has there ever been a referee that accidently blew the whistle and stopped a game?
923138
I've seen it happen several times in basketball.\n\nThey just give the ball back to the team that had the ball at the time at a spot on the sideline near the point the ball was when the whistle was blown.\n\nIt's definitely putting the team in a worse position in cases where there is a fast break in progress, but never seen a coach get bent out of shape over it.
1183611
From the match Australia v Italy, what a disgusting display of refereeing. All games so far have had bad calls. I hope the final is a clean game, for the game itself. How many soccer fans are let down by bad calls right now?
1175231
it can be a sending off offence if the ref sees it clearly
1058717
Referee's actually waved a handkerchief. wouldn't work today.
424878
The best referee was the Italian Pier Luigi Colina. Unfortunately, he recently retired. He was the best because his authority on the pitch was something natural. He didn't have to book two or three players to earn their respect: they simply knew there was no point in trying to confront him. Most importantly, he achieved this without interfering in the game, making himself as unnoticed as he could.
677742
Alan Mullery was the first England player to be sent off. Not sure about the second part of the question.
554749
I stayed up late to watch the rerun of the match to see why Lehmann was sent off.  The announcers were crabbing about the call, but I didn't see any problem with it.  There's an argument to be made about swallowing the whistle and letting Barcelona capitalize on its advantage, but the contact and the game situation merited, I think, the red.  I don't buy their part of the argument that it "ruined" the UEFA final; football is football, and rules are rules, and Lehmann made a major miscalculation.
1151815
Graham poll the stupid idiot cos he gave three yellow cards to one player and also blew the whistle for full time as one of the teams scored a goal and he disallowed the goal and it doesnt help with linesmen the need to go to specsavers.
924361
Agrees totally with you\n\nDiving and cheating is ruining the game to such an extent that Ref's actually miss real incidents.\n\nI thought players could be booked for diving. You can be booked for dissent and saying something rude. If refs were refs  things would be better and as for no tackling from behind what a joke. I expect footballers to come out with powder puffs and lipstick next
991203
I totally agree with you. He didn't do a proper job as a referee. The first red card needed to be called but the other two? I don't know. A yellow maybe but not a red.
1059464
They do my friend. I have seen 2 matches which were stopped for the reasons u've stated above. One was in the premiership where the snow was falling thick, rendering visibility poor. so the match was called off. the other match involving rain, the pitch was too soggy for a good game. the match was at walking pace, so the match was rescheduled.
1139435
Appears so. Two games in a row with atrocious refs. That PK call against Ghana was ridiculous.  All those cards in the Italy game was as well.
997328
All of the three red cards were deserved. But, the ref did screw up with all of the incorrect offsides called against Italy, and with the foul on Iaquinta. The offside goal he called on Gattuso wasn't offside, Toni was in line with the defender.
1064942
no, there was not really any bad calls made. and they can't call for a rematch. if they could tho they would need to rematch the Italy v. US match!!!!!! that was one bad effing ref!!!!
988513
graham poll\ncantalejo luis\nThe egypt guy ref-ing for the aust vs japan match
1004793
It is not "umpire": it is a referee!\nEach match has different referees!\nHe/she is a person and can make mistakes like anyone else.
1141171
Well I think it's quite unfair to say that this batch of refs have been the worst in the history of the World Cup, considering that it's just a couple of matches and terrible calls that have ruined several matches.\n\nJust want to remind everyone that there has been plenty of fantastic officiating going on, but it's just that these are never reported or highlighted to us. It's only the mistakes that constantly make the headlines. I mean, look at poor Graham Poll! I know the guy made horrendous errors during the Australia-Croatia match, e,g, in handing out 3 yellow cards before sending the player off. But I don't suppose many are aware of how well he managed the other group games he had earlier officiated.\n\nSo don't be so hasty to say that the refs suck just because they err once in a while. I mean, they sure don't have supersonic eyes, and they're human after all. It's not as if any of us can even be half as good as him.\n\nPlease, give the refs a break.