Most ridiculous sendings off in football...

[Rozay]

Nani against Real immediately springs to mind. Will never forget that one, or the ref responsible.

RvP in the Nou Camp for Arsenal. Ridiculous red for me, robbed Arsenal.

Kieran Gibbs for Arsenal against Chelsea. Infamous one, mistaken identity.

Any more?

 

[RD76]

Eric against arsenal in March/April 1994.

Still don't understand it to this day.

 

[Sandikan]

The most outrageous one I ever saw concerned my boys Wycombe, away to QPR in 2001.

Basically there was a 22 man brawl, with all bar 1 keeper and our striker McSporran getting involved.

Senda, our winger/right back of the time had been the one who raised his hands, but the ref was clearly a "those 2 mixed race guys look the same" borderline sinister guy, so got them mixed up.

He sent McSporran off (miles from the incident), and then realised he'd got the wrong man.

What any other ref would have done would have been either get the wrong guy back, or just leave it as it is, as a "genuine" mistake.

Instead, the absolute twat sent Senda off, double punishing us, and leaving us down to 9 away at QPR! Almost caused a riot, and we managed a very creditable 4-3 loss out of it.

Oddly, despite the below being our local paper, they totally ignore the massive turning point of the game in the below! Bizarre.



https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/sp...d-to-nine-men-at-loftus-road-qpr-4-wycombe-3/

 

[cjj]

Didn't Gibbs get sent off for Arsenal when AOC played improptu goalkeeper a few years ago? One of those "mixed race mistaken identity" things?

 

[adexkola]

It's still on sight if I see Cuneyt on the street

 

[Gazza]

Loved it when Javier Mascherano was second yellow'ed for mouthing off at the referee, for Liverpool against United at Old Trafford. Even Liverpool's players had their heads in their hands at Mascherano's stupidity. The funniest part was that he was complaining when Liverpool had actually just been given a free-kick.

 

[dwd]

Gerrard against us for his sheer stupidity?

 

[sebsheep]

That one Markovic got when playing for Liverpool when he had his finger slight brush a guys face?

 

[Snow]

Club Brugge two days ago. It was a correct sending off but the scenario was one of a kind.

Diatta levels the match 1-1 in the 92nd minuted away at Galatasaray. He celebrates by taking off his shirt. However Mata (there's another player called that) karate kicked the corner flag in the celebration and got his 2nd yellow as well so Club Brugge leveled but went down to 9 men at the same time.

 

[RUCK4444]

In all the time I've watched football I have never been so outraged and filled with absolute rage as I did with the Nani sending off against Real.

I still haven't properly accepted it and moved on.

i honestly believe that I would not be able to control myself if I were to randomly bump into that Turkish ref.

Whenever he's reffing a game I cannot help shouting at the TV like a mad man. No Joke.

I hate that midget feck more than anybody in world football.

 

[Pow]

Seen a keeper in germany i believe who got sent off when he conceded and went to punch the air in anger. He ended up punching the goalscorer in the balls as he turned to celebrate.

 

[Pow]

Ha i found it.

 

[FrankDrebin]

Ha i found it.

Hey,its Former United boy Zieler.

 

[izzydiggler]

Rudi Voller against The Netherlands in the 1990 WC.

 

[Tarrou]

the Rooney one in a pre-season friendly was ridiculous

suspended for the start of the season for it too!

 

[P-Nut]

Ha i found it.

That is great!

 

[BBRBB]

One could make a whole compilation of ridiculous red cards against PSG.
Here for example a referee running into Thiago Silva to give him a red card:

 

[Acrobat7]

Rudi Voller against The Netherlands in the 1990 WC.

Feck yes. What a disgrace that was.

I am also still pissed about Vidal being sent off in the CL semi for Bayern against Real when he played the ball.

 

[Chipper]

Saw a ref send someone off for pointing to the name on the back of his shirt once, mistaking it for a 'wanker' gesture.

