FA Cup 4th round Ful v Tot, about the 41' AR1 gets plopped in the eye by mud from a Galas clearance a few feet from AR1's face. Game stopped for a couple as physio washes it out. Anyone have similar experience? Let the war stories commence...
That's why I always carry two handkerchiefs, one in each pocket; one for me, one for any player that may need it. Hankies are always the first thing on my Christmas list!
Andy, you are a true renascence man! Buttoning all of your buttons (top shirt button) AND now hankies! What is next?
Andy's ref bag is the only one I know of that runs on diesel fuel and has a backup alarm. BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
Actually, the hanky in the pocket is good for this old trick: A player has just committed a hard foul, on the edge of a caution but not quite. You whistle hard, march over with a stern look on your face, tell him that's just about enough, reach into your pocket, and pull out... a handkerchief to wipe off your brow. Puts a bit of a scare into them for sure.
I carry a small swatch of a red or green terry cloth towel as a 'sweat mopper'. On rare occasion I pull it out after a hard foul... But the moment and the game conditions need to be favorable. The last thing I want is for a player to go and dissent or worse at me because they saw the color.