Dulwich came a visiting in their rather nice white bus and demolished us on the night. Dare I actually say, I believe that technically we are a better team but the Dulwich boys had the advantage of size, knowing each other's every move from playing together regularly and a very evident clear belief in their ability to win. They just 'know' that they are going to conquer. Shame they were all so scared of the spiders in our ultra modern dressing rooms!!.
Regardless, we showed some lovely movement at times but sadly these lovely moves did not result in points on the board. There was a bit of an incident towards the end of the match involving a Dulwich chap who decided he wanted to put the boot in literally. It seems the ref sent off the wrong chap. I have a question. ????? If an incident erupts where a boy is on the ground (it does not matter which team that boy comes from) and an opposing team player decides to put the boot in, is it totally unacceptable that a parent goes on to the pitch in order to intervene? I would mention that the ref was not near the incident at the time. The ref in question took charge of the game in a very efficient manner but, as can happen, simply was not near the incident when it started. I would like some comments please. I am not at all trying to be controversial but would actually like genuine comments and views. What is the current protocol? Is there a correct protocol in these situations? I bet I get no comments as I suspect that I am a lone voice in the dark and my blogs will be read in 100 years time by someone......................................
On a very positive note, I understand that Pat Winston of Dulwich took decisive action after the match and banned the boy in question for a month. This has been reported to me third hand and therefore if this is incorrect I apologise but if it is correct, then I take my hat off to Pat Winston and commend him on his action. All our guys are liable to make mistakes and the only way they learn is by being checked and corrected. The really nice thing was at the end of a heavily contested match all the boys were more than happy to shake hands with each other with beaming smiles on their faces. Boys from both teams formed a combined South London team and therefore know each other from their travels to Ireland .
Well done Dulwich.
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30/06/09
by Dodger
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