I know it is wednesday but as I am not taking my computer to this years U-15 BSME Games in Dubai I thought I better bring you my Friday top 10 now. This weeks top ten subject was chosen by Gypsy King who won the caption competition for my Do the French really have style? post. This week I'll be looking at the top 10 mad refereeing desicions. Including the worst dive ever, a six-yard goal line and the curse of the stanction.
Six-yard goal line
You should really realise that you've made a terrible desicion when you award a goal and the player you award it to doesn't even celebrate. This piece of idiocy comes from those usually effiecent Germans in the German second devision, 4-0 Duisburg are cruising against FSV Frankfurt when one of there players decided to try and lob the goal keeper, it cannons off the crossbar and land about 6 yards away from the goal.
Get the man not the ball
Almost certainly the worst foul in World Cup history. In one of the best world cup games ever, famous for the last minute Klaus Fischer bicycle kick in a thrilling 3-3 draw that went to penalties that surprisingly the german's won (now when was the last time that happened?) kamikaze keeper Schumacher collided with Patrick Battison he wasn't even trying to get the ball, summoning the spirit of Chuck Norris he twists his body in mid-air and crashes into the French men. He wasn't even booked and the referee was awarded a 9.4 rating for his performence in that game.
Three card trick
I couldn't find the video but you all know it. Graeme Poll, possibly the best referee in the world at the time, gave two yellow cards without sending him off, he did send Josip Simunic off after a third but it was still the refereeing equivalent of carving your own tombstone. Apparently he recorded Simunic in his book for the first yellow card as "Australias #3" apparently Simunic had an Aussie accent?
The Oscar for best actor goes to...
Junior Barranquilla for this marvolous piece of improvistation and convincingness, he bursts into the box and with no America de Cali players within about 7 meters of him, he throws himself to the deck like he's just been hit by a flying Michael Schumacher. Amazingly it was given, though Barranquilla did get sent off later, was banned for 3 games for blantent cheating, however Nino the referee was back refereeing within days.
Give or take a meter...
This is a famous one, possibly the most famour perversion of justice in Premier League, Carroll rushes out to clear a ball that only find Pedro Mendes, who goes for a audacious 50-yard lob, Carroll gets back and sets himself to catch, it lands in his arms and he basically throws the ball over his head into the goal, it's about a meter over the line. Incredibly not given and I think we should make Frank Lampard watch that over and over again for rehabilitation.
OK just watch real close and you'll see...
This is an incredible goal, for the fact the ball doesn't cross the line and it's awarded. nigel bannister flagged for a goal that never gets anywhere near the line. The video tells you where it's meant to have happened and I can't see it. Not that the Watford fans complained. Stuart Atwell is the Premier Leagues youngest referee but it is the linesman to blame for this howler.
THE CURSE OF THE STANCTION (dun duun duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun)
You have to be pretty unlucky for the ball to hit the net and ricochet out and the goal not be given, you're probably about as unlucky as someone who lives under a ladder and whose job it is to smash mirrors with black cats if it happens twice, but this has happened to Crystal Palace, in 1980 and absolute pile-driver, rockets into the top corner and rebounds out, not given. 30 years later, a goal not as goal that rebounds out of the tightly strung net and is not given. Unlucky or have they been cursed?
Bribary or Idiocy, you decide?
Again I couldn't find the video. 1982 World Cup in Spain, Spain playing against Yugoslavia, Spain 1-0 down. Danish referee gives penalty for foul two-yards outside penalty area. Keeper saves but moved off his line despite the fact both his boots are on it and Spain offered the re-take, they score. End up winning 2-1. You can see why the Mexicans are descended from the Spanish.
Ball boy...GOLASO
From Brazil, team almost equalise and as the keeper goes to get the ball a ball boy puts it in the net with the referee's back turned. He turnes back around and sees the ball in the goal and gives it. And they call the supporters the twelth man, not anymore...
What to choose, what to choose...
I didn't want to be an english snob and choose the three terrible descisions that have effected our national team, so of Hand of God, Lampard goast goal and Koeman no red card I chose...Maradona, there was no question. I mean both of the others where blatent but this was justso inconcivable that you'd not get a foul. Though I for one am glad it was given. It meant he'd go onto score the goal of the century.
