One of the funnier moments of Saturday's action came in the Wigan-Fulham match, when Steve Sidwell accidentally took out referee Lee Probert with a clumsy challenge originally intended for Wigan's Ben Watson. Probert was okay, but not before rolling around in pain and eventually, and jokingly, issuing a red card.
Here's the tackle, which plenty a player has surely dreamed of delivering:
Crazy, but funny!
The U 19 boys match I just refereed….I guarantee every one of them wanted to tackle me.
Ha, love the title of the post Ives.