A referee cut short a game – because he felt sorry for the losing team. Marc Gevaert blew for time after just 86 minutes of a boys’ league game in Belgium as FC Wijtschate trailed Vladslo 16-0. He revealed later that his fear was that the losing side was getting so collectively frustrated that someone might get sent off. After an hour Wijtschate were 11-0 down and some of their players begged the ref to end the slaughter. At 16-0 some Wijtschate players were so frustrated they started to kick the opposition and the ref feared serious injuries might occur.
