‘I obtained a 12-game ban after a hungover purple card – I approached the referee within the automotive park’
This non-league coach claimed he was once slapped with a lengthy stadium ban after approaching some match officials in the car park post-game
Dorking Wanderers owner and manager Marc White has opened up about one of his bans(Image: In The Mixer)
Dorking Wanderers owner and manager Marc White shed some light on one of his lengthier bans. The controversial 52-year-old claims he was once hit with a stadium ban after clashing with officials post-match.
White founded the current National League South side in 1999 alongside some friends. In the many years he has steered the ship, he has led them to 12 promotions up the English football pyramid.
But along the way, the ever-combative and free-speaking White has racked up his fair share of sanctions thanks to choice words or butting heads with match officials. He recalled one incident after a hungover sending off that he says saw him heavily penalised.
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“I’ve had many, many, many bans. I once had a 12-game stadium ban,” said White, speaking on In The Mixer brought to you by Sky Bet. “I got sent off at York City. I’d been out the night before and was hungover. So I was in a bad mood I’ve got to admit. I was in a bad mood and was sent off.
“I was fuming because it was only 15 minutes in as well. I think we lost the game but I processed the sending off when I was in the changing rooms. But then my mates were saying they were going back out that night and they’d booked a taxi from outside the football club.
“As I was getting in the taxi door, out of the corner of my eye I just saw all four officials walking out the ground. I thought, ‘Right…’ The ban was for when I met them in the car park.”
White was asked if he’d ever change his outspoken demeanour and he recalled a time he even took aim at his own fans during a post-match admission.
“Yeah, loads of people,” replied White when asked if people had asked him to change. “I get emails, do you know what I mean? Loads of people over the years.
“But I think it’s because I’ve been doing it from day one. I’m so embedded in it all. I’m going to be the most passionate one out there. I’ve even told the fans to f**k off loads.
“We once had a game against Slough Town. There was a storm. We’re playing at home and there was a storm. I mean a proper hailstorm in about the 85th minute. We were 4-2 down. Almost every fan left the ground to get out of the storm. I was fuming. I was soaking wet. In my interview at the end it just overcame me.
“I said, ‘If anyone left this ground, tell them that they don’t need to come back, we don’t need them, we were there before them and we’ll be there after them…’ I then got emails from people apologising for leaving. One bloke said, ‘I’m really sorry Marc, I had to pick my wife up from Sainsbury’s!'”
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