{"id":407547,"date":"2018-03-07T15:17:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T15:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=407547"},"modified":"2018-03-07T15:17:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T15:17:25","slug":"sanchez-watt-player-sent-off-referee-mistakes-name-dissent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=407547","title":{"rendered":"Sanchez Watt: Player sent off after referee mistakes his name for dissent"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Watt.” “What?” “Watt!” A player has been sent off after a referee mistook his name for dissent.<\/p>\n

Referee Dean Hulme asked Sanchez Watt, who was playing for Hemel Hempstead Town, for his name as he was about to be booked in a National League South game against East Thurrock United.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old repeatedly replied: “Watt” but Hulme believed he was saying “what?” and sent him off for dissent.<\/p>\n

Hulme rescinded the card when it was explained Watt was not showing dissent.<\/p>\n

“It was a human error,” Hemel Hempstead chairman Dave Boggins told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n

“The referee was man enough to rectify it.<\/p>\n

“I think everybody found it amusing afterwards – including the referee.<\/p>\n

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“He came into the boardroom after the game and explained how he had made the mistake.<\/p>\n

“He was very apologetic and saw the funny side of it. He was a good ref on the night to be fair to him.”<\/p>\n

The incident happened towards the end of Hemel Hempstead’s 2-0 win on Tuesday and Watt did not leave the field.<\/p>\n

Watt played three games for Arsenal in the League Cup as an 18-year-old,\u00a0scoring against West Brom\u00a0in the third round at Emirates Stadium on 22 September 2009.<\/p>\n

He has also played in the Championship for Leeds United and had spells at Sheffield Wednesday, Southend, Crawley and Colchester.<\/p>\n

Watt is on loan at Hemel Hempstead from Isthmian League side Billericay Town.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n