The Worst Refereeing Performance In Recorded History

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[@YoGramGram1]

I've only seen this level of referee power trip in my sunday league. Absolute monarch walking among them on the pitch

[@Othraerir]

that's why you just ref yourselves

[@VantaDark]

The last time I played Sunday league the ref wasn’t giving us anything all game. Finally in the end of the second half we get a penalty to hopefully even it up, it’s a definite penalty also. I so I turn to my best mate and say (just between the two of us) “We finally got a decision “. Ref hears me say that, books me and then takes away the penalty and gives them a free kick where the goalkeeper brought down our striker. I watched my manager chase that ref halfway around the pitch before we all stop him from giving him a hiding. It wouldn't surprise me if this ref was the same ref that day!

[@felixwinkler6450]

A man seeking a non-significant position of power (over women) to stroke his own ego gets called out for his impotence by... a feeemale? Of course he gave her a red card. No cards for the brutality on the field - it's violence against women, he must be super turned on by that. But talking confidently in the direction of an alpha-man? Must be punished harshly! So says the book of Tate. I'm pretty sure he would have gone straight home to beat his wife and yell at the kids to celebrate his accomplishments here. But I'm confident no woman ever let him near her. Local judges must hand-out restraining orders against him like he hands out red cards. God, seriously, if this guy wasn't paid to fix the match, I think someone needs to look more into him. His computer must be full of illegal stuff and he certainly is a danger to society. That man's ego is as fragile as his masculinity is toxic. Mark my words: He will commit (more?) crimes eventually...

[@fmdnegreiros]

I was playing in a league organised by civil servants (not even an official thing) with a ref, and I asked the time and gently touched his arm. The ref barked back “don’t talk or touch me”. I just laughed and said “I didn’t know this was the f***ing World Cup final 😂

[@askdjmqweqwe]

@@fmdnegreiros I know you didn’t mean anything by it, but never manhandle the ref under any circumstances. Referee violence is a big thing and a constant worry, it’s one of the reasons I quit (getting chased around the field with a knife at a charity event was the last straw). He’s likely been assaulted at least once in his career so just give the man his space

[@Real-qk6pm]

This is such bad refereeing to the point this guy should be fired and the match replayed. No chance he was being fair, to the point that if it wasn’t so incompetent I’d accuse him of match fixing.

[@GalvanizeOO7]

assuming incompetence instead of malice is how people get taken advantage of

[@findingaether]

Howard Webb will hire him soon

[@BoliveiraNTPW]

In one week i will search for this ref to see what happened to him.

[@fordrake]

What wasn't shown in this video is the actual reason the red cards were shown, the players were swearing at the ref and that is absolutely a red cardable offense

[@reedem]

@@fordrake this gotta be the refs burner

[@davidholm4999]

Imagine being this guy and actually thinking that you're in the right, and that one of the teams in this match is just full of crazy people.

[@chilibeer3912]

Both of his parents were murdered in Watford and he has been preparing for this day

[@spymaster3366]

i dont know how the watford team resisted from pelting him with shot after shot with the ball every chance they got they have my respect for their patience

[@jacksonboyd02]

Nah fr if I was the girl sent off when taking that corner It’d take everything in me not to try to knock the refs head off with the ball💀

[@expeditiousgrim]

“You gotta always protect the McNuggets”

[@babydohcv6]

the team should have showed solidarity and refused to play. that ref has no right to officiate a boiling kettle never mind a football match

[@aidanjanemcintosh6919]

@@expeditiousgrim wet willy

[@ofallsadwords3207]

"you don't know what you're doing" is an astonishingly polite chant towards the ref in this scenario

[@blunder-moth]

Go to the original video and watch the yellow card for diving on 0.5x. He's 100% correct

[@5minutemovies977]

@@blunder-moth He is not 100% correct. You don't give a player a straight red for kicking the ball in the stands, unless they verbally insulted you in the process

[@aidanjohnson98]

Cause if we chant anything else we get banned 🙄

[@blunder-moth]

@ That's a completely different incident to the one I was referring to, but thanks for your input. The "yellow card for diving" incident is the one where the ref shows a player a yellow card for diving. HTH

[@aidanjohnson98]

We'd get thrown out if we said anything worse

[@ollydavis2495]

These must be the guys in the premier league VAR room

[@Laola97]

They breed his type for every var room

[@guibredacalixto9086]

The poor Watford girls 😂😂😂 the screams are too good after the one on one The ref is a prick

[@bhvillaman4401]

​@@CounterSpice soft

[@guibredacalixto9086]

@@CounterSpice It's to keep calm when you're being robbed mate. The Second red and the third red are unbelievable. The yellow card to the goalkeeper shows that the ref had some sort of problem with watford or was paid or maybe even betting. If every time a ref got insulted there would be a card everyone would be sent off. By the way it doesn't look like they were even insulting him especially the second red card she was literally calm. This guy is clearly on a power trip.

