The story doesn't end there though, the away side from the kick off went up the other end and appealed for a penalty. To me there was a clash of legs but it certainly was 50 - 50 but from my vantage point I thought no penalty and "cut the grass". The game ended shortly after with a victory to the home side.

And that's me for 2008, I'll be back in the new year on the 4th when I'm refereeing a County Cup Inter-League Semi Final.

Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year to all.