4) Graham Poll – Liverpool vs Everton – 2000
Not the first time good ol’ Graham appears on our list. No Merseyside derby is easy to officiate but Poll had a nightmare here. With the score at 0-0 in the final seconds, Liverpool goalkeeper Sander Westerveld booted a free-kick up field while the referee blew for full-time. Well – that’s what people expected to happen, except Westerveld’s clearance struck Don Hutchinson, Poll didn’t blow for full-time (despite later claiming that he had) and the ball rebounded into the net, claiming a late winner for Everton. However, he didn’t allow the goal and it turned into the ‘goal that never was’. Poll at least did admit that he “got it wrong” in terms of the timing of finishing the match, but wouldn’t go so far as to admit he hadn’t blown his whistle.