[@KyraWS]

​@@CounterSpicewow what a comment, its womens football so it shouldnt be taken seriously. bruh really? womens football being bad is one thing, but in this video we talk about bad referee not how bad these girls playing🤦

[@KyraWS]

@@CounterSpice what the correlation of your yapping and the video?

[@KyraWS]

@CounterSpice oh now you are back talking about the match. very great. then why you commenting on this video if you think this playground level game doesnt matter?

[@getikule]

Just to clarify, the Watford captain didn't get a second yellow, it was her first yellow. The FA are trialing a "sin bin" for dissent, so she was shown a yellow for complaining and got in the sin bin for 10 minutes.

[@Longblade13]

even worse, he had the option to give a sin bin yellow for both those red cards lol

[@Ricardo-i3s7f]

Do you want to clarify the rest of it 😂

[@evanhulsey2482]

thank you i was so confused and even found a article about the game and it didnt why just a quote about going down to 9 then 10 then 9 again

[@josephduffy6795]

The watford manager should have pulled their players off the pitch.

[@aditomasik5933]

Honestly teams should do that more often, it would draw more attention to cases like this one and would be a stronger statement than playing the game out.

[@josephduffy6795]

@ I understand where you’re coming from especially as an arsenal fan myself but I don’t think teams should do it, except for in the most egregious examples such as this one.

[@aditomasik5933]

@@josephduffy6795 yeah I mean, they shouldn't do it every other game but there are some cases that warrant it I remember this year in conference league qualifier there was a disgusting refereeing performance for a Śląsk Wrocław game where they got like 2 or 3 red cards and lost in extra time to an unfair penalty call, while also not getting a penatly for themselves when they should've. Shambolic stuff, I know they sent a complaint but idk if anything ever came of it

[@josephduffy6795]

@ yea complains never do anything which is incredibly frustrating, especially in a game like that which is worth millions of dollars. I think that it should only be done in situations where you’re willing to take a forfeit loss over continuing to play the game because that’s the likely outcome.

[@cameronlangley2025]

If I were the Watford manager I would have been arrested over this. I've seen adolescent referees more competent.

[@Zortakable]

12k views on a highlight video for a women's 3rd division match already tells you *something* happened

[@edi0157]

This dude definitely had a bet on Lewes to win, either that or he is straight up hallucinating or maybe a particularly massive personal vendetta, there are no other possible explanations lmao

[@MattO109]

Well there goes his career. What a nob.

[@v0n1b0]

With some of the crap calls we've seen in the Premiership, he's more likely on the fast track to the next higher league.

[@thehellyousay]

i'm willing to bet he's already lost the whatever teeth he still had left.

[@TheMercian13]

Straight to the Prem! He’s a fit for the current crop of refs.

[@blunder-moth]

you think he's being paid to ref the women's Southern Premier Division?

[@askdjmqweqwe]

@@blunder-moth at this level refs usually travel a few hours to matches on their own dime, work for around 4 hours (have to arrive an hour early minimum and deal with admin after) and travel home for £150. They’re doing it for the love of the game only and shouldn’t have to suffer abuse while they work

[@cass2239]

This is absolutely giving "Guy who normally refs mens league and isn't comfortable with women questioning his decisions" Like, EVERY TIME they try to speak, he's just not having it

[@thatissomeBS]

This was exactly my thought, too. He can't handle that these women aren't in a kitchen somewhere.

[@cass2239]

@CounterSpice if you think that all three of them are going to have said something THAT bad to him, AND he's still a good ref despite the awful calls like the goalkeeper foul, you're the one on copium haha

[@felixro5884]

Isn't only the captain allowed to talk to the ref? Isnt the ref supposed to act like this if someone besides the captain trys to discuss with them? Or is this not a thing in female leagues?

[@abasudoh7459]

​@@felixro5884Do you see any games in the men's leagues where only the captain speaks to the ref or players get red carded for surrounding the ref. Even descent is a yellow.

