Manager causes Sunday League match to be abandoned after getting sent off

A manager has caused a Sunday League match in Worcester to be abandoned after getting himself sent off it has been reported.

PT Eagles took on Malvern Vale in a McDonald’s Worcester and District Football League Division One fixture and were leading 3-1.

But Vale boss Jamie Tummey turned up back in the dugout despite having been already sent off for swearing at the referee because a goal was disallowed with a second ball on the pitch at the time.

The manager claims, according to Worcester News, that he came back on to help calm down a scuffle between players before saying to the approaching referee “I’m not going, it’s a public field”.

https://t.co/vl0Vii1xYS lol @MalvernValeaFC if we are gonna tell tales let’s try and keep it factual. Your manager was sent off last season for racially abusing me and the “small scuffle” he speaks of was when 6 of your players all tried to attack me?

— S E B (@SebDouglas) September 17, 2019

Though Tummey has defended his action, saying: “The ref sent me off after 55 minutes for saying to him ‘you’re a f****** clown and ruining the game’ after disallowing a clear goal because a ball from a pitch next door came onto ours and was nowhere near affecting the goal we scored which would have put us 2-1 up,” Tummey said.

“I left the pitch area as asked by the ref.

“Seventy minutes in a scuffle between a few players from both teams broke out so I came over from where I was and helped defuse it which one of PT’s managers thanked me for.

“The ref then marched over and said why are you still here after clearly watching me help diffuse that.

“I said ‘I’m not going, it’s a public field and I have just helped out with that and your issue is once again with me’.

“Without any discussion he blew his whistle and said the game is abandoned.

“It’s a shame as it was a good game of football, played in good spirit by both teams until he sent me away and everyone’s head went down from then on.”

PT Eagles joint-boss Paul Smith said: “If I was the manager that got a red card I would have gone away,” Smith said.

“He should have watched it from a distance but ended up back where he started on the sidelines.

“Right towards the end there was a bad tackle on one of our players.

“He remonstrated a bit and I think that’s when the ref noticed that he was back on.”

“A loose ball came from another game onto the pitch, almost exactly where the other ball was.

“The referee blew his whistle and they were upset about that. That’s when their manager called the referee a f****** clown.”

There are bizarrely two different claims at to when the game was called off, Tummey says on the 70th minute but Smith said 83rd minute.

Smith added: “We should get the points as it was 3-1 and quite late in the game.

Honorary secretary for the league Wayne Hanson said: “I understand there was an incident which involved the manager being dismissed which ultimately led to the abandonment.

“I am waiting for reports. Once I receive those the league management committee will review the matter and determine whether the game needs to be replayed or the result which I believe was in favour of PT Eagles at the time stands.”