Captain, I was sitting front row probably less than five yards away from this event front and center. The Norvan forward headbutted the Celtic player, forehead to forehead after a bit of a nasty tackle from the Celtic guy. I was sitting beside Mr. Short (Shorty's dad), he saw it clear as day as well. Very bad decision by the NV player. Sorry, but it was a clear head butt. PS, I am not a fan of that particular lino myself, but he was on our side maybe 10 yards away and would have been in a position to see the whole thing. The ref called him over, and the lino told him what he saw.
Sir M.
I caught the last 35 minutes of the Norvan/Sooke game........very scrappy.....that's about it.........in regards to the red card........terrible call as there was NO attempted head butt. They bumped chests and were in each others' face but there was no way he attempted a head butt. The ref lost the game at that point....play was going on in the Sooke end while this melee was starting to take place. He didn't stop it immediately and it lead to him going to his assistant and next thing you know....Blakers is red carded.......honestly, if I were Norvan, it would be worth the appeal as there was nothing that warranted a red card. In fact it would have been impossible for the assistant to see something like that from the angle he was on. Seriously, that would be disappointing for Norvan to lose him for something like that. The two players should have been given yellows for being annoying more than anything.
Who were the referee and linos?
No idea who was in the middle but I recognized both Linos.......can't say though......Sir M will PM you.
BTW, the ref in our game yesterday missed a BLATANT penalty in the first half.....but it turned out to be moot. Unfortunately, our striker had to come out of the game 10 minutes into it......and will likely be out for our next game.
What do you think, Canucklehead?
Hmmm...blatant you say? I dunno, those shades you were sporting looked pretty cheap. They must have impacted your vision from over 50 yards away.
I had more explaining to do in my assesment afterwards on the incident with JAR that lead up to the booking. It's allll about the angles
On an aside; good to chat with you pre-game.
Cheers!