[@askdjmqweqwe]

⁠@@abasudoh7459 no abuse is a red card offence. You’re trained to red card it. It’s only as you move up the levels (bare in mind he will be level 5 and you start on 7 so is a relatively new referee) that suddenly abuse becomes okay because the spectacle and money becomes more important than the actual rules of the game. So yes you do see games like this, when I refereed I officiated them with captains only with straight yellows for swearing at me and reds if they carried on. Vividly remember one game I gave 3 reds and 5 yellows to one team in the first half, then they decided to “punish” me by not saying a word in the second half. Exactly what I wanted, didn’t hear a word of abuse in the second half.

[@JEndless2025]

Now I want a referee simulator game so I can go on a total power trip for no reason.

[@CarlosThadeu]

There is actually a game like that already! It's called Football Referee Simulator and it's just a few bucks on mobile and steam. It's not like FIFA/PES/UFL levels graphics, it's like... top view on FM where you only see numbers and colors, but you can go on a power trip, be bribed... and it's constantly updated! I highly recommend!

[@PoirplePorpoise]

There's one supposed to come out on steam simply called "Referee Simulator"

[@captainCaybrew]

If this is not match fixing, we might’ve just found the most smooth brained individual to ever touch a football pitch

[@bipolarminddroppings]

Nah, no one this incompetent could get away with match fixing. It's too obvious, even for the lower leagues of women's footy. There's going to be formal complaints and what not.

[@josephduffy6795]

13:15 Zeland loses his joking cover and lets his rage out

[@StixGod]

This part took me by surprise hahahaha

[@JoeMercersWay]

Every nice guy facade has a dark side.

[@ronaldwayne7092]

Apropos of nothing, it greatly warms my heart to see MK on one point and a -68 goal difference.

[@p.j.wilkins1321]

It's apropos of "you hate anything to do with Franchise FC," innit? 😄

[@MattMcMatt]

Dude gets a commission for every yellow and double for reds

[@thekfcboss64]

This is quite probably near to the truth, the boys league I coach in in Edinburgh the club pays a fine for yellow & red card.

[@wsxboy]

​@@thekfcboss64It's not the truth at all, that money would go to a local FA

[@Kotten84]

I'm going to play the devils advocate here a bit. 1st red card: From what I've heard she did call the ref a "fucking idiot", which would actually warrant a red card. Even if refs get things wrong, you still can't say what you want. And the other player just got a yellow, not a red. Yellow for diving: Is it the wrong call? Probably, but I can see why he saw it as diving. It didn't look clear. 2nd red card: I can only assume that she said something, but I don't know.

[@djsaidez271]

I reffed youth (U10-U14) as an older teen and I myself never had to give out any cards (pretty tame competition) but we were not taught to give straight red cards for purely verbal stuff besides maybe racism and stuff like that, dissent (including disparaging the ref) was always either a warning or a yellow depending on the severity

[@shortBP520]

Listen I know you’re playing devil’s advocate but like Zealandism said, you can excuse some egregious calls as one offs but when there’s several in a row the excuse’s reliability kinda starts dropping sharply.

[@simonwest9450]

The keeper was booked despite being last man and dogso

[@danielpooley7148]

I’m not gonna lie the girl isn’t wrong she is

[@happyhammer1973]

@@djsaidez271swearing at a referee is a straight red, fact. Dissent is either a sin bin ( if your league has that in place ) or a yellow card. Some referees are lenient when it comes to being sworn at but if I’m called a fucking idiot then it’s a red card all day.

[@bugsam]

Wow. What the actual heck did I just witness.

[@Plip29]

I had a ref once who had such a belly on him that he decided to referee the entire match from the centre circle. Not kidding.

[@beaudure01]

Oh, that’s common here. As a ref, it irritates me. That said, they’re doing that because we have such a shortage of refs (gee, and videos like this make it seem so rewarding) that these guys are probably taking 4-5 games a day. I lose focus and energy after 2 60-minute games. No way I’d ref all afternoon like that. I know my performance would be compromised. And I’m no youngster myself.

[@Slvrbuu]

Dude is either having a power trip, or he doesn't care to ref women's sports and just does whatever feels good to him.

[@edi0157]

Or he had a bet on Lewes to win lmao

[@Torauth]

This kind of refereeing performance makes me think that I should take up refereeing. I'm basically close to blind and so fat I can barely move, but I'd still do a better job than this.

