The fastest red card ever came about by some murky rules about swearing

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

Legendary Gazza moment from 1995: The Referee dropped his yellow card and Gascoigne retrieved it, jokingly brandishing it at the ref. The Ref took exception to this joke and reached into his pocket for the yellow card, before realising that it wasn't there...

[@John2000sBaby]

i dont even like soccer but that’s badass

[@FALL-LAFF-7477]

Only in England moment for sure

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

@@FALL-LAFF-7477 it was in Scotland actually.

[@treehousekohtao]

Dougie Smith was a famously terrible, short tempered, card happy ref. Everybody in Scotland groaned when he did that because it was so stupid, we knew it would be shown around the world and we would still be talking about it 20 years later. Worse still...it was Christmas

[@Zraknul]

Scotland - England's humourless roommate who isn't allowed to leave.

[@_MrMoney]

"They were down a man from the start of the match and still win 11-2" Never change, Sunday league. Never change.

[@FALL-LAFF-7477]

"PARKLIFE!"

[@keanuismyfather7477]

All the people, so many people…

[@sarafactorial]

I helped out with a local team for a long time. Some games having 10 players show in the first place was a miracle 😂

[@TheOriginalStix]

*Concedes the 10th goal* "Still 0-0, lads!"

[@laxrulz7]

Girls coach of my high school once expressed his disbelief at a bad call from the ref and said, "Oh my God." Ref came over and gave him a yellow. Ref was the pastor of the church next door... lol

[@SauceBoss14]

My dad got technical at church league for saying gosh darn and the ref misheard it lmao

[@oldfrend]

at that point you just gotta break out the 'jesus tittyfucking christ' don't you?

[@PoleTooke]

Y'all need less Jesus

[@B3Band]

That's stupid. You can't use your personal life to change the rules on the fly. It would be like a vegan ref sending off a player for eating a hot dog at half time, because he was offended by processed meat.

[@gurneyqueen5782]

@@B3Band that's why rules shouldn't be made this vague, because everyone has a different opinion of what "foul language" means

[@mnm1273]

The worst red card was against Arsenal when there was a blatant foul, the ref jogged up and confidently sent off the wrong player (he sent off an Arsenal player who did nothing) and refused to change when everyone on the Arsenal team pointed it out.

[@GIBBO4182]

It was Gibbs who got sent off for Oxlade Chamberlain hand balling it!

[@Lotus77King]

I remember that! They sent Kieran Gibbs (The wrong player) off instead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ( The person who was supposed to get the red card) Good times 😂

[@unknownunknwn914]

Or when van persie got sent off for shooting a ball while offside. The ref blew the whistle in the middle of the pitch in a stadium of 90k+ and van persie didnt hear it and the time between the shot the whistle was a couple of seconds at most.... till this day idk how it was called a red

[@LeDardeursPalace]

@@unknownunknwn914 I'm still mad at that red card, not mad mad but I have feelings still XD

[@SamMartinPeakPerformance]

@@unknownunknwn914 Classic days when Barca used to pay off UEFA

[@squeeeps]

Justice for Lee Todd. He also has 2 first names, which is cool.

[@theunwelcome]

but one of those names is Todd, which is extremely uncool

[@squeeeps]

@@theunwelcome idk man I think Todd might make a resurgence in how cool of a name it is

[@imightbebiased9311]

Nah, man. People with 2 first names are pretty much universally douchebags.

[@JonPITBZN]

@@squeeeps idk man I think if George Carlin names his whole stand-up comedy routine about stupid names after Todd, it's never going to be cool again.

[@ulture]

@@theunwelcome what do you mean it's uncool? it means 'death' in German. name a more metal name

[@erc6943]

Also being fined like 60 bucks as an AMATEUR PLAYER is crazy. The dude was a construction worker who played on the weekends on the side to make like maybe an extra 20 or 40 bucks

[@Joseperez-oz7to]

It’s not there’s no room for ignorance and violence on the football pitch 0 tolerance .

