DEA Bedford Over 30

The Bedford Pacers lost first place seeding on Sunday at the hands of PAC Lowell and a referee. The game was snakebitten from the start as Bedford showed up with only 11 players. John Guild and Chris LaBerge would show up fashionably late to make it 13. Being late wasnt an issue in this game, as kickoff would not be for an hour later, due to no referee. For the second game in a row, the referee refused to show for a game. No excuse was given by the Lowell team, only that they had called another referee to do the game. In the mean time, one of their players would ref the game. He was a patched ref with a uniform and all. The game would start and in the first five minutes, Scott Sharby was taken down in the box. The referee spotted the ball outside the box not to ruin the game early. Marco would take the free kick and blast it through the wall and off the keeper. Scott Sharby would pick up the rebound and put the Pacers on the board early. Lowell would come back however, and keep things interesting as an outside shot would elude fill in keeper, Joe Correia. The Pacers would answer right back with a Goal, as Scott Sharby would net his second on the day. A perfect cross from Rob Easton would find Sharby's head and the back of the net. About midway through the first half, another referee would arive and take the place of the first referee. This would make the begining of the End for Bedford and all hopes of an enjoyable game. The "new" referee would immediately issue a yellow card to Paul Cleary as he retreated as the Lowell keeper made a save. The referee claimed that Cleary was attempting to interfere with the keeper and issued a card. The ref would laugh along with the Lowell players, knowing that it was the Pacers 10th card of the season, which would result in loosing 2 points in the standings. The first half would end at 2-1 for Bedford. The second half would continue as the first ended. The U-8 referee sited Bedford for two illegal throw-ins, claiming they were "spikes". Bedford would cushion their lead despite the poor refereeing job. John Guilds would nail a left footed rope into side netting off of a well placed Rob Easton feed. Lowell would come back with a goal, as the Pacers failed to mark up in the backfield. This would bring the score to 3-2. Bedford was content to sit on the one goal lead. With five minutes to play, the referee would take things into his own hands. First he would award Lowell a penalty kick for a tackle that was clearly outside of the area and legal. Lowell would score to tie. One minute later, the referee would award yet another penalty kick as Dale would jump to block a cross and the ball would deflect off his arm at his side...$%#$%$&%$. Everyone watched in disbelief as Lowell would be handed another goal. With three minutes left in the game the ref refused to restart the game and blew the wistle ending the match. It was such a poor refereeing job that even a number of the Lowell players appologized to us following the match. A protest will be forwarded to the league. Bedford looks to have a referee show up at their next game at home this Sunday at 9 AM against Westford. Westford is coming off a win against Windham so it could prove to be an interesting match.