No idea who it was, but it was on telly. Think it was in the Conference, but it could have been EFL Trophy. Definitely lower league teams.

 

[Bubz27]

Gerrard against us for his sheer stupidity?

Absolutely pathetic yellow to Herrera there.

 

[SteveW]

Not a red card but this is always worth a watch.

 

[duffer]

Morata got a yellow for diving, moaned at the decision and got a second yellow for moaning. Can't remember ever seeing that before or since, despite players always doing it.

Also Hazard kicking Swansea's timewasting ballboy was amazing and worth the red card.

 

[top1whoisman]

 

[Al-T]

David 'It's all about me, me, me' Ellery sending off Dennis Irwin v Liverpool in 1999.

Still boils my pish.

 

[AdamColeBebe]

In all the time I've watched football I have never been so outraged and filled with absolute rage as I did with the Nani sending off against Real.

I still haven't properly accepted it and moved on.

i honestly believe that I would not be able to control myself if I were to randomly bump into that Turkish ref.

Whenever he's reffing a game I cannot help shouting at the TV like a mad man. No Joke.

I hate that midget feck more than anybody in world football.

I think the problem lies with you here to be honest

 

[Jeppers7]

Still fume about Mata getting sent off at West Brom really early in the game for two bootable offences......Nobody gets sent off for the only two fouls they do. Literally never happens. You can look at each individually and say booking but with context referees never do that especially in the first half of games

 

[Nickelodeon]

Herrera against Chelsea where he got sent off for only two fouls neither of them were any sinister. The team was collectively fouling Hazard and the referee was lenient to every player and avoided giving a booking but gave Herrera two for both very soft fouls. Ridiculous indeed!

 

[duffer]

Sadly this wins the thread.

 

[The Cat]

Favourite one for me was the Cameroon guy nailing Cannigia in the opening game of the World Cup.

And going off like a hero.

Fantastic.

 

[Cutch]

Ha i found it.

 

[Eric's Seagull]

Bryan Melisse for Dudelange

 

[The Cat]

Nearly forgot this one

 

[RUCK4444]

I think the problem lies with you here to be honest

Nah he ruined our CL campaign that year. I believe we would have won it if it weren't for that call, killed the game for us. Doesn't get much worse really does it?

Hate the guy, always will.

 

[Irrational.]

Joey Barton getting himself sent off so City could win their first league title. Utter dickhead of a player.

 

[AdamColeBebe]

Nah he ruined our CL campaign that year. I believe we would have won it if it weren't for that call, killed the game for us. Doesn't get much worse really does it?

Hate the guy, always will.

Dude. He's a football referee that made a bad decision. Any negative repercussion of that decision happened a long time ago and isn't affecting anyone at all right now. Move on. It doesn't matter.

 

[Mike Smalling]

One of the more stupid ones I can remember, would be Mascherano talking himself into a second yellow at Old Trafford back in the 07/08 season. As I remember he actually ran across half the pitch to complain after the referee had just given the yellow card to Torres for complaining

 

[Gio]

Thiago Silva and Voller are the standouts from the suggestions so far. Some of the others I might disagree with the referee's decision but I can see the rationale for it, but these two both played fairly helpless and innocent roles in their sending offs. Voller is just a classic higher-stakes case of a melee followed by two token yellow cards, which basically translates as the ref saying 'I don't know what the feck went on, but this pretends I'm even-handed and in control of the situation'. Except it was the biggest game of the World Cup and he knew Rijkaard had to go.

 

[Rozay]

Ha i found it.

Close the thread, clear winner!

 

[Rozay]

Bryan Melisse for Dudelange

Brazil had a midfielder a few years ago who always used to follow through like this when he cleared the ball. Felipe Melo, was at Fiorentina. Always cleared the ball and made sure his foot kept going up until near head height!

 

[freeurmind]

There was a guy who was being substituted and then removed his shirt as he was leaving the pitch. Ref promptly gives him a second yellow and sends him off.