In the Amateur Football in Bird’s-eye section, we take a tour of the amateur fields in Drenthe and Groningen for notable events. This time there is room for the linesman riot at FC Klazienaveen-FC Assen and big results in matches with a special story.
It was a memorable weekend for Wibo Reuvers. The permanent linesman of FC Klazienaveen did not make it to the end of the cup match against FC Assen (result 3-2 for the Assen team). The referee ignored a flag signal from Reuvers just before half time and he then decided not to continue flagging. He flagged for offside, a goal was scored and referee Jurre Schepers approved the goal. . ,, I won’t be screwed! ”, he said to this newspaper in the heat of the moment on Saturday. He did not yet know whether he would pick up the flag again next week.
Afterwards, images from RTV Drenthe showed that the referee was right and the player who saw Reuvers in an offside position came from his own half. We do not know whether this is the cause, but Reuvers did not want to elaborate on it a day after the incident. Through trainer Michel Kerkdijk, the linesman let us know, in a statement like that of an accomplished professional footballer who has been caught up in a riot, ‘that he has no further comment and wants to focus on the next important match against SC Elim’. Whose deed.
FC Klazienaveen chairman Bernie Schlepers also did not want to comment on ‘flag gate’. “We will first discuss this internally with Wibo and the technical staff.” The incident will also be an agenda item for the board meeting scheduled for today, Schlepers added.
Stimulating posters
In the other cup matches, all linesmen completed the ninety minutes. The great thing about cup football is that there are always exciting posters on the program between teams that would otherwise not meet each other very often. What to think of The Knickerbockers (third division) at home against PKC’83 (first division). Student team versus camp team. Opposites at first glance, but the clubs also have one thing in common: a canteen where there is always a party after the matches. That may still have been the case in the famous Flophouse after the defeat of TKB on penalties, but for Pim Boitelle the grapes were sour; he was the only one to miss from eleven meters. According to good student custom, a punishment? – or even a large mug of beer, as is the custom at TKB, we know from a reliable source.
Pulling in the legs
The players of third division FC Zuidlaren probably also drank enough drinks during the Zuidlaardermarkt and they still had some in their legs, it seemed. They lost 10-1 to first division Flevo Boys. Interesting: the match was initially scheduled to take place in Zuidlaren, but was completed after consultation in Emmeloord because the field in Zuidlaren was unplayable on Saturday. This also applied to the Buinen field and so they moved to the accommodation of opponent FC Meppel. And that reversed match also became a game of make-up: 10-0 for the new host.