The crisis in refereeing
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2023 7:01 am
We seem to have a growing crisis in refereeing with officials promoted to the league list who are nowhere near good enough. Yesterday's referee Sam Purkiss was one of those in my opinion. He was erratic, inconsistent and extremely card happy. In my view he should be still learning the trade in a local parks league. I also worry that some referees do not seem impartial in matches. Again in my opinion. Mr Purkiss seemed determined to help Colchester stay in the game, booking Shrimps players for relatively minor offences and ignoring similar or worse from Colchester players. The penalty awarded for hands was extremely harsh and I don't see what Songo could have done about it. I know nothing will be done about his abject performance but performances like his in my opinion taint the beautiful game and bring league football into disrepute.