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Drunk referee helped off the field in a Belarus league match - International Herald Tribune

TheOriginalWinger.com found this 7/9/2008 on iht.com

match MINSK, Belarus : Referee Sergei Shmolik was helped off the field with back pain while officiating a Belarus league match, but later was shown to be drunk. In TV footage shown Wednesday on Russian television, Shmolik staggered as he was helped off the field at the end of Saturday's match. The Belarusian sports Web site Presball reported that the crowd in Vitebsk stadium, where the local ...