I was at an Under 13 match today (Peninsula Strikers -v- Seaford United), the young ref who was assigned to the match had a local assessor with him taking notes about his performance.
In light of this it was an interesting observation by all on the sidelines to see the match kick off with the Peninsula goalkeeper wearing a plain yellow shirt which clashed with the all yellow shirt of the Seaford outfield players.
A few things were muttered on the sidelines, but the general consensus by all was that it was an Under 13's match and it was no massive deal.
Halfway through the first half the Peninsula coach informed the ref that they had two players with a number 14 shirt on the field, but he would rectify that at half-time, again, no problem from all on the sidelines.
However, at half time, it did come as a surprise by all of the Seaford parents and the coach when the referee walked over and asked all the Seaford players who had yellow electrical tape over their black socks to remove it as it was a 'clash'. Yet, Peninsula lined up again with their keeper in yellow and one of their players who had a shirt with the number 14 crudely amended to a 44 with the addition of white tape when the rest of the number was in yellow.
The ref was queried about the goalkeeper shirt, but it was simply ignored.
Now I hope the right thing was done by the assessor and the ref was briefed afterwards about the inconsistency as this sort of error with basic rules is what gives refs a bad rap, but I get the feeling that this instruction was issued by the assessor in the first place, I sincerely hope I am wrong.
As a footnote, I will just mention that there was no altercation or kerfuffle that arose from this situation, the question was asked, ignored, then the match when on like normal.
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