The Worst Refereeing Performance In Recorded History

[@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

[@ollydavis2495]

These must be the guys in the premier league VAR room

[@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

[@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”

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@MattMcMatt]

Dude gets a commission for every yellow and double for reds

[@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

[@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 😂

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@Zortakable]

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

[@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? 😄

[@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

[@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.

[@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...

[@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.

[@bugsam]

Wow. What the actual heck did I just witness.

[@themarslmcfly10]

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

[@im_sorry_dave5117]

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

[@tonypatino1765]

It actually is a red since she kicked the ball into the stands

[@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!! 😂😂

[@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.

[@moffeltje4967]

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

[@JustK4Y1512]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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?

[@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!

[@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

[@bonesknowspod]

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

[@charlesbrady5157]

2:03 to skip

[@exmsenhorbataguas6411]

Thanks, he always stretches the videos out so much

[@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

[@ThaGamingMisfit]

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

[@JMEAUS22]

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

[@TheMercian13]

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

[@Kagnar]

What in the world did I just watch?

[@smccc18]

This might be the greatest reffing video of all time

[@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

[@Luke-dh4ki]

This ref is a madman.

[@Plexus37]

We had a worse ref than this in Little Rock, Arkansas. Our team from NW Arkansas travelled down to play them in a High School State final, they were predominantly Mexican players with a Mexican ref. For context, our team was made up of pretty well off white kids from the Walmart home town of Bentonville. Fouls were invented or ignored as deemed fit, goals were disallowed, coaches were red carded and so on. It got so bad that the ref was sending off players parents from the stands and getting police to take them out. A complete farce, and as I am English I found it a complete abomination of the game.

[@kyal]

Go cry about it?

[@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.

[@tony1kenobi929]

If Monty Python did a football ref sketch

[@silashug3925]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@McPilch]

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

[@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

[@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 🤣

[@dankchill]

He should never ref another game ever. Absolutely diabolical

[@danelmore6553]

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

[@EmmanuelBernard-c9c]

I saw this on ftw lol

[@guibredacalixto9086]

At the corner she should've thrown the ball at the refs head

[@stevennl223]

I would end up in a police cell if this happened to me... Match fixing bastard was on a power trip bigger then Diddy's

[@jimothy_25]

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

[@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)

[@SylviusTheMad]

You might be surprised to learn that your pronunciation of Lewes was just about perfect.

[@vman99]

You weren’t kidding this is the worst refereeing performance I’ve ever seen.

[@James-de2hp]

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

[@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

[@OscarDudley-e1k]

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

[@kevin982]

If i were the coach and thought the referee was so bad, I would have instructed my team to leave the pitch and send a complaint to whatever FA organisation in charge. Send every scrap of footage i could find. There is no place in sports for people like him.

[@bxzll]

With the corner flag too, i may be wrong but its mainly used to help decide where the ball went OUT, the ball isn't even in play while she takes the flag down. Get this ref to the var room immediately

[@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"

[@danielpooley7148]

Sir duncealot I’m dying

[@werewolf3945]

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

[@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

[@andrewharing2637]

I think that's the first time I;ve ever seen someone pronounce Lewes coirrectly without having been told in advance,

[@masonpierce3086]

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

[@guibredacalixto9086]

Me too

[@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?

[@chelseajacques_]

For about 16 years, I thought Ovrebo during the Chelsea vs Barcelona 2009 Champions League semi-final was the worst refereeing I've seen... ... until I watched this video.

[@danielpooley7148]

So glad you did a video on this

[@Burpingtogheter]

Title had me like: "so zealand doesn't know about byron moreno and tagliavento?"

[@afcb_z8131]

Bro knew what was gonna happen in the Bournemouth Liverpool game before it even happened 😮

[@rebootcomputa]

You said Lewes fine. I live there LOL

[@jordylont1879]

The funniest part about this to me is that it ends 2-3 lol. All of that chaos, referee that is blatantly incompetent, man obviously hates Watford/women or both, and you still manage to almost get a draw lmao

[@14llison]

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

[@joebentley2803]

I like the fact that KZbin recommends your own videos to you 😅

[@BlueWoWTaylan]

Did Lewes bribed the ref or the ref just hates Watford?

[@alexrobertssings]

Yes

[@paulhutton3623]

Couldn't hear what the player said to get sent off but foul or abusive language is a straight red.

[@Moleoflands]

No it's not. Dissent is a yellow unless they were racist or suchlike, or threatened the ref. Just calling a decision bad, or insulting the ref is a yellow

[@haydarali6249]

the fact they didnt refuse to continue playing may mean this isn't too unusual at this level as well...