[@leaffinite2001]

​@@Joseperez-oz7to alright man whatever

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

If absurd red card stories are youe thing then have a look into an incident involving ex-Arsenal and Leeds forward Sanchez Watt who I think was playing non-league. He committed a foul which the ref wanted go book him for and asked his name (no names on shirts in non league) to which he replied "Watt". The referee asked again and he replied with the same answer. The ref, believing he was being mocked, decided instead to send him off and only rescinded it when his teammates cleared up the confusion 😂

[@raimarulightning]

That's amazing 😂😂😂

[@oz_jones]

@Ethan Beller glad im not the only one who thought that

[@SOOKIE42069]

this is why when you get whistled in the ear you smash the blood capsules you hide in your socks against your ears and go to the ground screaming and clutching your head.

[@noialennon]

The best joke on this video is reading the comments and all the stories about strange red cards involves an Arsenal or a former Arsenal players.

[@Snookbone]

This is possibly the most egregious use of this rule ever. I have been feet away from a professional player launching into an expletive-filled tirade right in the face of an assistant referee, insinuating he was completely useless and had no place being on the field. and no action was taken.

[@monogreen]

I would almost accuse the Ref of having a grudge against Lee.

[@ParadoxicalThird]

I would immediately formally accuse the ref of match fixing because this absolutely screams match fixing. There's no sane argument for a red card here and it should have caused an immediate investigation of his personal attachments and finances/history with the game.

[@Jake_from_State_Farm]

All I can think of is Andy from the office calling himself a “gun violence victim” and holding his ear and limping😂😂😂😂

[@kinglorimer]

You guys should look into the final day of the Championship season in 2013. Barnsley and Huddersfield players stopped playing for the last 5 minutes when they heard that Peterborough had thrown a 2-1 lead in the final 7 minutes which lead to Barnsley and Huddersfield being safe.

[@khaitranngoc4176]

In terms of the Championship 2012-13: Give us that GODDAMN TROY DEENEY REWIND ya cowards.

[@manoskok1810]

Yay more football content!You should also do a rewinder on the relegation playoff between Hamburg and Kalshruer in 2015!

[@niftybottle]

That's a better reaction than I would have had, because I'm one of the people who can't go to haunted houses cause I start swinging when I get startled. My loved ones have taken some elbows to the gut coming up behind me...

[@ptkush3416]

The most insulting part of the whole ordeal was that the number of days he was suspended (35) was larger than the number of pounds he was fined (27).

[@tomfoolery5680]

Man, that ref must've been Lee Todd-ed

[@richardtherichard26]

Booo 😂😂😂

[@martinpaulsen1592]

That ref should have been sanctioned for blatant disregard for player safety.

[@jnerdsblog]

This awesome series deserves a better sponsor.

[@hmu958]

Im imagining MLB Angel Hernandez as a soccer referee...

[@imightbebiased9311]

Angel Hernandez or Joe West as a soccer ref doesn't compute. Soccer refs actually have to move more than extending an arm for groin scritchin'.

[@defeatstatistics7413]

watch Portuguese football, some Liga NOS refereeing makes me question my sanity.

[@Mattswfc14]

Only bit of context missed is the Somerset County League is the 11th tier of English football, so getting fined $60 for them is still kinda significant

[@evanw7878]

If 60$ is significant for you maybe you should get an actual job

[@bitternarwhal5126]

@@evanw7878 what’s your favorite flavor of haterade?

[@stephenramos2824]

@@evanw7878 we get it reading comprehension is hard.

[@Snookbone]

"Stadium full of fans" Not at that level mate

[@PK-ts8iz]

I love Joe's videos but he sounds so much more natural here than in his own narrations. I get the style of the video is different, though

[@jo.n.9]

$60 not much? Lucky you

[@not2be4gotten02]

I think the $60 being 'not much' is compared to fines in the thousands of dollars we hear more often about with pro athletes

[@jo.n.9]

@@not2be4gotten02 this is very fair I did not think of it in that way

[@msolec2000]

OK, that was a strict reading of the rule. But the big question is: How did Donovan McNabb finish his career Untitled?

[@route2070]

In the US, I always found it funny we hold teens to a higher standard then pro athletes when it comes to swearing on the field.

[@RobertBlair]

Because the refs want to keep brawls from breaking out. Your average high travel league match has zero security, and amped up parents.

[@stevencooke6451]

This is another case of a referee who finally gets some power and is going to mete it out with everything he has. Baseball umps are probably the worst for this, particularly the ones who seem to derive sadistic pleasure from ringing a batter up for a strike call. And, the number of officials who are strong to acknowledge an error is a painfully small one. And specific to what happened, I am very noise sensitive and I would have lost my sh** with that blast. A real adult wouldn't even give him a yellow.

