Worst penalty decision ever

[Carlton Blade]

Night game. Monty brought Leon Osman (on loan at Derby) down about 20 yards out. Penalty. Still dont know how

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

Bit hazy on this but it was against Manure, might have been in the cup.

Nathan Blake ( much maligned on here, unfairly in my view) at the kop end on the edge of the six yard box about to pull the trigger when Steve Bruce launches himself from behind and takes him out by the THIGHS.

No penalty !!! ??? What the fuck. Having said that, no fucker got a penalty against Manure in those days, the refs were too scared of what Fergie would say in his post match interview.

 

[RammyBlade]

Have you ever seen a penalty for "intention to foul" given since - anywhere?

Never given before .........or since ......complete twat Stiles

 

[RammyBlade]

Have only read the first page but Shelton at Man U seemed a blatant penalty at the time (it has been ten years though!)

You are right Danny it was one of the most blatent penalties ever not given think it was Pallister who brought him down

 

[CrookesBlade]

Seem to remember Kirkland rugby tackling Wayne Allison to the floor in the last few minutes of the league cup semi at Anfield.

 

[stringer]

You are right Danny it was one of the most blatent penalties ever not given think it was Pallister who brought him down

About 20 years too late there! Wasn’t it Heinze?

 

[Revolution]

About 20 years too late there! Wasn’t it Heinze?

It was Heinze. Even Alex Ferguson thought it was a penalty.

 

[Large Mendonca]

If you ever had any doubt that referees can be bent, then take a look at this beauty from our 1991/92 season v West Ham. It's at 35:30 on the video, firstly Brian Gayle is sent off for swearing at Paul Beesley, and the penalty decision is for Tom Cowan heading a ball back to Simon Tracy. Bent.

 

[I should coco]

Bristol City away Nov/Dec 2010.

Exactly the same as the NI pen. Ball blasted at our defender (?) from 6 inches.
Ref had been a homer all day and couldn't wait to give it.

Lost 3-0 in the multi manager season. Ironically I remember us singing
"We're not going down
We're not going up
We're Sheffield United
We don't give a fuck"

How little did we know that the season was to end so gloriously....

 

[niktheblade]

Seem to remember Kirkland rugby tackling Wayne Allison to the floor in the last few minutes of the league cup semi at Anfield.

I seem to remember him handling outside of the area and only getting booked for it, and to add insult, he gave the ref a little shove and still only got a yellow!

 

[Weasel]

If you ever had any doubt that referees can be bent, then take a look at this beauty from our 1991/92 season v West Ham. It's at 35:30 on the video, firstly Brian Gayle is sent off for swearing at Paul Beesley, and the penalty decision is for Tom Cowan heading a ball back to Simon Tracy. Bent.

Thats just mean that LM. That Cowan penalty decision was the one I described in my previous post (38). It was a totally outrageous decision.

How can a ref give a decision and penalty unless he has clearly seen a foul or infringement? Even if his eye balls had fallen out for 5 seconds just as Cowan went to the ball, he still can't give it as he never actually saw him handball it as he never did. Hes guessing at the very least. Bent twat.

Still, think of the poor west ham fans...we cant have them being inconvenienced by losing at home can we. They won us the world cup you know. Fuk off.

 

[Silent Blade]

October '78.
Away at Stoke.
Corner to the home team. Garth Crookes throws himself to the ground, untouched, as the ball comes over. Penalty.
Go on to lose 2-1, having had a perfectly good goal by Anderson chalked off that would have given us a well deserved point.
End season getting relegated.
Referee Ken Walmsley of Blackpool. Detested the twats (Crookes and ref) ever since.

I'd like to say the Kevin McNally decision to knock us out of the cup at Aldershot but it was so foggy and we were at the other end I didn't actually see it!

Yes, Andy Keeley never touched Crookes

 

[oldblade]

Seem to remember Kirkland rugby tackling Wayne Allison to the floor in the last few minutes of the league cup semi at Anfield.