[@619Slipk]

Is this the dude from that infamous Chelsea x Barcelona game?

[@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.

[@kix5537]

A lot of comments on reddit say both straight reds are specifically for verbal abuse; for example, in the first instance she allegedly called the ref a "fuckin' idiot". If true, kinda rough how the dude's clips spread over the web like wildfire without the context.

[@djsaidez271]

I think also the confusion is that you don’t see that much in top flight games, so when a straight red is given for verbal insults towards the ref (barring stuff like racism) it seems like a very excessive response, and I say that myself as a former youth ref

[@DJGIGGLEZ]

i’ve never even seen the thumbnail of a Zealand video

[@leandromf1000]

The way betting companies are taking over football, someone bet there was going to be 3 red cards to watford and paid the referee.

[@askdjmqweqwe]

In his defence, he’s only level 5 so isn’t particularly qualified (level 7 is newly qualified), and this is far from the worst refereeing performance you’ll see. The kick of the ball away was already a yellow for unsportsmanlike behaviour and we don’t know what she said, if she’d called him a stupid c*** that is a straight red card and he made the absolute correct decision. The second we also don’t know what she said, but she was talking a long time and may have been warned to leave the situation, but you do not touch the referee. It does seem over officious, but he’s fully within his rights to give this second yellow. The keeper is a clear red card, but probably what he’s thinking is it’s a heavy touch and the ball is running away from goal with the possibility of the defender covering. I think he’s wrong but I’ve definitely seen worse decisions. There’s actually nothing in the rules about puddles. It just has to be not dangerous and he’s judged it not to be. There is a rule about the flag being in the ground. It’s actually a bookable offence to take the flag out of the ground and he’s using good common sense to not book her, sympathising with the conditions. Again we don’t know what she said to him but clearly he felt it was a straight red which abusing an official is a red card offence. Yeah that’s a clear foul for the Watford goal. I guess he saw it as shoulder to shoulder but it’s clearly in the back. Small miss with big consequences. Overall he didn’t have his best game and it looks bad, but it’s very likely he has a 0 tolerance policy to abuse which is to be commended. No one deserves to be abused at their job, and refs at this level regularly travel hours to matches on their own dime, work for the best part of 4 hours (they have to be there an hour minimum before the match and then deal with admin after) then travel home for £150.

[@pazma1]

The PGMOL will probably review this and consider him Premier League ready.

[@JoeMercersWay]

I thought he'd booked the striker for diving which would have been fair.

[@justcallum2]

Fair play you nailed the pronunciation of “Lewes” a lot of people in England say it wrong 😂

[@krishnaprem3823]

This guy shouldn't be near a football pitch in the future

[@Hopefullysomebalance]

I think some of the interpretations aren't right. The first Red might be in line with the current FA rules if the player was deemed to have said something offensive. Watford confirmed the "alleged foul language", second yellow given to Chandler used the new sin bin rule, so they were down to 9 players for 10 minutes, back up to 10, a then a different player, Rossiter was sent off. A dissent yellow for removing a corner flag, followed by a straight red again for it appears to be for language. So, the ref doesn't seem completely out of order on these, and well within the rules. The Lewes goalkeeper absolutely needs to be sent off, he got that one wrong. The Lewes goal where the Watford player cuts in front and both players tumble causing the Watford defender to go down. That's not a foul, if that central defender hadn't been there, the Lewes playing running through is arguably fouled by the Watford player cutting in front of her. I've not watched the rest but the referee needs some slack here. It's hard enough to referee a game, you can't see everything, you don't have the benefit of video replay or individual frames to check. At this level of the game it would be better for you to be defending him or football refereeing will get worse. If no one wants to do it, you have to start lowering your standards and that only leads one way. Referee shortages, cancelled matches and less football. But, I might change my mind a little depending on what happens next.

[@Hopefullysomebalance]

Yeah, that shoulder in the back is a foul. The argument about puddles in the corner and not having games as a result, same thing for treatment of refs. All refs are different, there are things I'd let go, and generally in the first instance of dissent, I'd have the conversation first and try to diffuse. This ref had a different approach and he definitely needed help from his linesmen. Also, for all the he could have just let them play without the flag on e.t.c. It is also true that Watford could have recognised the issue and had a left footed player take the corner, or have a player pass it short to a less puddly part of the pitch and then whip it in. They did have 10 players on the pitch at this point (sin bin rule meant Chandler was back on) so a short corner may not have been the best solution. Getting yourself sent off when you know how this ref is with dissent was a mistake, an understandable one.