Soccer
I'm Watt: Player sent off for dissent after misunderstanding over name
11 March 2018 - 00:00
"Watt." "What?" "Watt!" A player has been sent off after a referee mistook his name for dissent.
Referee Dean Hulme asked Sanchez Watt, of Hemel Hempstead Town, for his name as he was about to be booked in a National League South game against East Thurrock United.
The 27-year-old repeatedly replied: "Watt" but Hulme believed he was saying "what?" and sent him off for dissent.
Hulme rescinded the card when it was explained Watt was not showing dissent.
"It was a human error," Hemel Hempstead chairman Dave Boggins told BBC Sport.
"The referee was man enough to rectify it.
"I think everybody found it amusing afterwards - including the referee.
"He came into the boardroom after the game and explained how he had made the mistake...
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