There is a new contender for the title of the most outrageous red card in the history of football.
Eric Cantona’s dismissal for a kung-fu kick on a Crystal Palace supporter when Manchester United travelled to Selhurst Park in January 1995 still sits near the top of the list. Eden Hazard famously got in trouble for kicking a ball boy during Chelsea’s EFL Cup semi-final second leg against Swansea City in 2013, while Cerro Porteno goalkeeper Jean Fernandes was sent off before kick-off in the 2021 Paraguay Super Cup final for making a cut-throat gesture towards Olimpia fans.
Compared to those incidents, Connor Maseko’s red card in Blackfield and Langley’s FA Cup first-round qualifying tie against Shepton Mallet last month was light-hearted, yet equally strange.
Blackfield and Langley play in the Wessex Football League Premier Division, which is the ninth tier of English football, and had been struggling for form. They lost their opening match of the season 7-1 to Bemerton Heath Harlequins and were then beaten in their next two league fixtures as well.
Facing Shepton Mallet, who compete at the same level in the Western Football League Premier Division, in a cup competition should have been a chance for them to regain some confidence.
It was 0-0 heading into the final 15 minutes when Maseko could no longer ignore the urge to go to the toilet and he ran into a wooded area 20 yards behind the goal.
“I needed to go for most of the game!” he tells The Athletic.
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