[@iaincowell9747]

You're wrong about the corner flag. I'm not saying that she should of been sent off, but the rules say that you can't remove the corner flag, it has to stay where it is.

[@Malam_NightYoru]

This is a paid referee if i've seen one

[@cakeorrdeath]

If he was paid he’d be more subtle. He was just a man with a very very small penis.

[@snyte9685]

Don't think paid, but i bet he got some betting action going on.

[@bonesknowspod]

If you think 17 wasn’t giving the ref grief, you’ve never met a young lady from Watford! 😂

[@alanhead7193]

I was the guy in the green jacket by the corner flag when he sends her off. Prior to the red card he said to her and I quote’ if you can’t take the corner find someone with a left foot who can’

[@iaincowell9747]

Not saying it's a sending off, but the rules say that you can't remove the flag

[@simonwest9450]

@@iaincowell9747Most likely a double-whammy of dissent and delay of game (for messing around with the flag) and foul/abusive language

[@Dimewise_R]

@@iaincowell9747 Rules say a waterlogged pitch poses a safety hazard for all parties and the match should be abandoned and reported to the appropriate authorities per the LOTG. Also, a match can be played with no corner flags or flags at the halfway line on top of the corner flags, but the referee is just a dunce who couldn't compensate on either his intelligence or spirit of the game, so he does so by the power he's deemed himself fit. Where Grassroots goes on, Pros piss off and this numbnut of a referee thought he was pro.

[@colinhooper1933]

@@Dimewise_R Just google "can a football game be played without corner flags"

[@Jonathanizer]

@@simonwest9450 He did not show 2 yellow, he gave a straight red. So what you think i "most likely" is not the case.

[@moffeltje4967]

Here comes those “running” jokes again. Guys, please 😂

[@spongerobertosquarepantalo8157]

9:30 do you think maybe he gave the attacker yellow for stepping on the keeper's foot?

[@louisglen7444]

As a Watford fan, this reminds me of the "ghost goal" given against us vs Reading back around 2006ish

[@louisglen7444]

Might be worth a vid Mr Zealandism, the documentary evidence is out there

[@Smoster77]

how exactly does it remind you of the ghost goal, there was nothing like that in this game

[@joeleary3014]

2008/09 season, I was at that game as a Reading fan and remember being so confused

[@Bowleskov]

Wild theory: The Referee is a Terrorist sending a Message to Miles Jacobsen, who is a Watford fan. Where's the FM25 Update Miles? Where's the FM25 gameplay you promised Miles?

[@itsmychannel]

At what point do the players make a 2 footed flying tackle at the ref?? Like honestly. How much more could he have done to deserve it??

[@needfoolthings]

Football doesn't justify any violence. Have a laugh!

[@hunterwelcher5485]

At first I was thinking that they had said something to the ref. But the more that we watched, the more I started to think that the ref just hates women.

[@LiftandCoa]

that doesnt make any sense bro as that would mean he disadvantages *both* teams. this dude is just a gazillion pecent incompetent

[@williamcross210]

@@LiftandCoa Maybe he once dated a woman from Watford who dumped him and he has carried that with him until this match

[@shuraamano]

Not everything revolved around woman 🦚

[@stevegredell1123]

​@@shuraamanoit's a women's soccer game, it literally revolves around women...

[@LKeet6]

@@shuraamano what a dumb comment, as the response above points out...

[@themarslmcfly10]

how to make your gigantic bet the most obvious thing on the pitch

[@Kagnar]

What in the world did I just watch?

[@im_sorry_dave5117]

He took the Michael Oliver situation with Arsenal as a 'hold my beer' challenge 😂

[@Daddio12]

what in the Micheal Oliver top trumps is this

[@shaneh1872]

Micheal Oliver isn't even that bad compared to this, like wtf

[@Daddio12]

@@shaneh1872 it is like he said to mr Oliver hold my beer lol

[@pigeonparmo]