Thanks for reading this weeks top ten. I hope you've enjoyed it. I'm not going to rank them this week as they are all of equal awefullnes. There are war heroes who've lost both eyes fighting for there country who would have seen some of these. I suppose it's just down to luck...
Six-yard goal line
You should really realise that you've made a terrible desicion when you award a goal and the player you award it to doesn't even celebrate. This piece of idiocy comes from those usually effiecent Germans in the German second devision, 4-0 Duisburg are cruising against FSV Frankfurt when one of there players decided to try and lob the goal keeper, it cannons off the crossbar and land about 6 yards away from the goal.
Get the man not the ball
Almost certainly the worst foul in World Cup history. In one of the best world cup games ever, famous for the last minute Klaus Fischer bicycle kick in a thrilling 3-3 draw that went to penalties that surprisingly the german's won (now when was the last time that happened?) kamikaze keeper Schumacher collided with Patrick Battison he wasn't even trying to get the ball, summoning the spirit of Chuck Norris he twists his body in mid-air and crashes into the French men. He wasn't even booked and the referee was awarded a 9.4 rating for his performence in that game.
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| HIYA!!! |
I couldn't find the video but you all know it. Graeme Poll, possibly the best referee in the world at the time, gave two yellow cards without sending him off, he did send Josip Simunic off after a third but it was still the refereeing equivalent of carving your own tombstone. Apparently he recorded Simunic in his book for the first yellow card as "Australias #3" apparently Simunic had an Aussie accent?
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| Accent or not, since when did Australia play in red and white checks? |
Junior Barranquilla for this marvolous piece of improvistation and convincingness, he bursts into the box and with no America de Cali players within about 7 meters of him, he throws himself to the deck like he's just been hit by a flying Michael Schumacher. Amazingly it was given, though Barranquilla did get sent off later, was banned for 3 games for blantent cheating, however Nino the referee was back refereeing within days.
Give or take a meter...
This is a famous one, possibly the most famour perversion of justice in Premier League, Carroll rushes out to clear a ball that only find Pedro Mendes, who goes for a audacious 50-yard lob, Carroll gets back and sets himself to catch, it lands in his arms and he basically throws the ball over his head into the goal, it's about a meter over the line. Incredibly not given and I think we should make Frank Lampard watch that over and over again for rehabilitation.
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| I think it might just have crossed the line, only just though... |
OK just watch real close and you'll see...
This is an incredible goal, for the fact the ball doesn't cross the line and it's awarded. nigel bannister flagged for a goal that never gets anywhere near the line. The video tells you where it's meant to have happened and I can't see it. Not that the Watford fans complained. Stuart Atwell is the Premier Leagues youngest referee but it is the linesman to blame for this howler.
THE CURSE OF THE STANCTION (dun duun duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun)
You have to be pretty unlucky for the ball to hit the net and ricochet out and the goal not be given, you're probably about as unlucky as someone who lives under a ladder and whose job it is to smash mirrors with black cats if it happens twice, but this has happened to Crystal Palace, in 1980 and absolute pile-driver, rockets into the top corner and rebounds out, not given. 30 years later, a goal not as goal that rebounds out of the tightly strung net and is not given. Unlucky or have they been cursed?
Bribary or Idiocy, you decide?
Again I couldn't find the video. 1982 World Cup in Spain, Spain playing against Yugoslavia, Spain 1-0 down. Danish referee gives penalty for foul two-yards outside penalty area. Keeper saves but moved off his line despite the fact both his boots are on it and Spain offered the re-take, they score. End up winning 2-1. You can see why the Mexicans are descended from the Spanish.
Ball boy...GOLASO
From Brazil, team almost equalise and as the keeper goes to get the ball a ball boy puts it in the net with the referee's back turned. He turnes back around and sees the ball in the goal and gives it. And they call the supporters the twelth man, not anymore...
What to choose, what to choose...
I didn't want to be an english snob and choose the three terrible descisions that have effected our national team, so of Hand of God, Lampard goast goal and Koeman no red card I chose...Maradona, there was no question. I mean both of the others where blatent but this was justso inconcivable that you'd not get a foul. Though I for one am glad it was given. It meant he'd go onto score the goal of the century.
Thanks for reading this weeks top ten. I hope you've enjoyed it. I'm not going to rank them this week as they are all of equal awefullnes. There are war heroes who've lost both eyes fighting for there country who would have seen some of these. I suppose it's just down to luck...
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