Yes, I remember that. I'd like to see it again to see if my memory of it is coloured by my red and white striped vision. But my memory of it was that the foul started inside the goal area. Should have been a penalty and a sending off, and had we scored we would have been in the league cup final.

 

[Silent Blade]

Blades v Man U in Sept 1972. With 10 minutes left Man U's left back Tony Dunne crudely felled Alan Woodward in the penalty box, the crowd screamed for penalty, the ref turned down the appeal, the crowd went berserk. The ref then stopped play to call over trainer Cec Coldwell to treat Woody. The crowd loudly booed the ref during the lengthy treatment, our players were telling the ref that he had made a mistake.

In the final minute we have a corner at the Lane End. Woody takes it but the cross went over everyone else and then the ref blows his whistle to award a penalty to us. The crowd were as stunned as our players, the Man U players furiously surround the ref telling him that he had made a mistake. Woody smacks in the penalty for the only goal of the game.

After the match Man U's manager, Frank O'Farrell, accused the ref of trying to make up his mistake for not awarding a penalty 10 minutes earlier

 

[Demon Blade]

Michael O'Neill described Switzerland's penalty against Northern Ireland as the worst penalty decision ever, and it got me thinking, what was the worst penalty decision ever in one of our games, either for or against us? GO...

Apologies if already posted. Tommy Cowan growing an extra arm out of his forehead at

Michael O'Neill described Switzerland's penalty against Northern Ireland as the worst penalty decision ever, and it got me thinking, what was the worst penalty decision ever in one of our games, either for or against us? GO...[/QUOTE
Apologises if already posted Tommy Cowan growing an extra arm out of his forehead away to dirty cheating West Spam.

 

[Demon Blade]

Don’t remember that. Do remember Kozzy having a last minute goal disallowed at Upton Park for absolutely fuck all though. Outrageous decision

I remember the upton park one as Tommy Cowan but could.be passing of time playing with my memory.

 

[PokerBlade]

Didn’t the panel on Match of the Day after watching the video replays say it was a penalty because there was an “intention to foul”.

Don’t know the exact rules but I’ve heard it said before that there doesn’t need to be actual contact if it’s agreed that there was an intent to foul and the player has lost the advantage trying to avoid the incoming foul.

As I said I don’t know the exact rules or whether they’ve changed but 90% of the media thought it was a penalty so can’t be that controversial.

I don't remember the exact wording of the rule, but the intention to foul is generally a point about recklessness e.g. if you fly in like Santos then you don't need to make contact for it to be a free kick. It's not for a normal slide challenge that doesn't touch the man.

But for an example you can argue about:



In my opinion, Fowler is actually wrong here. The fact Seaman comes out with his arms at knee height, gets nowhere near the ball but forces Fowler to change direction and jump out the way is actually an example of where a reckless challenge should be a foul.

 

[PokerBlade]

Amazing how many football fans don't know the basic laws of the game.

A direct free kick is awarded if a player commits any of the following offences against an opponent in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force:

• charges
• jumps at
• kicks or attempts to kick
• pushes
• strikes or attempts to strike (including head-butt)
• tackles or challenges
• trips or attempts to trip

I don't think it was at all clear that, being in the penalty area, Morgan was attempting to kick or trip Gerrard, or if it was seen as a challenge for the ball, that it was careless, reckless, or using excessive force.

 

[Davie Blade]

I don't think it was at all clear that, being in the penalty area, Morgan was attempting to kick or trip Gerrard, or if it was seen as a challenge for the ball, that it was careless, reckless, or using excessive force.

Carelessly clear to me. No where near the worst ever pen decision.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

I’m still annoyed watching Gerrard go ‘look at me look at me!’ to the ref before the corner, but I had no recollection of Crouchy getting a boot in the face. I would say penalty was correct, but Gerrard’s dive was the first offence, so should have been our free kick.

