Game 19 - Glenacre 8 Bargeddie Utd 1

5 Dec 09 - NSLAFA - Burnhill Sports Centre. The pitch was just playable and Bargeddie turned up with only 11 men and clearly they had issues as they often had running arguments with one another. At half time they were 3-1 down. Then 10mins after the break, I gave a straightforward offside against a Bargeddie player. He kept saying "Are you having a laugh?" I got fed up with this and booked him. As he was walking away, he very clearly and loudly said "Fuck off" for which he received a 2nd yellow - he was off. Well it all went downhill rapidly from then on. They lost their discipline and the abuse started. After one goal, one of their players asked how many needed to be sent off to get the game abandoned. By this time one of their players walked off after another blazing row. They were down to 9 men and getting desperate. I decided that I would take the abuse (and there was a lot of it from 2 of them in particular) and smile rather than give them the opportunity for an abandonment. That really riled them. 4 yellows and 1 red - every one for dissent.