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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Oct 25, 2011 11:24:48 GMT 1
This has to be a first Czech police were forced to breathalyse a referee after he sent off three players for no apparent reason and spent a lot of his time on the floor. Tomas Fidra, who reportedly 'smelt like a brewery', had been celebrating his birthday before the game. The Czech referee had a few too many before taking to the pitch (PA) After spending much of the early minutes of the match stumbling around the pitch and falling over, the official then decided to send off three Jestrabi Lhota players for no reason. Karel Dusek, an official from the Jestrabi Lhota club, told the Lidove Noviny newspaper that the boozed-up referee 'didn't try to hide that he had been celebrating'. He explained that under current rules there is nothing that bans a drunken referee from taking charge of a fixture, so the game continued with Jestrabi down to just eight players. The game ended 1-1 after the opposition, Tynec-nad-Labem, agreed not to attack following the bizarre dismissals. 'If we had refused to continue to play, we could have been sanctioned,' Mr Dusek added. In the end the match was annulled by the regional football authority on the basis of fair play. Meanwhile, the official, who had a 1.94 per cent alcohol level in his blood when he was tested by police is facing a possible 12-month suspension for his actions.
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Post by yenilira on Oct 25, 2011 12:02:48 GMT 1
This is a good one -
any chance of a 'You-Tube' or similar video, Sher?
YL.
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Oct 25, 2011 12:21:15 GMT 1
i tried to find one but looks like none are around at the moment
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Oct 25, 2011 12:24:39 GMT 1
A case of "checkmate"
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Post by yenilira on Oct 25, 2011 12:59:39 GMT 1
Sorry, Whit - don't play chess.
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Post by yenilira on Oct 25, 2011 18:41:55 GMT 1
Wonder how drunk he must have been to get this wrong?
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Post by yenilira on Oct 25, 2011 20:03:01 GMT 1
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Oct 26, 2011 9:37:00 GMT 1
he will have to go some to beat this guy
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Post by yenilira on Oct 26, 2011 10:01:48 GMT 1
The OP ref, Tomas Fidra, must have really been hitting the Staropramen, by all accounts. Quite a few on sites have asked for a vid as well, but nothing seems to have been taken. I read that some refs in the Czech republic even like to have a pivo at half-time. YL.
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Oct 26, 2011 10:10:01 GMT 1
you would have thought in this day and age somebody would have filmed it with a camera phone.
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Post by yenilira on Oct 26, 2011 13:00:35 GMT 1
True, Sher, but let's not forget that this game wasn't from the Czech Liga, and must be a second or third division match.
I've had a look as well, but....
YL.
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