Worst decision made by a football referee ever !
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- čas přidán 22. 02. 2007
- On 1.10 of this clip you will see quite possibly the worst decision ever made by a referee in the history of football ! Scottish referee Les Mottram not only misses Dundee United player Paddy Connolly score but then disregards the fact that the partick defender CATCHES THE BALL and hands it to his keeper and instead of giving a penalty waves play on !
Wouldn't be so bad but that ref was Scotlands official fifa referee - Sport
That incident is one of the reasons for getting rid of the iron stanchions that held the nets up. This and Clive Allen's free kick for Palace that went in the goal but slammed the stanchion and came back out. It happened so quickly the referee and linesmen thought it had hit the post.
* stantion
This was way worse than the Clive Allen goal though, eh. Absolute shocker here.
@@cicstommy Dude, it's STANCHION.
@@PureExile Dictionary's aren't always accurate, y'know.
1992/93 season. Unbelievably, the referee (Les Mottram) continued on the FIFA list and worked some games at the 1994 World Cup in the US.
Whatever
This disallowed good goal (no infractions), is the reason why they have changed the building of the goal nets in all of the stadiums, making them look cookie-cutterish and boxy, detracts from the stadium's character. Back in the day, I could always identify the stadiums in Britain, sometimes by the shape of their goal netting and stanchions.
The Chelsea netting and stanchion were interesting, this didn't help the referee decipher the errant goal by Alan Hudson v Ipswich in 1970. This was a strange goal -- but, oh so pretty, the greatest non-goal ever, along with the new codes regarding building goal nets in new stadiums, we will never witness a situation as such.
I played through the academies at Leicester and England youth and I much preferred scoring in the box goals than the nets when they draped down. Made the ball ricochet out and was way better lol
@@kingkong-mf6hi: Goal construction controversy consternated Crystal Palace twice, once with the *new goal net system* during the more modern years (2009).
czcams.com/video/nt7UXPy0vTo/video.html
czcams.com/video/4HCiBrKjNKE/video.html
I loved Chelsea’s deep nets. Wembley had its unique goals. West ham with the really shallow ones. We really lost a lot when they made all the nets the same. I hate it.
Some years ago there was a referee who allowed a "goal" scored by ball-boy in a Brazilian league match. It was the most bizarre football incident I'd had ever seen and also the worst refereeing mistake. But this comes a close second. (The ball-boy goal made it onto the news here in the UK, so you may be able to find it on CZcams.)
The goal at 2:35 wasnt offside, you cant be offside in your own half
That exact same thing happened to my team but we played the 1st place team who hadnt lost the entire season and that would have gave us the win but instead we tied 1-1 -____- damn refs are to old nowadays
@Kinoshee The offside rule does not apply if the receiving player is in his own half when the pass is made.
I was at my peak interest with Scottish fitba around this time, having a season ticket for my local team in the third tier. I remember this era for its refereeing shambles, this coming around about the same time as the ref with the “Jimmy Sandison” debacle.
haha! the same thing happened to me in a football tournament. our opponents shot the ball on our goal, but it hit aluminium and jumped near the line. they thought it was a goal and started celebrating, I catched the ball with the hand and ported it to the middle, but only after that the referee decided it wasn't a goal and our keeper got shoot off :D
So cool
Cheater I hope lose next match
@@JVH96 For a thing that happened over 15 years ago?
"No DOTS above this decision." Actually decision has 2 dots above it!
@sweet1j oh, so how long have u been in the premier league?
what was this filmed with ?
Is the reporter Jim White haha?
Yes
@@ethanhenson3906 been waiting 7 years for a response and finally got one cheers lad
@@shizzlers0135 don’t thank me, thank the algorithm 😅
@@ethanhenson3906 😂
I wondered the same and found your comment. You waited seven years for an answer so somebody like me could wait just a few seconds. You're a God.
after this game, the posts that hold the nets back from the goal-line were removed in most professional games. i've seen this happen three times in professional games but never the defender throwing the ball back to the keeper lol
that is unbelievable. Definitely the worst referee decision I've ever seen!
@rubenick no, he started his run from his own half of the field. You can only be offside if the pass to you is made to you when you are on your opponent's half of the field and you are in front of the last defender.
@edaines He was presumably on his own half when the pass was made, and inside your own half, the off side rule does not count.
