[theo_luddite]

Good article - every player and coach at every club from ooh, U10's? upwards should be made to read it - if only the headline.

Why not stop hating the referee and try learning the laws of football?

Why?

This - Referee abuse: FA issued 380 bans for grassroots match official attacks last season and a lot of it comes from what they see on TV, but not the worst of it.

Yes we all throw our arms up in despair at some refs decisions and maybe question whether his/her parents were married, like that's really a thing anymore? Verbal's can get out of hand even at very young yoof level, but physical assaults at this level?