[@B3Band]

Half the police in America, too

[@philipb3033]

If you’d like to see more bad decisions from referees, just watch any Premier League match!

[@gmel3044]

Dude said, "F* me," not even "F* you." So even his comment wasn't directed to the ref.

[@SamMartinPeakPerformance]

Need more football ones like this 👏👏

[@tau_628]

We love weird rules

[@nekkowe]

Yo wait, you're not supposed to talk into the tip of the blue yeti mic, you're meant to talk into the side with the mute button and the logo from the front

[@pullt]

How "real" is the Sommerset County League? I mean, I know they could get promoted time and time again and win the Premier League. But at what point between Arsenal and a middle school team would they fall?

[@georgewright3949]

11th tier apparently

[@MrGUnit27]

You guys better be careful, or else Roger Goodell is gonna start getting ideas

[@chaosof99]

Have you guys done an episode on the Emergency Backup in the NHL yet, particularly with the David Ayers situation a couple of years ago.

[@JonLeejw]

If you played audio clips of Joe Ali and Kofie, I don't think I would be able to tell them apart.

[@danh5132]

This seems like a Palpably Unfair Act.

[@blitzburg5505]

This video has some hooligan vibes

[@ShinjiGetsGrounded]

I don't get why he was suspended for 35 days though, normally its just a 1 match ban unless its something really violent?

[@ReidTheRulesGuy]

I had the same thought

[@x2f01mick]

Your thumbnail with Martin Atkinson should have him wearing a Manchester City kit.

[@aguy6098]

No no no, this is a high scores video. YOU FOOLS

[@musicman2786]

Are there videos of this?

[@fakeemmcee]

I play soccer and swear like a drunk tradie and have never been given so much as a yellow card in my life.

[@defeatstatistics7413]

a friend of my mum git a second yellow for saying "surely you jest" to a ref lmao

[@alaeriia01]

Hello Vox! Pay your workers.

[@benconroy4707]

As a kitchen guy the ref should’ve put his hand on his back/shoulder, like saying behind, and he wouldn’t have reacted that way

[@stevencooke6451]

We are all Lee.

[@mnm1273]

Yay football content!

[@matthewforbes2969]

Collapse: how injuries, age, and tragedy brought down the Larry bird Celtics The worst: game of the century, Alabama vs LSU Beef history: Mike ditka vs buddy Ryan Beef history: George Steinbrenner vs Billy Martin Collapse: how the big 3 Atlanta braves went contenders to mediocrity Untitled: Ted Williams Rewinder: the miracle of Istanbul Collapse: how the San Antonio spurs dynasty became a shell of their former selves Collapse: how the Martin brodeur New Jersey devils became one of the worst teams in the league Untitled: Gilbert Perrault

[@nert-13]

Semipro/sunday league has miracles within

[@uncreative5766]

You guys have gotten World Cup fever!

[@huyguaopj2582]

funniest football story I've heard lmao he getting parking ticket amount of fine must've been the most insulting part

[@rhysmason2330]

Need a video on the Vinnie Jones yellow card in 3 seconds. Pure shithousery

[@teen_laqueefa]

Joe is underrated, I FELT his words in the Falcons documentary

[@matheusfiorelli8829]

you guys should talk about the infamous away-goal rule the Football has for the longest time :V

[@BillHFA]

Free Lee Todd! Fee Lee Todd!

[@brandonsylvester3432]

rewinder of the 1999 UCL Final!

[@chadjones1266]

Thanks again

[@UnbornHeretic]

I... would have probably said much worse

[@bigpoppa1234]

If the refs in Australia followed the 'red card for offensive language' rule to the letter the games would get cancelled due to lack of players. There are a *lot* of C bombs being dropped by A-League players in any given 90 minutes. Now to the title of the video (The earliest red card ever given should've been a yellow ), that's wrong. Offensive language is the red card offence, dissent is a yellow. Dissent doesn't have to involve swearing. Abusive/offensive language doesn't have to involve dissent to the officials. In this case he swore (offensive language) which is a red card even though it was not "dissent".

