the exile wrote:
26 players on the pitch, one thumps the ref who lies on the pitch lifeless, leaving 25 others of whom I see one player go to the ref and check him !
Other than the 2-3 opposition players who go straight for the attacker, I think the rest are in shock including his own team mates. How many times have we seen that in RL over the years, none as far as I can remember.
The only time I heard of something similar of any capacity was I remember a mates dad worked in a warehouse in Leigh back in the mid-late 80's and a colleague of his had played for Leigh East/Miners and had recently been banned for life for head-butting the referee.