Worst decision made by a football referee ever !

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

[@ianbennett1491]

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.

[@cicstommy]

* stantion

[@TBrl8]

This was way worse than the Clive Allen goal though, eh. Absolute shocker here.

[@PureExile]

@@cicstommy Dude, it's STANCHION.

[@cicstommy]

@@PureExile Dictionary's aren't always accurate, y'know.

[@jmorrison230582]

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.

[@ivanboskovic1260]

Whatever

[@eddyvideostar]

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.

[@kingkong-mf6hi]

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

[@eddyvideostar]

@@kingkong-mf6hi: Goal construction controversy consternated Crystal Palace twice, once with the *new goal net system* during the more modern years (2009). kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKWahouGrpWpitE kzbin.info/www/bejne/anmmmnWogM-Bgac

[@brad5699]

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.

[@Biggswb]

The goal at 2:35 wasnt offside, you cant be offside in your own half

[@euclid901]

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 KZbin.)

[@user25505]

"No DOTS above this decision." Actually decision has 2 dots above it!

[@dnzg66]

Excellent video

[@user-pg2kj7ps7o]

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.

[@Josef10r35]

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

[@Holbeinisscheisse]

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

[@dophuocantran2153]

So cool

[@JVH96]

Cheater I hope lose next match

@@JVH96 For a thing that happened over 15 years ago?

[@wildebeast1976]

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

[@sleeaustralind]

excellently named video - that is beyond doubt the two worse decisions ever.

[@shizzlers0135]

Is the reporter Jim White haha?

[@ethanhenson3906]

Yes

[@shizzlers0135]

@@ethanhenson3906 been waiting 7 years for a response and finally got one cheers lad

[@ethanhenson3906]

@@shizzlers0135 don’t thank me, thank the algorithm 😅

[@shizzlers0135]

@@ethanhenson3906 😂

[@sacred1827]

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.

[@jigsaw9780]

press 8 sounds like peter griffin saying pork lmao

[@lukeizze]

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.

[@kevincarrick6250]

That was ridiculous . What about the coat sturrock was wearing 🤣🤣😂

[@Kresps]

The worst decision of referee in the World Cup was the cancellation of zico goal against Sweden in the crown of 1974.

[@TheRetardifier]

I just couldn't stop... laughing... at the canadian accent!

[@DJJohnnyMac]

20 years ago today.

[@ammarabdoh4029]

21 years ago today

[@InnocenceExperience]

that is unbelievable. Definitely the worst referee decision I've ever seen!

[@luskentyre1984]

I'm shocked at this! I only thought that match officials make bad decisions against Neil Lennon's Celtic

[@Sunsmv]

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 -.-

[@mikelazer1]

I actually thought he hit the post at first.

[@ryanmbk10]

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).

[@CoolHandLuke7]

I swear, I can't think of another sport where the referee is so often wrong, like in football.

[@TheAbesar]

I saw it on 2021, time when VAR has been practice on many league. We will miss the decision like this.

[@OtakuLogan2017]

This puts Willie Collum on the same level as Pierluigi Collina.

[@BeckhamFan2300]

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

[@DrKrakertoolitch]

This isn't football. It's soccer.

[@BillDFC]

Football is football....a universal game.

[@ewen4544]

Clearly not a goal. Only a blind man would think that crossed the line.

[@operationmiller]

I still think 3 yellow cards is the very worst thing a referee has done short of beating up the players

[@dilksanator]

the defender even picks up after it goes in!!!! XD

[@Prodigy_Fan]

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.

[@Serkant75]

@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

[@transmissionggb2820]

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.

[@NChapters]

"Duncan Faggyson"? "Scott Crap"? U got to be kidding me :D

[@RockerAce1138]

Soccer was invented by a caveman when he kicked a rock off another caveman's head and it landed in their fishing net.

[@50ShadesOfEndo]

the first time it actually looked like it hit the post

[@dominicdesilva9634]

That is why we don't have goals like that anymore

[@Nurizzuddin]

This is why blind people isn't allowed to referee a game....

[@fanmanabc]

that was some intense football

[@clliupal]

@Kinoshee The offside rule does not apply if the receiving player is in his own half when the pass is made.

[@KayRHCP]

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.

[@studslonigan4033]

Les Mottram the diddy🤣🤣🤣

[@Back0nTrack]

sorry i didnt notice that, I am going to give you.... the thumbs up!

[@illman76]

It's one of those crafty dives that will always fool the ref. That said, we're talling about Les Mottram here....

[@lepantoxvii]

The phantom goal for Reading against Watford was worse. The very worst.