[@bigpoppa1234]

@@markdavis7397 It's wording makes it one of the laws in football where the punishment doesn't measure up to the crime (if it were followed through as per the lotg rather than via interpretation) and so it goes unpunished far more than it could, and where the punishment is in practice only handed out for more serious examples. Contrast to the Rugby codes which (although it's less enforced these days compared to the olden days) instantly punish backchat/dissent/waving hands etc after a penalty is given, with an immediate extra penalty of advancing the ball 10 meters (11 yards), which isn't insignificant but isn't something as potentially consequential as a yellow card or immediately consequential as a second yellow card then the red.

[@mountaingoat595]

Giving a red for someone cussing about an injury or their ear hurting not directed at anyone is pointless

[@bigpoppa1234]

Looks like they fixed the video title!

[@jonathanhogg5665]

Did the referee drop his monocle?

[@Nyxsayeth]

Come on guys, literally any sponsorship other than promoting literal gambling has to be better

[@willmoon5320]

Why does Joe keep doing Mod Pizza ads

[@pbagosy]

Can we get a Beef History for Vox Union and Bankoff?

[@extremeuzer3]

Appreciate will calling it football

[@g-rated-g]

Just is furly!

[@bppmurphy]

A sudden SB video on English football has me thinking, why haven't you guys done a video on Steven Gerrard: Untitled? It's one of the premier league's most notorious storylines

[@AdLamb]

Except he’s won the Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup and others.

[@bppmurphy]

@@AdLamb yeah but it's the one that people will never let him live down

[@georgewright3949]

@@bppmurphy that's not what's called "the title" in English football tho is it 🙄

[@georgewright3949]

The slip deserves a deep rewind

[@defeatstatistics7413]

@@georgewright3949 the FA Cup screamer against West Ham deserves a rewind

[@GregMcNeish]

You lament that the rulebook (or as we in the pretentious world of soccer like to call it, The Laws of The Game) doesn't include a list of swears that will get you tossed, then later incredulously exclaim that there has to be leeway for common sense. This rule - like most rules in the official rulebook - don't go into specifics for EXACTLY THAT REASON, so that referees CAN apply reasonable judgement in enforcing those rules. There's very little in the game that doesn't have some level of ambiguity in it, not because it's poorly written, but because it's INTENDED to give the authority to the referee on the field to read the situation, and call it the way they see fit. Baseball's rulebook is written so precisely that a literal computer can call the game, and as technology improves, they'll do it better than humans ever could. Soccer's rulebook is a handful of bullet-point guidelines and a note that says "this guy with the whistle? He's god for the next 90 minutes."

[@LaslowF1997]

I can't do draftkings

[@otistory6104]

do it for lee lmfao

[@michaelhall5429]

Sir Donald Bradman please sb

[@pranavarora9976]

Untitled: AB De Villiers

[@vidishkarkera2630]

RCB!RCB!RCB!

[@bentonlott6272]

I got 1:30 into this soccer video before I realized lol

[@PassivesAbseits]

If that rule 12.3 was actually used in professional league, no game would ever be finished... And it is not just the Italians, it is just awful how pros react to every call that gets made in a game.

[@rtwoods]

Thought they got rid of this dead weight

[@MrReese]

Refs really need some power stripped away from them in regards to absolute decisions. The decisions are sometimes absolutely surreal and even with VAR they haven't figured out how to make the game more fair, which is quite impressive actually. Having the VAR and not using it in a way to better correct decisions...

[@PompeyJonny44]

Half decent video but, more importantly, congrats on your union agreement. The workers united will never be defeated.

[@meleekunis2196]

He just like me frfr

[@Hamzz25]

The worst red card I’ve seen is van persie against Barca. RVP never knew it was offside and took the shot and the ref gave him a red card 😭😭😭. UEFALONA at its finest . Barca are actually disgusting 🤮

[@jamesjross]

It’s an amateur league. There wouldn’t be pressers. The local press probably called him up after the game. £27 is standard for the time for amateur low league football.

[@Joseperez-oz7to]

Perfect explanation and I hate that when us as referees when we try to communicate and explain the call in a civilized way and in a calm demeanor they (players) think they can just talk to you however they want. I’ve given more yellows for descent than what I have for fouls. That just shows you where the state of the sport is at. The fact that we have to raise our voice and break out of character just so they can finally understand is insane. It drives me nuts especially when dealing with Hispanics/Latinos they’re wild

[@Kwabena_Abra_Onwona_Nyarko]

Stop calling it "football in Europe". The "laws of the game" that apply in Europe also apply in all parts of the globe. It's not like Europe have their "laws of the game" and South America have their "laws of the game", etc.

