Ian Pethick

Totally agree with many of the sentiments raised here . The touchline behaviour of the managerial teams in several of the matches I watched left much to be desired ( and that is putting it very kindly !! ) . One matche that I watched towards the end of the season immediately springs to mind , this was at Elburton where the home manager consistently turned the air blue with extremley offensive language . In fact , if he had expressed himself like this at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon on a busy high street then he would have been arrested for a public order offence . There was an elderly couple stood next to me watching this game , there discomfort was very apparent . I don't want to appear to be picking on Elburton exclusively though , many teams in the league were of a comparable standard . Myself and the guys who I watch games with most weeks were often left scratchibng our heads as to why the referees were not acting on this ( the best one I saw was the referee the bench to "calm down , or I woill be coming over" . They didn't and he didn't .) I would have to say though that the team I follow , Parkway, even allowing for our less than impressive on the field disciplinary record ( no getting away from that I'm afraid) , does appear to have one of the more restrained benches (mitigating circumstances on Bank Holiday excepted).