1) Law 12 - Fouls & Misconduct - "using offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or action(s)" (You hear her call the ref a fucking idiot) is grounds for a straight red. 2) Law 5 - The Referee - "The decisions of the referee, and all other match officials, must always be respected." The card was given, he's not going to overturn it, so leave the pitch. Their captain doesn't accept the decision and keeps hounding the ref. A captain can converse with the ref but if they're told you no then it's a no. 3) Ref obviously already annoyed with the Watford players but to give the benefit of doubt, he had to have thought it was a dive otherwise that's a red to the opposing keeper. Lino should have had a view too and at least influence the decision. 4) Law 17 - The Corner Kick - "The corner flag post must not be moved" She gets more than one warning and more than likely says something under her breath as the ref walks away otherwise he'd not turn. 5) Law 12 - Fouls & Misconduct - Lewes player is actually impeded by the Watford player play continues with advantage to Lewes. "moving into the opponent's path to obstruct, block, slow down or force a change of direction when the ball is not within playing distance of either player." You could argue here that the ball was still in playing distance with a super outstretched leg but at match speed it'd be hard to catch 6) Absolute foul with shoulder and arm going into the Lewes players back. Can see why it's not given though if officials thought the contact was shoulder to shoulder or the Watford player got her body infront. Ref clearly was unhappy with the Watford players and a little card happy when he could have diverted from the direct ruling and given warnings but seems to me he just played too much by the book. The nearside lino needs to give their head a wobble though or pull out her FA handbook. She even enters the pitch to avoid running through mud which is a big nono. Groundskeeper might want to actually do some work.

[@marklewandowski8474]

This seems like the most reasonable interpretation. But reason isn't compatible with the ADHD, outrage, hot take, click bait, tiktok times.

[@colinhooper1933]

Spot on but if I can slightly correct your wording. The captain is there to be responsible for the behaviour of their own players and is the point of communication for the referee to address that. The referee approaches the captain, the captain does not approach the referee.

[@pigeonparmo]

​@@colinhooper1933 My bad! Appreciate the correction. Cheers mate (:

[@TheMercian13]

This ref will be in charge of a Premier League game soon! He’s more than incompetent enough.

[@JustK4Y1512]

Get this man in the Premier League referee team, fits right in

[@dinkyman8591]

That ref should be working in a casino. Card here, card there,....

[@paolodc77]

He is correct that you're not allowed to remove the corner flag! He's a horrible idiot but he can either ask them to put it back or can caution her. It is a law. It's the only thing he got right though 🤣

[@HollieandThomas]

As a referee myself. The first “incident” could easily be perfectly fair, smashing the ball just to complain to the ref is easily dissent (a yellow card offence) however, if she said something that the ref would deem as foul or abusive language, then it’s a fair red card. Second sending of again, could’ve said something that classes as dissent, just depends on what was said but as mentioned she did seem calm and relaxed so perhaps a VERY harsh sending off Goalkeeper tripping that player is definitely a red card for me! The ball is going wide of the goal but it wasn’t really still moving fast and a clear sight of goal by the time she got back up and almost got to it again, defender was too far away The 2nd lewes goal is legit for me, defender blocks the path and slows herself down therefore no foul given. The corner flag HAS to be on the field and CANNOT be removed. If a player deliberately removes or significantly displaces a corner flag during play, the referee will typically award an indirect free kick to the opposing team from the point where the infraction occurred, usually near the corner flag area; this is considered a minor infringement, and depending on the severity of the action, a caution (yellow card) might also be issued to the offending player Absolutely no clue why he gave a red card

[@djsaidez271]

Maybe more dissent/abusive language for that last red card? I’m still stunned since even though it’s been a few years since I officiated, I don’t remember angry language being a straight red, I thought abusive language covered unsportsmanlike stuff like racism

[@HollieandThomas]

foul and abusive language can be as little as swearing at the referee, so it’s not exactly difficult for it to happen lol.

[@ggrimm2118]

The goalkeeper yellow was actually a yellow card to Watford for diving…

[@simonwest9450]

The second sending off is actually just a sin-bin. There were only 2 red cards in the game

[@belagajdan]

You cannot give an indirect free kick if the ball was already out of play mate.

[@ThaGamingMisfit]

That ladies and gentlemen is why you shouldn't give a narcissist power.

[@adammatthewssr.77]

I only see one thing wrong here. The keeper should have seen red for DOGSO. The part at the beginning, who knows what she said to to him to see red. The 2nd girl in the first part only got a yellow, dissent is an absolute yellow, nothing wrong there. Also him marching her off the field right after the red is absolutely the correct decision. Saying you've never seen a ref pointing someone off after a red says you don't watch football. You give the red and then that signal everytime. The "tripping" could go either way, what was the referees view of it? Were watching from a high up tv camera. Assistants flag also stayed down so he played on. The corner, who knows what she said again. Some kind of slur or something is an absolute red and it states in the laws of the game the flag is not to be touched at all on a corner. She's a professional and should know better. Also him watching the box and not her throwing the flag means he was positioned correctly.

