‘A Sunday league win for karma': Entitled amateur league soccer team files bogus complaints to ‘teach’ opposing team a lesson, they end up getting themselves banned instead

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Dec 31, 2024 10:00 AM EST

Have you ever heard of a little white lie? They're usually reserved for situations where it's an itsy bitsy lie and it is really made to make things easier. For example, your 90-something-year-old grandma asks if you have any tattoos and you say "no" even though you most definitely do. It's just easier for her not to know because you know it would upset her and it's not like she will ever see them, so why put her through that strife? Ya know? But when you start a little white lie with the intent on doing something selfish, that's when it all comes tumbling down. Karma WILL find you. And we applaud that. For example, this entitled soccer amateur soccer team who tried to report their opposing team. It had a new coach, so they thought they could take advantage of that, instead, they took advantage of themselves when their lie started to unravel. 

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  • They reported this new coach to the Football Association (FA—this was in the UK, so football=soccer). They claimed some wild acquisitions trying to get him banned from the season. It is a small town, so they were successful in getting him suspended from a few games, but when it came time for the trial they crumbled. The new coach came in with claims from his team and the refs from the infamous game where they claimed he was being unruly. They all had his side and the liars from the other team had nothing to back up their claims. 

     

    The coach they tried to getting banned with their lies got cleared of his name and they, instead, got themselves banned for several months. That's some epic karmic justice for you there in the sports world! We love it. 

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    They tried to get me banned... and got themselves banned instead So here's the story: I coach a Sunday league football (soccer) team here in the UK, and if you know anything about Sunday league, you know it's full of blokes playing awful football, mud, banter, and drama. Basically, it's 22 men pretending they're Premier League stars but with beer bellies and questionable fitness. But it's a great laugh!
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    Well, a couple of months ago, things reached peak drama when our rival team, led by their coach Steve Carter (names changed for anonymity), filed a complaint about me to the local county FA. Their accusations? They said I'd sworn. at the assistant referee (who's also one of their players), threatened him, and even pushed him. Naturally, I was devastated. As a family man, I pride myself on setting a good example for my team. The idea that I'd behave like. that on the pitch? Absolutely ridiculous.
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    Now, to give you some context: there's a rivalry between our teams. I'm new to the area, so I don't know exactly why they hate us, but it's a small town, and everyone knows everyone, so maybe some ancient feud between players is still bubbling under the surface. Add to that the fact that the game was played on opposition's home pitch (which I can only describe as a cowfield with goalposts) and refereed by one of their players, and you've got the setup for a Sunday league classic.
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    When the county FA (Football Association) got the complaint, I knew they'd take it seriously. The FA doesn't mess around with this sort of thing. But honestly, when the complaint landed, my club was in absolute disbelief. Nobody could believe I was being accused of such nonsense. And I was. immediately suspended until proven innocent.
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    In the lead-up to the hearing, I made sure to prepare properly. I got all my players to write up detailed statements about what they saw and heard during the match. We threw everything in there, even the small things that might not seem significant at first glance. If they were going to come after us, we were going to make sure we presented a stronger, more thorough case in response. Basically, we decided to play their game but play it better.
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    Fast forward to the hearing a month or so later: I showed up acting like a defence lawyer. I was prepared, with multiple witness statements from my team backing up my version of events. Their assistant ref, Dan Carter, who was supposedly the "victim," ended up admitting that he didn't feel threatened by me. He also backtracked and confirmed I didn't swear at him, despite saying otherwise in his original statement. (Nice consistency there, Dan.)
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    Even their referee, John, questioned why his own assistant was acting so confrontational toward me during the game. The best part? The referee didn't even bother to include the incident in his match report because he didn't think it was serious! I mean, how serious could it have been if the ref didn't even write it down? In the end, the FA found me not guilty of the serious allegations. I did get a small fine and a two-match ban for stepping into the assistant ref's space (which was already back
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    Here's where it gets brilliant. Their manager, Steve Carter, was found guilty of making r cist remarks during the match and got slapped with an 8- match ban. Meanwhile, Dan (their assistant ref/player, and Steve's son), landed himself a 3-match ban. Yes, you read that right-the same people who tried to get me banned ended up getting themselves banned instead.
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    The whole match was an absolute farce. It was basically their pitch, their rules, their ref, and they still managed to turn it into a disaster. And the best part? They complained to the FA, thinking they'd teach me a lesson, and ended up with harsher punishments for their own behaviour. So yeah, I'm calling this a Sunday league win for karma.
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    cogspara Either stick to the lie 100.000% or else admit everything right at the beginning and immediately beg forgiveness. We lied We slandered an innocent person We never should have filed this complaint We are ashamed of ourselves etc
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    The_Rowan I love Ted Lasso. Now I want a show about Sunday League football all with the team made of 'blokes playing awful football, mud, banter, and drama...22 men pretending they're Premier League stars but with beer bellies and questionable fitness" and where they play games in cow fields. I would love to see that show.
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    Important_Cake1076 They definitely didn't see that coming when they concocted their story.. loving the karmic justice.
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