The Weekend Blacks

Instead of the 'Weekend Blues', I donned the black kit of the referee to officiate in 3 of the craziest matches I have ever officiated in. All for different reasons.

Saturday morning saw me as an assistant at some Girls Cup semi-final, not the most attractive and enjoyable of fixtures but I need all the money I can get these days. It was a rather chilly Saturday morning and to be fair, I couldn't wait to get back to my home and whack the central heating up to its maximum.. Yeah, im not bothered about the global warming implications and so what? Anyway, God must of been listening, because not only did he not grant my wish, he pushed upon me one of the longest penalty shoot-outs you will ever witness. 26-25 it finished.. And I finished with a blue face..

Saturday afternoon was a completely different kettle of fish. I had a match at Bedford Modern School. It was a fiesty old affair, (for two posh schools anyway), and the only trouble I had was from the BMS manager who had a go. I'm used to it, but to be fair, I wasn't used to going to a private school to be berated by a manager who was obviously from Mali or Zambia, because I couldn't understand a word he was saying. So i just said "I'm not interested" countless times before he shut up.. Best way of doing it. The players were fine.. in fact, they always call you "sir". "How long is left, sir?" "What is the score, good sir" "Can I clean your boots for you, sir?" It drove me insane. I wished someone would please just argue with ONE of my decisions! Just one...? Please...?

This time, God did listen to me, because the day after, which happened to be a Sunday if you're not completely sure of the days of the week, I officiated an Under-17 top of the table clash. Now, I wasn't in the best of moods. I was tired from an epic penalty shoot out loss about half an hour before, and then to got no rest and went back to the same pitch to referee a match. It's tougher than it sounds! Basically, I took no crap. Any word of a backchat, which in these types of games is with every decision, I stamped down on. By the end of the match, I'd given 7 yellows and a red. All but one of which comes under 'C2', which for those of you who are not aware of the refereeing misconduct reports, is the code for 'Dissent by Word or Action'. Brilliant!

By the time I got home, I was completely ruined. 4 football matches, all of a different calibre and level of excitement and I was completely smashed. Phew..

I ended up going to sleep at 19:30. A record for me. I was that tired. Good news aswell, because this meant I got up relatively early today. Which gave me time to do something productive! So I went back to bed. Still, I got up at 11, which is still earlier than I'm used to and went to shout at the job agencies for being lazy, uninterested and basically being a waste of space for not researching into any jobs for me. The result was I was promised that 2 e-mails would be sent to potential employers. A Top Gear Top Tip for you then, (That phrase is copyrighted), if you want a job from an agency, go and shout at them!

News on the Depression front. None at all. I am completely content with my life at the moment. Ok, I only have 2 weeks left until my car's insurance runs out and that will cost me another £1200 when I eventually find a job, but who cares! I'll walk everywhere. I may invest in an iPod and listen to some music while I walk. If I can find some invisible money.. I might look down the side of the sofa..

One other bit of news aswell. I plan to start a new blog, whilst carrying on with this one, about life in general. It will be nothing on my life at the moment, (although there may be a couple of references), and will be about anything you want it to be. If you want, leave me a message by text, on msn, on facebook or any other means of communication you have and let me know what annoys you about anything in Britain, The World, The Universe... absolutely anything and if I agree with you, I shall discuss the meaningless thing in this blog. Almost like Jeremy Clarkson. The Legend.

Anyway, this blog, about ME, will continue as normal. I'll let you get back to what you were supposed to be doing. And if it's school coursework, have a gander on facebook - waste some more time! :D

Cheerio x