Cycling Shorts / Daftest sending off?

[PurpleTram]

Taken from the Lordswood vs Erith & Belvedere match report (wrritten from a Erith perspective!) on kentishfootball.co.uk

 

Erith & Belvedere made it three league wins on the spin ahead of Tuesday’s trip to Faversham courtesy of goals from ex-Lordswood player Nick Smith and Steve White, writes Thomas Hawes.

 

Despite picking up another three points to stay hot on the heels of sixth placed Hythe Town, the Deres will have to pay a hefty fine for picking up seven yellow cards and a farcical red card.

 

Substitute Mark Nougher had only been involved in the game for four minutes when he was booked for wearing blue cycling shorts underneath blue shorts - something that Nougher has done for the whole season.

 

Whether or not the referee thought that these cycling shorts gave the winger an unfair competitive advantage remains to be seen.

 

Nougher was ordered to take the cycling shorts off, which he did, but was then told to walk round the perimeter of the pitch to the dugout before asking the referee for permission to enter the field of play again.

 

 

Nougher, however, decided to cut across the pitch to get to the Deres dugout.

 

He should have known better than to disobey the infamous referee Mr Carter, who is an Army Sergeant, and was promptly shown a second yellow card.

 

The Nougher incident was the most notable of a number of perplexing decisions by Mr Carter against both sides.

 

These perplexing decisions spoiled what was an entertaining end of season tussle that had been played with a good spirit.

 

Mr Carter disgraced himself even more at the final whistle as he responded in a very abusive way to the justified complaints aimed at him from players, supporters and officials of both Lordswood and Erith & Belvedere.

 

I have to ask Krooner, is wearing cycling shorts a bookable offence?! (Possibly depends on who's wearing them?!). I'd hazard a guess that the booking might actually be for the players reaction to being told to take off his cycling shorts, but you never know with some referees!

 

Made me laugh anyway.

 

 

[HTFCew]

We've always been told they're OK as long as they're the same colour as the shorts.

[Bitch]

I think all players should be made to wear lycra cycling shorts

[PurpleTram]

Bitch, welcome! This is a rare excursion out of your box, isn't it?

[Bitch]

Sorry PurpleTram, i couldn't resist

 

On a serious note, it would help us gals to pick the Man of the Match Is there some medical reason for the players that choose to wear the lycra?

[Hookey]

Helps prevent overstretching and offers some protection when slide tackling on drier pitches.

[Teflon]

Nice one PT

[Bitch]

See, i wasn't being 'stereotypical' I'll start a campaign for the wearing of lycra shorts to become standard across the land

[Big J R]

Where is Krooner when you want him ?

 

Is it the shareholders meeting of MacDonald's today ?