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Making it clear that action will be taken against abuse. they say stronger sanctions and a three year refereeing strategy are coming soon in order to tackle this issue. enough is enough. many referees feel the current deterrents won t stop verbal and physical abuse, and that eventually grassroots referees will walk away from the game they love. jane dougall, bbc news. such an interesting subject. 5 live programmes will be talking about referee abuse throughout the day today and will revisit the issue in the coming weeks. and plenty of you have been getting in touch with your experiences. garry, a referee from gloucestershire, emailed to say that since covid the behaviour has worsened, and that he remembers a spectator turning up to a game last year purely to shout abuse at him all game. claire says her teenage son has been refereeing since he was 14, but the comments ....