Referee Sergei Shmolik was helped off the field during a match in Minsk over the weekend. He complained of back pain but blood tests showed he was just really drunk .

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Belarus, in the depths of Eastern Europe, is a country famous for... er... not much really, apart from a being a bit too close to Chernobyl. However, it now has a new claim to fame, as home of the world's most inebriated match official, Sergei Shmolik. Here he is in all his glory, refereeing a Belarusian league game. Initially, it was thought he was suffering from back pain, but hospital tests ...

The drunk referee in Belorussia is becoming something of a YouTube classic. Referee Sergei Shmolik was lead from the field and later suspensed by the Belorussian FA. Bet with Bet 365 World Soccer News Soccer betting tips Soccer Books & DVDs Tags Belorussia soccer football referee

He???s just retarded???or gay???or both. Ok, he's really drunk, but what else is there to do in Belarus? He???s actually not in trouble or anything, they???re just sending him to the pub early so he can reserve the corner booth they all love.     Now, this guy???   Technorati Tags: Clubhouse Cancer , crazy referees

Give this soccer referee credit…the fact that he showed up for work, dressed himself in his uniform and made it out onto the field is pretty darn impressive, considering the fact that he seemed to be rather intoxicated. It was ultimately determined that this Belarusian referee was unable to officiate the match, but hilarity still ensued as he staggered off the field: Referee ...

In the game of soccer, some referees are great, some are good, and as Jason Kreis reminds us constantly, some are terrible. What they usually aren't is drunk. At least not unless you're in Belarus, where one referee had a few (dozen) too many and actually tried to referee a match. The video has to be seen to be believed: There is no truth to the rumor that U.S. Soccer is set to hire ...

July 10 - 2008 Via Unprofessional Foul and CNN : Referee Sergei Shmolik was helped off the field with back pain while officiating a Belarus league match, but later was shown to be drunk. And the next time anyone asks, “have you been drinking?” I’m definitely going with, “No, bad back.”

By way of SPORTS CRACKLE POP comes this video of Belarus league soccer referee Sergei Shmolik being escorted from the field. At first it seemed that Shmolik was suffering from some sort of back pain, and he was taken to the hospital for tests. The results showed that he had high levels of alcohol in his system. Why did they have to wait for the test results to determine that he was ...

By way of SPORTS CRACKLE POP comes this video of Belarus league soccer referee Sergei Shmolik being escorted from the field. At first it seemed that Shmolik was suffering from some sort of back pain, and he was taken to the hospital for tests. The results showed that he had high levels of alcohol in his system. Why did they have to wait for the test results to determine that he was ...

They may start drinking. I know, I know - I shouldn’t joke around because if a drunk ref showed up at my kid’s match I’d be a bit upset. But still, I found it hilarious the kids (at least they look like older kids) continued to do thier post-match drills while the ref was slowly (VERY slowly) helped from the field.

This soccer ref's back pain tends to really act up when he gets wasted: Yes, the official was so drunk that he had to be escorted off the pitch while working what appears to be a youth soccer match in 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. Shmolik ...

A referee in Belrus showed up hammered to a game and had to be escorted off the field, he claimed to have back pain. People didn't know he was drunk he until he got to the hospital, just like when you don't realize a girl's drunk until you get her ...

Here's Belarussian soccer referee Sergei Shmolik hard at work , much in the same way I'm hard at work right now. Referee Sergei Shmolik was helped off the field with back pain while officiating a Belarus league match, but later was shown to be drunk... Shmolik was hardly moving by the end of the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw, officiating from the central circle by the end of the game.  ...

Give this guy a medal... and a kebab At first it looks like referee Sergey Shmolik was having back trouble. But then all became clear: Mr Shmolik had enjoyed something a little stiffer than a cup of tea at half-time...

The AP are reporting that “referee Sergei Shmolik was helped off the field with back pain while officiating a Belarus league match, but later was shown to be drunk… Shmolik was hardly moving by the end of the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw, officiating from the central circle by the end of the game… Shmolik got help after the match but later was taken to the hospital for a ...

Belarus Referee Sergei Shmolik had to be helped off the field during a league match, at first complaining of back pain. Shmolik was later taken to the hospital after he could barely make it off the field, where blood tests proved he was highly intoxicated. The crowd at Vitebsk stadium, where the local team was hosting Naftan, seemed to enjoy the fact that Shmolik couldn’t even ...

Could somebody please get the drunk referee off the field? Thank you. [ Unprofessional Fou l]

Despite how questionable you feel a referee is, The Guys Who Make The Calls always appear to be the sharpest and attentive workers on courts and fields — with the exclusion of the Pacific 10 Conference, the NBA and now, Belarus . Appears that referee Sergei Shmolik drank so much that he rode the mechanical bull before a soccer match in Belarus. Due to back pain, Shmolik was helped off ...