@maldobostero12 I know, I only called it 'soccer' for two reasons; 1. I was responding to someone who was obviously either American, Australian, South African or from New Zealand, and the call it soccer in those countries. 2. I am from Australia, and as much as I try and remember to call it football, I still occasionally call it soccer because it is a habit, sorry
@QemeH To answer your last question - Nothing.
@tavi10 I am talking about 2:39, the player attacking is well beyond a line formed by the last defender....still don´t get it...thanks for replying tho.
@latindancerr I lolled aloud myself - the way he moved in, looked, his cape and hat is absolutely like those old B/W documentaries. X-P
I saw it on 2021, time when VAR has been practice on many league. We will miss the decision like this.
excellently named video - that is beyond doubt the two worse decisions ever.
I had to watch it three times before i saw it hit the net, i kept thinking it was hitting the post, thanks god for hd.
When was this match?
@ultlaxbro69 when have you ever seen a FOOTBALLER cry when someone takes them out?
I'm shocked at this! I only thought that match officials make bad decisions against Neil Lennon's Celtic
@LonexX18 if offsides if the ball gets to you when you are behind the line of defense. He did not go to the ball, the ball went to him so offsides. it's like waiting in front of the goalie.
@Abdullah19910 The player who received the ball was in his own half when it was played forward so, even though he was past the penultimate defender, no offside.
This is what happened to me also in my inter-class futsal tournament.. The ball hit the inter bar and it wasn't counted as a goal -.-
That was ridiculous .
What about the coat sturrock was wearing 🤣🤣😂
What a shocking decision, if i remember rightly wasn't that ref also a uefa/fifa official? Good to see future Everton legend Big Dunc get a typical goal.
Agreed with dan, the phantom goal at the Reading Watford game was worse. Bad as this was. To compound that mistake Stuart Atwell went on to make loads more dreadful decsions.
It's one of those crafty dives that will always fool the ref. That said, we're talling about Les Mottram here....
@flchange Exactly, he is beyond then last player, but in his half. In this case, it is not offside.
@gannman51 More masculine sport does not mean it is a more tiring/enduring sport. You can rest whenever in football after plays, while football is only during halves, injuries, and substitution. I'm pretty sure a defender running for 90mins is much more tiring than a cornerback backpedalling 50 plays or so in a game with breaks between possessions; given both players run both vertically and laterally.
Excellent video
@JamieGonz
no offside, the player was still on its own half when the pass was played.
@The2StoogesAndDavid if he was bribed then why did he call a pk earlier?
@TheGood77 Sometimes it gets boring, you can't see all the games though, you gotta choose for example the Spanish league or the italian one.
@unbekannte5 if thats the case then why in the 2010 world cup were certain decisions not changed when on the big screens everybody sees its wrong; surley under your resoning ther ref could have reversed his decision. as bbc commentator said 'he knows he's got the decision wrong but he can't change it'
@TheDingaa Cus the whole defence of the opposite side in the standing on the other side of CEnter Line... No offside...
@thebloodyalbo91 point still being, Brit's invented the term "soccer" and started using it first to refer to "association football". It was the english propagation of the term that led to football being called soccer in the US
@ByVolcom
It's not offside, the move started whilst he was was inside his own half
The worst decision of referee in the World Cup was the cancellation of zico goal against Sweden in the crown of 1974.
@TheCruzerflash If you're referring to the goal from 2:35, you can't be offside in your own half of the field.
the defender even picks up after it goes in!!!! XD
@Lizardofoz66
how about the ''hand of god'' goal by maradona?
@shiron236 no, we call a toilet a toilet, 'loo' is an old slang.
The phantom goal for Reading against Watford was worse. The very worst.
@SweSmiile These guys are right. He was on his own half of the field at the instant of the pass, so was not in an offside position. Where the opponents were doesn't matter in this case.
that must have been a great game i felt bad for the goalkeeper he tried so hard to help his team but he ends up getting injured
@grenda5 "A player is not in an offside position he is in his own half of the field of play" (source: FIFA rules). When the ball was passed, Paddy Connelly was in his own half. No offside.
i remember this at the time!
Football is football....a universal game.
History lesson: Association Football(1863), Rugby Football(1870), American Football(1892). UK started calling "association football," "soccer" and brought the game to the US as such. "Rugby football" was named after Rugby school, and “rugby football” got shortened to "rugby". What would become “American Football” started in the UK and was based off modified rugby rules. At the time it officially became a sport, the US already had "soccer"(association football) and "Rugby" (rugby football).
