Today, while refereeing a soccer game, I was accused of being racist, blind, and a fascist by spectators. The game was played by a group of third graders. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, it was my first time as a hockey referee, for a game played by 7-year-olds. At one point, a little boy tripped another boy. Doing my job, I gave him 2 minutes in the penalty box. After the game, I was attacked by a mob of parents. I was even given an optometrist's business card. FML
Today, I was refereeing a kid's soccer game, and noticed that on the field next to me was a referee I hated working with. I told the other referee I was working with that he was the laziest and most dumbass referee I had ever worked with. She then slapped me, and told me that it was her grandpa. FML
Today, I was coaching a little league soccer game. I was telling one of my players to go cover another kid. I said "go cover the little yellow kid!" because he happened to be wearing a yellow shirt. He also happened to be Asian. I then got death stares from his family members. FML
Today, during a soccer game, some utter moron got the bright idea of trying to score a goal from his side of the field. I sarcastically made a big show of just barely stopping the ball, and nailed it off to the side. The ball hit a kid so hard in the head that he had to go to the hospital. FML
Today, I had a soccer game. A player from the other team hit me in the face. In the next half, she was the goalie and I was determined to score on her. When I finally got my chance to, everyone cheered, until I kicked the ball into the goal post and it bounced back and hit me in the face. FML
Today, I got kicked in the face at a soccer game. Everybody clapped. FML
Today, at a soccer game held by my girlfriend's family, some idiot went to kick the ball, missed by a mile, and hit the ground hard. So I started a slow, sarcastic clap. I got a load of angry looks, followed by verbal abuse when we found out he'd split his head open on the ground. FML
Today, I was refereeing at a kids' soccer tournament and a deer ran across one of the fields. Some of the parents then claimed that a deer on the field meant a free kick. FML
Today, my worst fear was realised while walking past an under 15’s football game. The ball landed right by me and I attempted to kick it back, except it went flying diagonally & ended up even further away. I’m a 36 year-old man and got roasted by a bunch of 15 year-old boys. FML
Today, my team was mistakenly scheduled against an over-60 team. I'd feel sorry for the old fogeys if they hadn't beaten us 3-0 and racked up seven yellow cards and a red on the way to doing so. FML
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Top comments
MsConfusedd 27
Parents get WAY too excited about their kids' games.
soccerpowell 5
refs take a lot of crap sorry to say
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Comments (91)
JCRouzer29 27
Sounds normal as unfortunate as it may be.
Vuvuzelas4life 1
The refs way of life
shaggystar 3
No matter what the age group is, refs are always going to have the short end of the stick.
SergeantSnuggles 12
it's just hitting a ball with a stick... bro, some people live, eat and breath sports like me. its more than just a game. I don't ever get that serious though. some people's testosterone levels are too high..
crazytwinsmom 25
It's soccer, no stick.
blackrose3033 4
Don't take it personally. Parents take these things more serious than the players.
Diablo44 2
that's no excuse for fascism
crazytwinsmom 25
Walk the sideline with a yellow card out in front of the parents. I've heard of that happening and it shut the crowd up.
timss4 19
Lol you're clearly white... Nobody gets called racist unless their white ha
CharlieKav 4
Does it matter? If you're being racist you're being racist
SasquatchDeluxe 10
You're a soccer ref? That's an automatic YDI in my book. ;-)