[@TheSanjurok]

received four "most excellent referee" awards in the 1998 to 2002 seasons

[@tazz121]

i remember this at the time!

[@marcdewolf7334]

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.

[@anthtan]

When was this match?

[@Lizardofoz66]

problem is the ball comes too fast out of the net, so the referee thought ball hits the post. But still definetely not the worst decision football referee ever made, that was back in 1966, world cup final, "the third goal", in germany known as "Wembley-Tor".

[@AlexandrusMegus]

No, that's the ref on Barcelona vs Milan semi final of the UCL.

[@rossm8038]

thats y we need goal line technology

[@steveng05]

You cannot be offside if you are in your own half of the field. He hadn't crossed the half way line before the pass to him!

[@mrfreeland123]

PENALTY TO RANGERS

[@princeofsoccer99]

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

[@colliourebee]

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.

[@ratscabies8458]

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 !

[@ratscabies8458]

Oops not Cundy Mendes

[@Boabywankenobi]

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? ....

[@zipadoo1]

I could've sworn we were in America were soccer was called soccer and not football

[@arrankelly4895]

Happened twice now at that goal

[@HuleFC]

The worst decision was by a referee in the semi finals of the cl Chelsea and Barcelona.4 penelties didn't count for chelsea.

[@GordonSilvestro]

What about the goal in Germany, Schalke I think awarded a goal after the shot missed but ball went through net into goal

[@alexmustoe5865]

All that happened is that he saw it differently and yes he got it wrong on the replay but refs don't have replays to check when reffing!! The referee is always right, even when he's wrong, he is right!!

[@SINANDERFREAK]

The Player was behind the half way line as the passer passed the ball thats why it isn't offside

[@dusker2]

FIFA chair should resign for all these wrong decisions.

[@chungdha]

Dont they have offside rules back then?

[@eddyvideostar]

To Chungdha: Yes: Cannot be offside in one's own half.

[@AttackPuppies]

Yeah he feel on his own

[@Toothpick91]

lol all that plus the offside in the end !

[@wagwan9365]

Imagine if you replied to this reply 11 years later

[@joelmallen26]

Charlie brown, that rule still stands today, so he was NOT OFFSIDE.

[@ShipsKat]

WOW that was shocking.

[@maestrosVIP]

poor goalkeeper looks like he's playing alone!!!

[@mrphattubo]

oh my . i did't think there is football. really crazy

[@Xaphnir]

@DereK1995WiN I think my irony meter just exploded

[@aww3590]

lol i thought it just hit of the post at first

[@oscars4107]

Is that Jim Shite commentating?

[@clliupal]

@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.

[@alex2405777]

I can understand the call actually. It hit the back post so fast and then came out, the ref probably thought it hit the crossbar possibly. I actually couldn't tell without the slow mo replay on the first try.

[@MyLilPwny43]

the worst decision by football ref is the goal scored by the ball boy in brazil

[@smyru]

@JamieGonz no offside, the player was still on its own half when the pass was played.

[@aediasse]

@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.

[@paulmrussell12]

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!

[@TIESTOdude]

HA! I wouldn't doubt it!!

[@zippsy]

@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.

[@OctavianSandu]

@flchange Exactly, he is beyond then last player, but in his half. In this case, it is not offside.

[@ChristiaanL14]

Why are people moaning the first goal was due to a dive he was not tackled so the second one that didn't count is only fair

[@TepidWater]

So... Isn't that a hand ball then?

[@TASSOS1965]

Incredible!

[@ieatbearcubs]

American football was so named because the ball is a foot long.

[@matt98787]

I'm American I love English football always watch it

[@princeofsoccer99]

Thats The ref of the Real Madrid vs Barcelona semi final match of the UCL

[@hitachicm721f]

Add Instant Replay for scoring plays and problem solved. The England - Germany World Cup match may have turned out differently with Instant Replay and it's also a check and balance against corrupt referees.

[@SCD999]

it wasn't so much the player catching it than the actual goal being disallowed. the guy caught it because like everyone else, he knew it went in and was a goal

[@alanrdowney]

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???!!!

[@Back0nTrack]

im sorry, i didnt notice that... i gave you the thumbs up still!!

[@back2thefutre]

@sweet1j oh, so how long have u been in the premier league?

[@ricwsin73]

Did you notice when Connoly was fouled that he didn't roll around on the floor like the current footballers/money machines??? Football as it used to be before it became a business first, sport second!!

[@ilikehorses57]

Bristol city- Crystal Palace last season.