Its a good job yoiu never visited Canal Street. The abuse directed there to oppotion players and mach officials was a hundred times worse.
Teams dredded playing there, especially the likes of Barnet and Kettering.
On many occasion it was a ood job the players tunnel was constructed as it was, or many a ref would ahve come in for a lot more than verbal abuse or the occasional spitting at them.
One of the worst decisions they ever made at Canal Street was to mve the dugout in front of the main stnd, as its Popular Side location gace the more pasionate of home fans he ideal place to levy abuse and often had oppostion managers/coaches/subs etc rattled.
Barry Fry still to this day describes it as the worst pace he has managed a team.
Perhaps at this level, abuse towards match oficials can work against the team. Not a game goes by without the Official forum blaming every defeat on poor refereeing, you do start to wonder if they can have a poor referee every single week or its just an easy target and excuse.
The abuse directed at them might encourage them to keep giving decisions against Runcorn, as some officials will eb all to keen to play up to it.
It also seems to impact on discipline of the team. Players hear fans blaming the ref for everyhting and some become involved themselves, distracting them from their game.
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