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STEVIE FARRELL has revealed Dumbarton were denied a water break before one of his players fell ill with heat exhaustion.
Before and during Tuesday’s 2-0 loss to Partick Thistle the Sons boss asked referee Mike Roncone and his assistant if there could be stoppages.
Despite the sweltering conditions at Firhill, both officials told Farrell that wouldn’t be possible.
But he was then forced to hook Stuart Carswell at half-time after he started feeling unwell.
Now Farrell wants the football authorities to bring in rules which would see fluid stops made compulsory when the mercury goes above a level.
He said: “I quite like Mike the referee but the SFA should have water breaks as a pre-requisite above a certain temperature.
“There needs to be consideration to all players when it comes to this.
"Part-time players like Stuart have been working all day in these conditions.
“But it doesn’t mean full-time players will be any less affected either.
“The SFA should have in place provisions that are mandatory to consider players’ welfare in such conditions.
"Thankfully Stuart is now okay.”
Before and during Tuesday’s 2-0 loss to Partick Thistle the Sons boss asked referee Mike Roncone and his assistant if there could be stoppages.
Despite the sweltering conditions at Firhill, both officials told Farrell that wouldn’t be possible.
But he was then forced to hook Stuart Carswell at half-time after he started feeling unwell.
Now Farrell wants the football authorities to bring in rules which would see fluid stops made compulsory when the mercury goes above a level.
He said: “I quite like Mike the referee but the SFA should have water breaks as a pre-requisite above a certain temperature.
“There needs to be consideration to all players when it comes to this.
"Part-time players like Stuart have been working all day in these conditions.
“But it doesn’t mean full-time players will be any less affected either.
“The SFA should have in place provisions that are mandatory to consider players’ welfare in such conditions.
"Thankfully Stuart is now okay.”