The Origin of the Cards That Football Players Fear.

The Origin of the Cards That Football Players Fear.

What happens if a referee doesn't have a yellow card or a red card?

How to enforce the rules on the field and when was the referee used the cards for the first time..?

Football is a complex sport and requires more precision in organizing a fair match, at the beginning of football being played every place made its own rules because there was no standardization and official governing body.

It was only in 1963 that one of the oldest football bodies, namely the English FA, was formed and this is where the first football regulations were made, the world football body or FIFA was then formed in 1904 and football began to be officially competed at the 1908 Olympics.

The first World Cup was then held in 1930, but at that time there were no regulations regarding the use of red and yellow cards by referees for players who committed fouls. So that all decisions are based on the word of the referee and a player who commits a serious violation will argue with the referee before deciding on the next action.

In matches held around the world, there are always arguments between players and referees and often what is needed is the referee, players who feel innocent when they do Crush then argue and punch the referee until they are heavily guarded by the police or military. in every football game.

This is troubling and a solution needs to be found to help the referees, Kenneth George Aston or Ken Aston is a referee who finds a solution to the problem.

Ken Aston was born in Colchester Essex September 1 1915 he graduated from senlok collage depsstore, Aston is a young teacher at a secondary school in Esters, as a teacher he educates his students with high discipline and professionalism. As a teacher living in that era, Aston had to fulfill many roles in his profession and not just in the classroom, in England sport has always been an important part of the school curriculum and teachers often play the role of coach or as referee.

At that time Aston was 20 years old and suddenly asked to officiate a football match, one by one he led and his leadership as a referee was quite good. Aston then began to feel he had talent as a referee in the 1940s when the second world war occurred, Aston finally had to serve as a member of the military until the Second World War was over.

After carrying out his country duties, Aston chose to referee in the Premier League while continuing to carry out his activities as a school teacher, he became known as a referee who likes to make the best work. His first work was in the form of the iconic black wash uniform, even though at that time it was not made from t-shirts as it is today.

Then in 1947 Aston introduced the linesman flag which was brightly colored one yellow and one red, the use of this standard flag replaced the flag provided by the home team because the color of the flag provided was usually the same as the color of the home team's flag.

The bright color was chosen by Aston due to the weather in London which is often foggy when the match is held.

The bright colors will be easier to see compared to the home team's flag colors which sometimes cannot be seen in the fog, Aston made the linesman's flag with bright colors himself, he went to a cloth shop and then bought a suit and red and yellow cloth which then sewed the flag. the. After that, he tried to use it on a foggy day, the results were very helpful for the referee in decorating the signal given by the linesman.

In the 1962 World Cup group 2 match between the Italian and Chilean armies which was held at the Estadio Nacional De Santiago, Aston was appointed to lead this match unexpectedly, it turned out that the two teams played very rough, the first violation occurred within 12 seconds after take off.

In that match Italy's Giorgio Ferrini was sent off by Aston in the 8th minute after committing a hard foul on an opposing player, but the Italian refused to leave the pitch because he did not understand Aston's instructions in English.

While this Ferrini only understands Italian, because this player continued to argue on the field finally the police had to step in to get the player out.

Then Aston felt utterly helpless when Chilean winger Leonel Sanchez punched Italy's Marino David in retaliation for a foul seconds earlier. When David tried to retaliate by kicking Sanchez in the head minutes later he was sent off.

Violence when Sanchez broke Humberto's nose with a punch, but Aston again could not do anything because at that time FIFA did not have the instruments to punish players strictly.

The 1962 World Cup did bring some horror games that left the referees helpless, as Yugoslavia beat Uruguay 3-1 in another match their two players Vladimir Popovic and Angle Ruben were sent off.

Everything happened because the referee did not have a symbol that players feared, after the 1962 World Cup, the 1966 World Cup also inspired Aston to create a card when England played Argentina in the quarter-finals and was led by West German referee Rudolf.

Rudolf was also confused when he was about to send Argentina captain Antonio Rattin off the field, he considered Ratin deserved to be expelled for having committed a hard foul. The problem is that the referee can't speak Spanish, he only understands German and English while Ratin can only speak Spanish.

When an incident happened to Aston on the FIFA refereeing committee or introduced the substitute referee who is now known as the fourth official in England's match against Argentina, Aston himself became the reserve referee and watched from the sidelines. He helped the field referee explain his point to Ratin using Spanish which he happened to be fluent in.

After the match Aston was driving from Wembley to his house, on the way he passed the traffic light intersection on Kensington High Street, Aston suddenly realized the color code scheme at the red, yellow and green crossroads this traffic light can be useful with well without people understand the language.

When he got home he told his wife Hilda about the incident on the field and the traffic light he had just seen, his wife then went to get yellow and red paper cut it into playing card size and gave it to Aston and a brilliant breakthrough was born.

The next day Aston read the news in the newspaper about the England versus Argentina match, he read Bobby and Jack Charlton's confession which turned out to be a problem and did not report it, causing confusion, because his status as a member of the FIFA refereeing committee Aston was determined to propose the concept of a yellow card and red card to the team. the institution.

Aston's brilliant idea was later received by FIFA, a yellow card and a red card was then introduced at the 1970 world Cup in Mexico, Septiani Lovecef from the Soviet Union became the player to receive the first yellow card in history in 31 minutes when the Soviet Union played Mexico, while the first red card in the world cup only created at the 1974 World Cup when Carlos Casley of Chilie got it against West Germany.

The match has to be a 2 act game with 22 players on stage and the Referee as Director there is no script there is no plot and you don't know the ending but the idea is to provide entertainment, said Aston.

Aston died on October 23, 2001 at the age of 86 years, but his inventions are eternal, red or yellow cards, referee uniform colors, flags for assistant referees to the presence of the fourth official are used to this day. Without the need to speak, players will easily recognize the symbols created by Aston.