DAR ES SALAAM, April 5 -- ON any given weekend, in any given Tanzanian football ground, between the first whistle and the final insult hurled from the terraces, there is a drama.

The ball is kicked, the crowd roars, and within minutes, the attention is no longer on the smooth-skilled winger, the misfiring striker, but on the man in black.

Or neon green. Or whatever colour he has decided to choose for the afternoon to ensure hes unpopular with the fans.

In todays Tanzanian football, the referee is not just the man in black, or neon green or whatever colour.

Hes possibly the most hated creature on the Tanzanian football landscape.

If the TBCs Safari Channel were making a nature programme out of Tanzanian football, the referee would be ...