That’s No Way To Treat a Linesman

By: Daryl | February 3rd, 2009

With De Graafschap 2-0 down to PSV, Ben Sahar (on loan from Chelsea) headed home a goal that might have made things more interesting.

Unfortunately Sahar was flagged for offside, and the goal was disallowed. Tight call, and could have gone either way, no? Not according to one rather large De Graafschap fan, who was so certain of Sahar’s on-side-ness that he decided to go and chest-bump the linemsan to the floor.

Wonder what that fan would have done to this Brazilian linesman…

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• chris |  February 3rd, 2009 at 1:14 pm

  
  
  

  Pretty sure that was Bosingwa in disguise.

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• Drabik |  February 3rd, 2009 at 1:55 pm

  
  
  

  1. The linesman was correct…
  2. He went flying!!!
  3. I think chris is right ^^

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• derek |  February 3rd, 2009 at 2:03 pm

  
  
  

  Why is it that linesman and refs always fall like a giraffe down stairs? I mean FIFA fitness reqs suggest that they are individuals of certain age and fitness and therefore reasonably athletic and co-ordinated. But every time they go down they’re stumbling and get up off the ground like they’re 90 years old. The ref that diCanio pushed is a perfect example.

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• jayslick |  February 3rd, 2009 at 2:05 pm

  
  
  

  ok, sahar (dallas cup alumni bitches!!) wasnt offside when the ball was kicked, the made for tv line goes out of its way to show he was offsides when the ball got to him…

  WTF?

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• Drabik |  February 3rd, 2009 at 2:10 pm

  
  
  

  He was offside, (the ball wasnt kicked, it was headered), the angle of the camera doesnt help. But if we were in line with the ball, Sahar was offside. The video stops the clip when the ball leaves the attackers head…. not when the ball reaches Sahar.

  Did you even watch the video?

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• Hana |  February 3rd, 2009 at 2:12 pm

  
  
  

  Perfectly executed commando roll by the linesman after he went down. Jack Bauer would be proud.

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• united11 |  February 3rd, 2009 at 3:50 pm

  
  
  

  Referees and linesmen fall like that because they usually are not expecting to be pushed and are caught off balance. It does make for good comedy though.

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• Lissette Evil Blue |  February 3rd, 2009 at 3:51 pm

  
  
  

  So when a ref is crap in england. in a remote part of the world another ref has to suffer the consequences. me or coincidence.

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• Dustin Edwards |  February 4th, 2009 at 2:23 am

  
  
  

  Yep a player is offside when his teammate touches the ball and any part of his body (except the hands/arms) is closer to the endline than the 2nd to last defender. So he’s not just a little off, his whole BODY is off. Good call with the header, that’s exactly when the ref is supposed to judge those things. Always remember it says touched or played, it can even be accidental.

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