[@superrookie-1]

Sunday league is awesome lmao

[@Darthtanos]

that might be the most BS punishment for such an absolutely nothing act. 35 day suspension? seriously? just what.

[@Gigabitz]

Is it possible for me to click "Like" on the video but "Dislike" on the paid ad for gambling addiction at the end? Are there no better sponsors around???

[@lajollascott]

As someone who's suffered from tinnitus for years, I loved this video (as always!) but didn't find it as funny as I expected. Given Lee Todd's initital reaction to the whistle, I wouldn't be surprised if he suffered permanent damage to his hearing thanks to this prat of a ref.

[@lorenzomartinez8543]

Annoying how these two think that just because they don't have the word "gobsmacked" in their vocabulary, the playet must have "whipped out a thesaurus" or thought about it all day. It implies ego and arrogance. Anyone arguing that they were just trying to be funny: the moment was so blah that this is not a reasonable interpretation of what they were doing.

[@mnm1273]

The idea that because a joke doesn't land for you it couldn't be an attempt at humour implies ego and arrogance.

[@cco9355]

£27 is about $33 not 60

[@DeadMeatMorgan]

This entire video is just Americans not understanding that 'gobsmacked' is a completely normal term to use in the UK

[@imightbebiased9311]

I'm gobsmacked that they didn't understand that gobsmacked is used differently across the pond.

[@Personal_Chizo]

Hey, Vox Media, wassup? Pay your workers decent wages.

[@jaredpetitt8198]

Second

[@RoscoMontana21]

I genuinely have never understood how people don’t like swearing…or I suppose it’s okay to not like it, but to try to tell someone else WHAT to say is ridiculous to me unless it’s your mama.

[@mnm1273]

You're signing up to a game with rules. Sure this specific ruling was bad but refs should be allowed to send people off for hurling abuse at them

[@adammaxwell5250]

Why don't U do a video on cricketer Shane Warne U will get a million view's easily!... about 1870 cricket started and he's named one of the top 5 cricketer's of the century! Leg Spin bowler with his googly, wrong-un, Zooter and his famous flipper!.. most batter's had no idea what he was doing it's unbelievable flamboyant life at time's and revered by billion's as a God of cricket 🏏 🕴️...that's what the batters looked like! Lol..we'd never seen anything like it in the game then controversial Muttiah Muralitharan came along he got called for chucking which is illegal helps to spin ball more but born with a bent arm and they tested on live tv in front of millions of viewer's 😲 but he got through it and continued so his story is amazing as well!.. They're number 1 and 2 on the all-time most wickets in World Cricket history list. Do a joint story they were friend's...

[@muhammadwahyuhidayat21498]

Third

[@ajw.8085]

First

[@49cent19]

Yo please make a video about muhammad ali and Joe Frazier I refuse to give up until you make the video

[@SpinyBadger]

27 GBP is more like 34 USD or 43 CAD, not 60. Don't know where you're getting your currency exchanged, Will, but can you let me know? Thx.

[@OwlRTA]

but it was 27 GBP in 2000. So with inflation, it ends up being 60 dollars today

[@eric1393]

Exchange rate was also different then, 1.52 GBP = 1 USD rather than the ~1.3 GBP slump they've been in, the lowest since 1985. Exchange then, and inflate to today and it's $67.90, inflate to today, then exchange and its $54. 60 is a reasonable approximation between those two. Money is weird.

[@Pavlinka__]

The inflation is quite depressing

[@AdLamb]

@@eric1393 I think you’ll find it was the other way round. The pound was the strongest currency in the world.

[@49cent19]

Yo please make a video about muhammad ali and Joe Frazier I refuse to give up until you make the video

[@49cent19]

Yo please make a video about muhammad ali and Joe Frazier I refuse to give up until you make the video

[@49cent19]

Yo please make a video about muhammad ali and Joe Frazier I refuse to give up until you make the video

[@49cent19]

Yo please make a video about muhammad ali and Joe Frazier I refuse to give up until you make the video