Referees deserve the appliance of science - and so does football

“I got to the age of 29 and got sent off, because a player kicked me and I kicked him back. I tried to get the referee to rescind the decision. The referee stopped me before I could go any further and said ‘if you think you can do any better, have a go yourself’.”

That was referee Jon Moss speaking to the Cambridgeshire FA last year and recalling the eureka moment when he decided to swap boots for a whistle.

And now? One to file under ‘Seemed like a good idea at the time’, perhaps.