[@beaudure01]

THANK you! Yeesh - these people are idiots.

[@pranidsubedi2187]

The worst running performance in history

[@fashizle4454]

Actually have to be running to have the worst running performance and we know Zealand doesn’t run

[@reverendroar]

I’m a regular fan at Shrewsbury Town FC for Men and Women and I want to say that ref is like any ref in the women’s game but that got bad to absolutely farcical in like 5 seconds! How is the FA still hiring this guy. He obviously doesn’t know how to ref and has a hint of sexism too. Also if I was a Lewes player I’d be like ‘ref like take our keeper off this is utterly stupid and wasting our time’. Also ‘you don’t know what you doing’ - is such a polite chant in this sort of scenario. If this was a male non-league game - the amount of swearing and cursing would be unbelievable!

[@dmulry]

Never was there a more appropriate time for chanting "the referee's a wanker"

[@rpw1013]

Far too many idiotic comments from people that either don't know the rules. or more importantly didn't actually hear comments that were made by players. The referee was unfortunately correct in most of his decisions - the only one that he appeared to get wrong was the foul by the goalkeeper.

[@colinhooper1933]

Two things: 1- Yes, the law states "Trips or attempts to trip" 2- The wording for all fouls and misconduct "If, in the opinion of the referee..." It appears that the GK attempts to trip the opposision player, but we only get a distant view of it from side on. The referee is in line with the play and has a different angle than that of the camera. Whether it's true there was a foul or not is unclear. He has decided that in his opinion, this was simulation.

[@Luke-dh4ki]

This ref is a madman.

[@smccc18]

This might be the greatest reffing video of all time

[@EllaGP22]

It gets even better- the yellow when the Lewes keeper took out the Watford striker was for the WATFORD PLAYER because the ref thought she dived somehow. I’ve seen less of a superiority complex in some dictators.

[@djsaidez271]

Wow so just straight up Lewes favoritism lmao

[@Juspe15]

Watford disagrees with you on that, per their match report: "Jessie Gale was sent through by Coral Haines and rounded Moore, with the goalkeeper taking down the forward on the edge of the box. Despite Watford’s protests for a red card to be given as a denial of a goalscoring opportunity, Pealing gave Moore a yellow card. "

[@James-de2hp]

The girl sent off at the corner probably said something to him, that's why she got a red.

[@pauls3204]

So you have never witnessed a St Mirren game this season if you want to see shocking referee performances

[@user-yb8yl6kg9x]

I’m surprised my man didn’t try and send the fans off for chanting that😂

[@leighreganarblaster9852]

This ref should not fef again

[@Dylan-ym2fc]

The first red card could have been offensive & abusive language which is a red card. Dissent is a yellow but if what she said was aggressive he's well within the laws to send her off. This is the women's 3rd tier and so the next yellow card is not her 2nd as he never shows the red, but a use of the sin bin for dissent. The yellow for the keeper isn't so cut and dry because it's gone so wide so he could quite easily argue that to his observer. The foul for the goal is a clear error and he would get pulled up for that. A player can't move the flag, again if he's getting observed and he doesn't stop her doing that then he'd get marked down. Admittedly that game should be getting called off as you said. The final red card is almost certainly the same as the first. You haven't heard what she said. For all you know, she said "I hope you family dies" and I can't imagine you'd think that's acceptable. Clearly the red is for what she's said not what she's done. A quote from the match report on Watford's website "Drè Georgiou was dismissed for alleged foul language and captain Megan Chandler was sin-binned for dissent." The mad thing about people commenting on refs is that they have no idea what they're talking about and yet you're putting this guy down like you know better when you don't. You've made several errors in your understanding just watching this clip and now you're making awful comments about a guy in front of your thousands of viewers for knowing the laws better than you.

[@ggrimm2118]

You’re deffo the ref in this video

[@colinhooper1933]

@@ggrimm2118 You've "deffo" never opened a FIFA law book in your life, let alone officiated.

[@ggrimm2118]

@@colinhooper1933 🎣

[@Jonathanizer]

@@colinhooper1933 What's a FIFA law book lol. Refs are usually provided rule books by their FAs, that's how it was for me when i was refereeing, at the start of the season i would download the updated pdf from the FAs website the be up to date. I have never heard this being called a FIFA law book by anyone ever, until now, so maybe it is you who has never officiated.