He did send Jags off. I think we were cruising at 1-0 before that and went on to lose 2-1. I remember Jags looking up at the Kop and being mystified by the decision. I asked a couple of Watford fans after I’d they thought that was a fair result and they absolutely did!


Two that come to mind for me:

1. Freeman against Brentford. Such a bad decision that the referee was forced to reverse it then and there.

2. A bit more hazy this one. I’m pretty sure the players involved were Peschisolido and Bywater (so possibly West Ham). Corner for us Kop end late on, and Bywater was manhandling and pushing Pesch before it was taken. When the ball came over it was a full two handed shove sending him flying out of the six yard box. Nothing given.


I think the correct answer is Scougall though!

Another one. Crewe at home on a snowy Tuesday evening in our promotion season (around Feb 06). Ade Akinbiyi bearing down on goal, the Crewe defender pretty much jumps on his back. Ade carries him about 10 yards trying to get to the ball to score, doesn’t go down. No penalty given. Horrific decision and an example of referees encouraging players to be cheating diving twats by not giving the correct decision when the player is honest.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Bit hazy on this but it was against Manure, might have been in the cup.

Nathan Blake ( much maligned on here, unfairly in my view) at the kop end on the edge of the six yard box about to pull the trigger when Steve Bruce launches himself from behind and takes him out by the THIGHS.

No penalty !!! ??? What the fuck. Having said that, no fucker got a penalty against Manure in those days, the refs were too scared of what Fergie would say in his post match interview.

Think that was the same game where Hartfield got sent off for giving Cantona a slap (after Cantona’s sly kick). Cantona got the last laugh scoring a worldy in a 2-0 win.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

You are right Danny it was one of the most blatent penalties ever not given think it was Pallister who brought him down

Heinze. Should have been a penalty and a red card. Several years after Pallister retired.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Seem to remember Kirkland rugby tackling Wayne Allison to the floor in the last few minutes of the league cup semi at Anfield.

Outside the box though. Should have been a red but not a penalty.

 

[Stanthemanfan]

Keeeeef at reading in the triple threat season

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

Think that was the same game where Hartfield got sent off for giving Cantona a slap (after Cantona’s sly kick). Cantona got the last laugh scoring a worldy in a 2-0 win.

Yes, I thought it was that one but not sure enough to say.

Silent ?

 

[Davalon]

two penalties that we should have been given in the play off final against Burnley thanks Mike Bald Twat Dean !

No chance. Walker was on his way down before the Burnley player got near him. I had a perfect view and tv replays only confirmed it.

Not convinced Howard's was either, but at least it was more debatable.

 

[The Crab]

letting Don Givens take one

Wasn't that as much about Matthews "doing a Rhodes" and forgetting he had a spine though?

 

[Ginger Gnome]

Think that was the same game where Hartfield got sent off for giving Cantona a slap (after Cantona’s sly kick). Cantona got the last laugh scoring a worldy in a 2-0 win.

That Cantona goal was a simple chip, I thought it was massively overrated at the time and still do watching it again.

The Bruce foul on Blake (who is rightly maligned for his attitude to the Blades fans since leaving more than his mediocre performances as a player) should have been a penalty, but not really from behind by the thighs.

 

[Piffle and Tosh]

No chance. Walker was on his way down before the Burnley player got near him. I had a perfect view and tv replays only confirmed it.

Not convinced Howard's was either, but at least it was more debatable.

I had a perfect view of Walkers as well and it was a penalty any day I was right behind the goal

 

[Blade for Sale]

That Cantona goal was a simple chip, I thought it was massively overrated at the time and still do watching it again.

The Bruce foul on Blake (who is rightly maligned for his attitude to the Blades fans since leaving more than his mediocre performances as a player) should have been a penalty, but not really from behind by the thighs.

I have to disagree with you on the Cantona goal. I applauded it at the time and still do. It was blowing an absolute gale, and Kelly, by any standards, was a fantastic 'keeper and wasn't far off his line. To score with a chip there was really only about 1 square foot of goal to aim for and he nailed it.