...see the below Daily Mail article.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2403782/Teenage-female-referee-devastated-parents-abuse-U10-match-turns-Liverpool-Manchester-rivalry.html
"I don't think I said there was swearing as such, but he did definitely call me a disgrace," Hickson told Sportsmail. There were a few parents saying things like 'silly little b****', 't***' and things like that.
"At the end of the day, it is a kids football match. They just want to play football, I just want to ref and it shouldn't be taken that seriously. Hopefully, this will raise awareness of how much referee needs respect because people under-estimate how hard it is to be a referee until they actually take it up."
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