[@colinhooper1933]

@@Jonathanizer 17 years as a professional referee. They are all FIFA law books with additions of local league by-laws and directives. Call them what you will, if you say you know the basic laws of the game you will know that all of the decisions given that are highlighted in this video are based on FIFA and local league directives. You will also know that every decision he made is covered in those laws. You know this is ignorant click bait designed to get likes and create revenue.

[@TheTrojandog]

Law 12 - You swear at the referee it's red card. Learn the rules.

[@leighreganarblaster9852]

That’s a red card

[@charlesbrady5157]

2:03 to skip

[@exmsenhorbataguas6411]

Thanks, he always stretches the videos out so much

[@JMEAUS22]

That game MUST be replayed. That is so outrageously bad, its incomprehensible.

[@dankchill]

He should never ref another game ever. Absolutely diabolical

[@EmmanuelBernard-c9c]

I saw this on ftw lol

[@StixGod]

I genuinley thought for a long time, that the ref gave the yellow, to the player that got tripped, for simulation!! now THAT would have been bad!! 😂😂

[@William-Tyndale]

You can't see at all if there's contact how do you know if that would've been a bad decision?

[@StixGod]

@@William-TyndaleI mean, you can, looks to me like the attacker steps on the goalie’s foot, so take that how you will!

[@William-Tyndale]

@@StixGod it looks to me like a dive. I'm js you can't really tell from the clip we have.

[@jimothy_25]

Please tell me this guy got sacked? What a complete and utter nob head

[@BrassToff]

I was a Sunday league referee for 25 years; I hope I didn't behave in the same way although I can remember at least 3 games where I sent off 4 players, including one with 4 from the same team. Remember issuing a red card after 18 seconds of the first half in one game. We can't hear what was being said (either way) so we don't know the full situation but purely on the basis of what I see, I think I would have let the first one go and given the throw-in to Lewes. For the second one, I was always taught not to wave your hands about like a railway signalman so make a crisp and clear signal and finish, importantly, don't put yourself in a position on the pitch where's likely to be conflict. By number three, you've already lost one of the teams and it's almost inevitable that you'll get grief so you have to try and work with the players as best you can. I think I'd have halted the game, let tempers cool down a bit and got somebody to brush away the water (but that's something that you and your team should be looking at before the game starts). In my day, it was mostly about ensuring that the pitch wasn't covered in dog poo.

[@IAMPLEDGE]

Headphones will tell you that the first red card was for the Watford player calling the referee a "fucking idiot" within his earshot.

[@comradedarth]

You absolutely need to look at tonights bundesliga game Werder - mainz where almost the exact same thing happened. 2 players sent off for 2nd yellow within 10 seconds . Plus their coach after the game , absolute ref power trip

[@MrTrixton]

Yeah but they won

[@lardlad12]

I'm impressed that the player sent off for the corner debacle didnt try to impale the ref with the flag

[@LezDentz]

That striker who was brought down by the goalkeeper has either got the sprinting speed of Usain Bolt or she was a already a mile offside when she received the pass.

[@spammus1]

This ref was like the refs in Fifa 2000 when you put the strictness bar to the max

[@maryannedouglas]

If after that intro, i don't laugh till i cry, i'm flying to NY and jogging you around central park. Be warned Zed!

[@djsaidez271]

How was it?

[@JasonCliftJones]

This Watford - Lewes match was on the 26th Jan. Unsurprisingly, Watford's following match at home vs Ipswich (2nd Feb) was postponed for... a waterlogged pitch.

[@14llison]

Excited that (not) Zealand is covering woso! Wait until he finds out about NWSL after dark 😅

[@romeo.3472]

This guys gonna be refereeing Liverpool vs Spurs on Thursday.

[@MiaMidol]

I saw a player sent off after stepping over a ball to protect possession even though the potential tackler had not reached anywhere near the ball, that was a Championship game.

[@silashug3925]

somebody told that guy "wrong calls only, you get 20 Pounds" and he took his chance

[@LiftandCoa]

This ref performance makes me sleep well tonight. not because i take joy in Watford being down bad, but because i saw a horrible ref performance today... but damn its not even close

[@danelmore6553]

This hurt my faith in humanity, and I can NOT afford to lose any more of that.

