Father attacks teenagers and mothers threaten ref at youth match

We are hearing news from STV in Scotland about an incident that occurred at a youth game last August. 

They are reporting as follows –
The youth match was abandoned after chaotic scenes at the Blairgowrie under-16 game.

A schoolboys football match was abandoned after spectating mothers threatened the referee, a player was bitten until he bled and two teenagers were punched by an opposition father.
 

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A court heard the referee abandoned the under-16 match between Blairgowrie and Monifieth after a series of violent clashes involving fans and spectators.

Ian Scobie, 44, who was watching his son play for Monifieth, punched two Blairgowrie teenagers who were watching the match in the Perthshire town’s Davie Park on August 30th last year.

  
One of the boys, who was 16 at the time, told Perth Sheriff Court: “He grabbed me by the throat and punched me. My nose was swollen. He grabbed [my friend] by the scruff and punched him to the ground.”

The other boy, who was 15, said: “One of them called us Blairgowrie minks. The father came and approached us and said we called his son names.

“I stepped in his way and he swung for me. It was a punch. He didn’t properly connect. I knew it was a punch because I saw his fist. He fled. He ran back to the car park.”

Blairgowrie mother Gayle Tolmie, 39, said: “I heard a commotion to my left and turned around to see one of the young boys watching the game being assaulted, punched in the face.
“He was maybe 16 at the time. 

This gent punched him in the face and he fell to the ground. I told him he was just a child and that shouldn’t be happening.
“A lady was shouting and swearing. I was told I was getting the same from the lady. I heard another parent advising him to get out of there so I got my phone out and took a photo.

“It was just a football game. It got very heated after that. The game was eventually abandoned. Their team was winning quite comfortably so there was no need for it.”

Solicitor Kevin Hampton, defending, said: “This man [Scobie] doesn’t dispute he slaps the boys, because these boys were about to slap him.

“They were saying things about people getting stabbed after the game and making reference to Dundee minks. It’s suggested these boys were causing bother.

“The referee in his match report says he was threatened by female supporters of the Blairgowrie team.” 

Mr Hampton said the referee’s match report also recorded an incident involving one player biting another in the hand until he bled. 

The court heard the Blairgowrie goalkeeper punched an opposition player as well.

In an interview with police, Scobie said: “The boys were antagonising my son on the football pitch, which they had nothing to do with. I asked them nicely to move.
“The lads were so brazen, it was incredible. One of the boys brought his arm up to throw a punch and I slapped him.

“The other boy came from the side and I pushed him and he fell to the ground. I went away home after that. I was aware I had done wrong.

“I called the parents of the football team to apologise for my actions. I slapped one and pushed the other. I hold my hands up to what I’ve done. It’s not like me.”
Scobie, of Haddington Gardens, Dundee, was found guilty of two charges of assault by punching a 15 and a 16-year-old boy. 
Sentence was deferred for reports

Source of story STV the home of Scottish News http://stv.tv/news/tayside/1347418-youth-match-abandoned-after-father-punched-opposition-fans/

  
We can’t keep hearing stories like this, a reality check is needed and the realisation that ultimately this is merely children playing a game for Fun.

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