Hampshire FA banned him over the comments he rejected making and have charged him for refereeing when not registered
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00:00Hello there. I'm the referee they call Mr Marmot, one and only. I've been banned again
00:09and they're trying to fine me. I don't know what for. Just making comments on social media,
00:18just telling the truth like I normally do. I'll say it as it is. Obviously it's offended
00:24to some people and they just get upset. They just want to get over it really, don't they?
00:29I'm not a yes man. Apparently I'm not like other refs. When I go on the pitch, I do the
00:36job as it's supposed to do. That's it. You like me, you don't like me, I don't care.
00:41Simple as. I'm good at it. Everyone knows I'm good at it. Everybody wants me to do their
00:45games all the time. Amsterdam and the FA, obviously upset about my comments. But I'm
00:53just telling the truth, isn't it? Other referees make mistakes, it's highlighted. I'll just
01:03explain myself on social media, what they've done wrong and they're upset and then they
01:08go and cry to Amsterdam FA and then I'll get another misconduct charge. Then I put a picture
01:13on social media, looks like some bloke and then he's reported about me to Hampshire.
01:22What am I doing? All I'm doing, I'm just putting a little bit of banter on there and they're
01:29crying, aren't they? They just hate it when I just put something on there, I'm number
01:32one ref, then I'll get about 50 bites straight away. You know what I mean? I don't know what
01:40the problem is. I've been doing it for 23 years and every year since I've been doing
01:45it, I've been getting four, five cup finals a year where I do different leagues. So I
01:48can't be that bad. Like I said, I used to be level four 10 years ago when it was a lot
01:55harder. The equivalent of Wessex League now is Hampshire Prem 10 years ago, that's how
02:02easy it is. And the Hampshire Premier League is equivalent of Portsmouth Saturday 10 years
02:06ago. That's how easy it is now. It is so easy to referee them games now and even now, you
02:15cannot even say boo to a goose, to the referee, not allowed to say nothing. And in the old
02:20days, you used to get it, you used to get it from the manager, you used to get it from
02:25the benches, you used to get it from the crowd. And now they're not allowed to say nothing
02:30to the ref, only the captain's allowed to speak to the ref. That's how easy it is. And
02:3590% of the local grassroots referees are no good. That is a fact. And I've even had people
02:43say to me, they'd rather have no ref than one of the proper refs because they are absolutely
02:49rubbish. So if they want to stop me, they can try but I haven't registered so I'm freelance.
03:02So I am Joe Bloggs. It's just like a player refereeing a game. I'll turn up if I'm there.
03:09So if I fancy doing a game, why can't I do a game? I haven't registered with anybody.
03:12So that's it. So that's why I'm known as Mr Marmite. You either love me or you hate me.
03:17Alright, thanks for reading. Cheers. Bye.