I Once Saw Something Like This At a Little League Game

Written by Eric Olsen
Published February 19, 2003

Do not ask for whom the bell tolls, turn and haul ass:

    A REFEREE threatened players with an AXE after they abused him for disallowing a goal.

    Players scattered in panic as the wild-eyed official chased them screaming: "Who f***ing wants it?"

    The unidentified ref saw red at a five-a-side soccer game between Romark FC and Czech Club at Woodhouse College, Finchley, North London.

    A witness said: "All hell broke loose. The ref was like Conan the Barbarian. He was getting abuse from the Romark players and he abandoned the game. Then one cuffed his head. Another player called him a fairy and he went completely berserk. He ran off the pitch and returned a few moments later stripped to the waist and waving a long axe round his head. He looked mental.... [The Sun]

I wonder if they teach axemanship at ref school.

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