Referee Mike Dean requests standown for this weekend | Vital Football

Referee Mike Dean requests standown for this weekend

I always feel sorry for refs as there no way that they are going to see everything that's happening around them all of the time,the vast majority do the best that they can but to give personal abuse online whilst acting the keyboard warrior isn't on it seems to be the norm for men who like to act the hard man
 
Many public figures get death threats, social media need to lift their game and de-platform them. They should also be prosecuted. Mike took exception to threats to his family and I don't blame him for asking for a spell with a lower level game. Refs are only human, to err is human.