If you think this is the worst decision by a referee, you need to watch Chelsea vs Barcelona 2009 in the UEFA Champions League.
/watch?v=i3yUm3OqqqU
Referee- Tom Henning Ovrebo
lol yeah, Exactly... its so unbelievable actually... i cant even think there is still people that doesnt think Barcelona gets help every time from the referees
What about the goal in Germany, Schalke I think awarded a goal after the shot missed but ball went through net into goal
This puts Willie Collum on the same level as Pierluigi Collina.
I just couldn't stop... laughing... at the canadian accent!
What is it about firhill for bad decisions, this happend again recently at the same goal the ball hits the net and gets kicked out and everybody seen the goal just like this one except the refs, never realised this had happened to United as seen here.
that was some intense football
@TheCruzerflash
There's no offsides on your half.
On the last goal the player started running from his team's half of the field when it was kicked.
Jason Candy’s goal for Spurs against Man Utd that the referee thought was a save despite the goalie scooping the ball out from 4 feet over the line. Plus that was in England not the third world goals and pitches of the jocks !
Oops not Cundy Mendes
@FadoDeo4444 i havent noticed that the ref didnt saw the goal:/ my bad:)
I swear, I can't think of another sport where the referee is so often wrong, like in football.
Can only assume the ref thought the ball hit the post. I think after the world cup in the usa in 94 most clubs removed the stanchions from the goals.
@Battle4urLyF I agree! It's colorful and cheery :)
wow, 1.55, I thought neil lennon was the only manager, ever, in the entire history of scottish football to react angrily to a referee's ridiculous decision. Did the government of the day hold a summit? ....
@hajizaxoli 1:42 he hits the inner bar of the goal and it reflects back
20 years ago today.
21 years ago today
I love the fact that in 2010 an offside decision in a Scottish league match between Dundee United and the Jags in the early 1990's is still being debated!! Three million views, this video must be perhaps Partick's most famous moment! They can put a print out of the link in their empty trophy cabinet at Firhill along with some manuscripts of debates between Americans and Europeans about the which sport it best!
press 8 sounds like peter griffin saying pork lmao
oh my . i did't think there is football. really crazy
@Ravemaster8. He is coming from his own half. How is the knowledge?
at first, I saw his first decision to give a free kick and I was like "meh, I've seen worse" but then I saw the goal dismissal. FAIL.
the first time it actually looked like it hit the post
I was so astounded that the goal was missed by the referee that I completely ignored the subsequent catch by the Thistle defender (who was NOT the goalie by the way). Methinks the ref messed up TWICE! He missed the goal AND the penalty. Wow, this is really bad. What was the ref thinking???!!!
@tenaciousdfrever if you wanna get technical it was originally called soccer, it took fifteen years after the term soccer was created from the word "association" for people to start calling it football. orginally soccer
when did the defender catch the ball?
Is that Jime White off Sky Sports doing th voice over?
received four "most excellent referee" awards in the 1998 to 2002 seasons
@rubenick - The defender is practically level with him, so probably no offence.
Yeah he feel on his own
WOW that was shocking.
Clearly not a goal. Only a blind man would think that crossed the line.
@huguito723 oh that's the case? so clearly that was bad defense as regardless of the pass, it would've been a 3 on 1 counterattack. thanks for letting me know, i never knew or have seen this before.
"Duncan Faggyson"? "Scott Crap"? U got to be kidding me :D
This isn't football. It's soccer.
wasn't offside law active back them? I couldn't help noticing a couple of them...
THE DEFENCE IS TERRIBLE!
@Teh3xcalibur Duncan Ferguson. You hear it at 1:03.
lol all that plus the offside in the end !
Imagine if you replied to this reply 11 years later
Bristol city- Crystal Palace last season.
Incredible!
That is why we don't have goals like that anymore
@MrXboxaddicted PART1
I have to split my answer in 2 to explain how sucker is boring cuz of limit.
1. meaningless lateral pass 2. fall down with small physical contact 3. vague foul rule 4．stupid PK rule 5. the whole process is worthless if you don't make the goal 6 stupid ref 7. you have stupid ref but no right to challenge 8. lack of strategy 9. too many lucky goal 10. GK can basically do nothing when 1on1 11. coincidence factor determine the winner, not strategies or skills.
Big Dunc up front and a young Jim White on comms if I’m not mistaken.
@justboored Because he started on his own side of the field. Not a big soccerfan are we?