anywho moving on to the actual point here..
Do you think an unwaged Vic Uni women's player paying $300 a season to play is going to happy about the weekends events? Or say sweet as it was just another 'unfortunate' event as Yakcall puts it? Tony M was probably there handing out flyers afterwards...
We have a genuine shortage of people willing to ref. They have to start somewhere. All refs will make mistakes, even experienced ones. I'm not sure that chasing away a volunteer who is donating his time to local footballing community benefits anyone.
Referring with out ARs is a thankless task, and mistakes will be made in this area in every game. I saw a u17 match at the weekend where a very experienced local ref missed a goal decision. Not because he was wrong, bad or otherwise, just because he can only give what he sees.
What we need is more refs and ARs, not criticism of those who give up their time to benefit others.