PLAYERS and spectators ganging up on referees with verbal insults has long been a part of soccer in this country. But it seems that things have gone too far in Popongan village in Karanganyar, Central Java. This time it was the referee who let his fists fly on the soccer pitch.

It all happened on Thursday two weeks ago, during a big match between Popongan village and the team from neighboring Pengin village in a tournament to celebrate Indo