[@Jayel1978]

Just came across your channel due to random scrolling through KZbin and you've gained a new subscriber from me based on this video as it's brilliant 🤣👏👏👏 You were correct in the way you pronounced 'Lewes' as 'Lewis' by the way too as I'm from the UK 👍

[@IAMPLEDGE]

@Jayel1978 him pronouncing Lewes correctly was about the only thing he got right in this laughable video. Perhaps when he and some of the people commenting have read the Laws of the Game they might be able to constructively comment on football.

[@Celestial-Lia]

This ref belongs in the Premier League with that kind of performance

[@mabozar15]

This referee has had a spectacular performance versus those in the Scottish Championship

[@tony1kenobi929]

If Monty Python did a football ref sketch

[@Cespar997]

I remember playing a U14s Sunday league game when I was younger. The Ref was so bad he sent off our Keeper, both Coaches , both Linesmen(didn't even know that was possible) and booked about 10 players for no reason. It got so bad that both teams agreed to abandon the game. We never saw him ref again.

[@SamButler22]

"I don't know how to pronounce it, probably this way but I'm going another way" MY BROTHER, you are sitting there Googling shit

[@masonpierce3086]

I saw the corner flag bit on X. Just realizing this is the same thing.

[@guibredacalixto9086]

Me too

[@nb05]

Robert Hoyzer would be proud of this lad and this level of matchfixing

[@mattreilly7466]

Technicallyyyy yes the letter of the law is if you so much as touch the corner flag it is a yellow. Removing it is also a yellow. Not a straight red but if she displayed dissent about the corner flag the straight red is justified. Now that said, even though it’s the letter of the law, it does go against the “spirit of the game” which is also in the IFAB laws of the game. Torn on that decision, but siding with the ref on the corner issue. Every other call was completely laughable though

[@mrsiborg]

Egotistical referees can completely ruin a match. He probably dreamed of a being a police officer but was too incompetent to pass the exam.

[@McPilch]

Dude has entered our dimension from Bizarro World, where fouls are ignored but nothing-burger incidents are heinous crimes...

[@watcherwriter1689]

I would have taken my players off the pitch if i was their manager

[@OscarDudley-e1k]

Reason the goalkeeper didn't get sent off is I think the ref booked her for diving.

[@Damian_1989]

Let's see what will the unfunny "not running" joke be today. Ah, there it is.

[@LiftandCoa]

Its not a joke. Zealand isnt running and its a travesty.

[@CanadianDaveCFC]

You'd have to wonder if he had a bet on it somehow with how terrible he was refereeing! (If he wasn't such a powertripping knob)

[@werewolf3945]

If you don't start running again we'll see the worst running performance in world history next marathon

[@infidel-catto]

we need a new rule to allow a ref to be sent off.

[@aidanjohnson98]

After the match he locked himself in his office and got 2 security to stand outside, 2 hours after the match finished he was still locked in the office refusing to come out cause "he was too scared"

[@simapark]

What actually happened is the official ref got injured getting out of his car, and the Lewes coach kindly offered to referee the game instead.

[@CasualMurf]

When you see a youtube title claims something to be the worst... and then it really is the absolute worst. I couldn't believe how bad it was, your title was more than accurate lol

[@BigDDiplomacy]

As a former referee, I would never want to work with this guy. I would like to know what the players said to get a straight red to know whether or not those reds are justified but his poor decisions snowballed and compounded and led to the red cards. Missed fouls led to goals as well. I had to a double and triple take on the “dive” but after pausing the video at the moment of contact it looks like the goalkeepers foot is already on the ground and the Watford player actually steps on the goalkeepers foot and went down. With that being said, the body language of the goalkeeper screams guilty so the ref could easily give a foul + booking. The one thing where the referee was actually spot on was not watching the corner taker. There’s no action over there. All of the players are in the penalty area. Why on earth should the referee be looking at the corner taker. The referee is also in the right in requiring the corner flag be in the ground, there’s no if and or buts about the corner flag in the rule book. However, he’s lost everyone’s respect by this point so regardless of whether he is actually right or wrong in any given decision the game was already fucked.

[@EgoChip]

If you want to see some bad refereeing, watch the video entitled "Leamington Ladies vs Coton Green Ladies - Match Highlights - January 26th 2025" The main incident starts at 2:40

[@IAMPLEDGE]

The first red was because she called the referee a "fucking idiot". Law 12 Fouls and misconduct, part 3 is categoric on this: A player, substitute or substituted player who commits any of the following offences is sent off: (includes) using offensive, insulting or abusive language. Correct decision by the referee.