Canvey's bottom-of-the-table clash with Maldon descended into farce as the referee sinbinned four Islanders.

Three of them -- Dave Gillespie (raking), Brett Smith (barging) and Jason Carter (dissent) -- were off the pitch at the same time.

John Cutts was also absent sorting out his contact lenses, leaving the Islanders down to 11 men.

A furious coach Richard Smith said: "The sin-binnings had nothing to do with the loss, but it was farcical.

"Myself and three senior players were thinking about packing up the game we love because of the referee."

Published Tuesday November 5, 2002

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