Remember the "You Are The Ref!" cartoon strip? Where ordinary oiks like you or I were presented with a divisive footballing scenario and asked how we'd go about officiating properly? Well, here's a doozy for you...

You are the ref of a Kazakhstan league game. You give a corner. You then glance over and notice that a burst pipe has submerged the entire corner of the pitch under a foot or so of murky brown water.

Do you, A: think "sod this", abandon the match and go and have a nice warm cup of tea in the cafe down the road, or B: order the player to take the corner while he stands ankle-deep in the murk, even forcing him to retake it when the ball floats out of the quadrant?

The answer may surprise you...

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