first and only post under this name
I write this as a neutral as I'm a member of another club along with my boy
.Just watched Waimak beat parklands. In a hard game where Waimak lost players to 2 yellow cards and parklands were lucky to keep some on field, it really blew up after. Parklands should be ashamed! There coach who had been sent from the ground midway second half to abuse came back on and got involved with Waimak players and created a mess. If mainland do there job he shouldn't coach for a long period again.
Sadly I won't watch any game involving parklands again. There attitude was frankly appalling.
You may need to get your facts right. The Parklands coach didn't actually come back and get involved after the game, he came back to diffuse the situation. As you were not anywhere near the centre of the incident it's probably best to not spout lies.
Once again a game was left to get out of control and ultimately ended up in the farce that ensued at the end of the game.
The facts:
* The Parkland's Coach was sent from the dugout for dissent at the referee, and then actually kicking out at the dugout in frustration.
* Parkland's did pick up a number of yellow cards that were warranted and deserved, no arguments there, but to say they should have then had players sent off is interesting as only one of those on a card then committed a foul which on another day could have seen a second card. The ref warned this player to then be careful as he was giving him the benefit of the doubt with that challenge.
* Waimak were involved in similar challenges, with a Parkland's player being left with stud marks all the way down his leg and having to come off. - The ref's interpretation of this was that it was a 50/50 challenge whereby they both went for the ball. One was obviously a little later than the other hence the injury, but the ref interpreted this and so no arguments as he called what he saw.
* Waimak then had 2 players sent off late on for double yellow cards (one of these players actually took a yellow for the 2nd player that was sent off due to them both being in the tackle, but the one who got away with it actually kicked the ball away, for which the ref called the card for). In the end they both picked up 2nd yellows.
* One of the Waimak coaches actually swore at a female fan on the sideline in front of children!
* After the whistle things then kicked off with a number of players from both sides involved. Words were exchanged between 2 players who then traded punches... Both were subsequently Red Carded after the whistle. This is when the Parkland's coach actually helped pull the teams apart.
In addition to this, during the game, Parkland's had an equalising goal ruled out for offside after the keeper came out and left players from both sides near the line. The Parkland's defender finished it but the assistant ref called an offside as he saw only 1 Waimak player between the scorer and the goal. There did seem to be 2 players defending, of which the assistant apologised after the game as he may have been wrong. The only way we'd know for definite was from the people videoing the game, who seemed to conveniently pack up and leave after that (maybe just a coincidence?).
Both teams were certainly in the wrong with how the end finished, and neither team should be proud of the part they played in it. But both teams definitely tangoed in the heat of the moment.