AdeTheRef

L4 Referee.

Essex County FA.

Essex & East London Referee.

[Essex County FA @EssexCountyFA]

@ConcordRangers @RayleighTownFC1 @BTFC And congratulations to the #Essex #PellyUnder18sCup Final match officials! Referee: Adekola Adeyemi, Assistant Referees: Daniel Goodman and Zakariya Ikram, Fourth Official: Aaron Mills: https://t.co/oZMjeC2KKm

[OBAFEMI💚🪔💰 @FemzyGreenLand]

how can you tell me football is not your favorite sport?😭🤭

[⚡ @UTDCJ_]

ruben amorim saying “rashford doesn’t see the game my way” might be the best compliment marcus has ever received fr

[Goals Xtra @GoalsXtra]

🇯🇵 Interesting moments from the Japanese Football League.

[AllThingsBrazil™ @SelecaoTalk]

How have I never seen this goal before

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY:

#EAGLES RB SAQUON BARKLEY MADE THE GREATEST PLAY IN #NFL HISTORY.

The reverse-hurdle 🤯🤯🤯

We will never see another play like this again.

[Siavoush Fallahi @SiavoushF]

Haven’t yet decided if Calhanoglu’s delivery or Zielinski’s shot is the best part of this goal

[MrBigPiece @MrBigPiece_]

@CPFC Groundhog Day 😂

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Suicide.

I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis.

You take a rope.
You put it up in a garage or a tree nearby or far away.
You're thinking about every loved one you'll leave behind as you put that rope around your neck.
Then you drop.

Some are decapitated.
Some aren't.
All are found by someone who has a lifetime of trauma that will never leave them.
A son.
A daughter.
A brother.
A sister.
A mother.
A father.

I know 2 men who hung themselves.

One was found by his Mom.
One was found by his brother.
Neither have recovered fully. 20 and 30 years on.

A life sentence for people who were already worrying, terrified their loved one may do something.

So just visualise the above and ask, "is there another way"?

A segway for a moment.

I do a few Q&A's every year. Tales of yesterday with a 99% male audience of my age group.

After the stories and fun, my last question back to the audience is..

"Hands up if you struggle with a mental health issue".

Nobody ever puts a hand up. Despite 1 in every 3 of 500 attendees statistically struggling.

"Ah, nobody, that's fucking brilliant! Well I do! ". I then graphically tell people, stunned into silence about how a rope around my neck in the middle of nowhere jolted me to go home and cry like a baby to my Mom.

After the Q&A has finished, something always happens. I'll be chatting to a few guys, saying bye and one by one, men will come over and whisper " I struggle".

Or my mailbox the next day will have 30 emails from guys, their partners or kids saying " Dad/Uncle /Brother was there last night and what you said hit them hard".

And that's how some people realise that it's time to speak to a pal or family member or even rant to me in an email. It works, I often get a follow up email a year or 6 later saying that they took responsibility for their suicidal feelings and are now flying.

Humans are programmed to want to live, to have families and to keep the species growing and thriving. So for a human to want to short circuit that desire isn't normal, and it should never be spoken of as normal. It's the ultimate red flag.

If you suspect your mate, Dad, Brother, Uncle is struggling mentally, they deserve your intervention.

They deserve a " are you OK, please tell me what's up".

They deserve an opportunity to get past wanting to hang a rope over a tree or in a garage and slowly struggle until they die and you find them.

If you've been there and trust me I have plenty, then you'll know that text out of the blue, or a footie mate or one of your kids asking jow you are can open the curtains to some sunshine.

Because when suicide is your only answer, the room is already dark, and you can't see a way out.

So please, fucking pretty please, ask that husband, Dad, Uncle, Cousin, footie pal TODAY how they are.

You may be shocked what comes back but extremely glad that you asked.

For those who struggle, you're not alone.

[Football Away Ends @FBAwayEnds]

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

Leeds sign bent #DeadlineDay

[AdeTheRef @ade_ref]

This Guy. 🥶

[QPR FC @QPR]

KONE WRAPS IT UPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!

[Essex Senior League @EssexSenior]

⚽️ @EssexSenior 🤝 @QPR

Weare, Wardley and now Kone

🔎 Any scouts, DM us 👀

#ESLtoEFL #ESL

[AdeTheRef @ade_ref]

My claim to Fame is that I've referee'd this Beast in the Box! #ESL LOVE TO SEE IT!

[Wycombe Wanderers @wwfcofficial]

From the Essex Senior League to the Championship.

Another success story for a talented young Wanderer.

We'll never forget your time here, @richardkone17.

[Wycombe Wanderers @wwfcofficial]

From the Essex Senior League to the Championship.

Another success story for a talented young Wanderer.

We'll never forget your time here, @richardkone17.

[Essex Senior League @EssexSenior]

Football season.....

Tomorrow!!!!!

Get in there

#ESL

[Essex Referees @EssexReferees]

Congratulations to the 3⃣3⃣ @EssexCountyFA match officials who have been appointed by @FARefereeing to the First Round Qualifying of the FA Vase 👏

[G__S__7 @G__S__7]

Those rusks are really kicking in 😂

[AdeTheRef @ade_ref]

@TheOneLukeP @WestHam_Central 😂😂😅🤔😭

[Kei @RealMamaEagle]

“nO oNe WaNts tO sEe tHe RaMs”