Biggest World Football Blunders of the Weekend with FC United and Big Misses

This week's roundup of world football blunders features Rhodri Giggs and F.C. United of Manchester, Edgar Davids' Barnet, referee fiascos and three truly terrible misses that have to be seen to be believed.

Just in case you missed last week's collection of chaotic errors and cringeworthy mistakes—including Ronaldo's mistaken identity, a team intentionally injuring their players and a goalkeeper champing at the bit, Luis Suarez style—click here.

If you're ready to get up to speed with this week's sorry selection, click the button below or head for the arrows so we can get started.

Giggs Forces Defender to Score Spectacular Own Goal for United

Rhodri Giggs of F.C. United of Manchester that is, who panicked Frickley Athletic's Steven Gardner to such an extent that the defender fired a fateful long ball past his own keeper in a misguided attempt to clear the danger.

Gardner's brilliant own goal was the game's opener with F.C. United going on to win 3-0.

The breakthrough came early in the second half following a Frickley corner, with the ball fired out to 40-year-old Giggs on the wing, whose ability on the ball led the opposing fullback to knee jerk the ball into his own net from range.

As the commentators remarked, had Giggs or another United player scored the same goal from the same position, it would have been a goal of the season contender.

F.C. United's Best Laid Plans Gone to Waste?

Staying with F.C. United for a moment, and with the club also starting the momentous task of building their first stadium in Moston, disaster struck as one attendee to the ceremony to break the new ground wandered off with the construction plans.

After staff appealing for the blueprints to be brought back on the official F.C. United of Manchester Facebook page, fans responded questioning why copies weren't made of such an important document.

Hopefully the plans turn up soon, otherwise it's back to the drawing board for fan-owned F.C. United.

Football Fans Let Themselves Down over Difficult Referee Decision

Being a referee is a difficult job at the best of times, but when the ball goes through the side netting from a hard-to-see angle, officials need the time and space to think before they can make the right call.

Which is why it was so disappointing to see players crowd Amy Fearn as Wrexham hosted Kidderminster in the Skrill Conference Premier at the weekend.

It eventually took Fearn six minutes to allow the goal to stand after first signalling a goal kick, with the ref needing to consult her linesmen to come to the correct conclusion.

Unfortunately, due to her being a woman, a sadly predictable wave of sexist insults have popped up insulting Fearn for her gender and questioning her suitability to govern a game.

Yet considering the footage of the strike, and how even after multiple replays it's unclear whether the ball initially crossed the goal line or not, her decision to take the extra minutes to review the evidence should be applauded, not mocked.

If more referees took a moment rather than making rash decisions during games, supporters may have less to moan about when it comes to costly mistakes ruled against their team.

Barnet Goal Goes Up in Smoke

Staying in the Skrill Premier, and Edgar Davids' Barnet were incensed when another contentious referee decision in their game against Cambridge United.

With a flare obscuring the view of the linesman, a legitimate injury time winner by debutant George Sykes was ruled out as smoke drifted above the Cambridge goal, leading the officials to believe the ball had gone out of play.

It was a bizarre decision, especially considering the bizarre, physics-bending trajectory the ball took on it's flight up into and the air and down int the box.

Perhaps the linesman wanted to teach the fans a lesson for letting off some pyrotechnics in the stands? Hopefully it was just an innocent error on his part.

Laurent Kosicelny's Playoff Misery

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Arsenal's Laurent Kosicelny has long been judged to be a liability for his club and country by rival fans, and following on from his club's inability to defend a set-piece against Manchester United last weekend, his latest calamitous outing for France suggests he's nothing without Per Mertesacker.

Worst of all, he fell to pieces just when his country needed him in their crunch first leg World Cup playoff against Ukraine.

Having given away the penalty that saw Ukraine double their lead to 2-0 in Kiev, Kosicelny then got himself sent off for reacting petulantly with Oleksandr Kucher, getting in his opponent's face to leave the referee with no other option.

France haven't missed a World Cup in 20 years and now, with qualification hanging in the balance, the Arsenal defender could soon find himself designated as the nation's most hated scapegoat should they fail to overturn the aggregate score in their second leg in Paris.

Worst Finish Ever, Part One

Returning to England briefly, and Bury's Shaun Harrad left his club's fans with their heads in their hands as he somehow contrived to sky a simple tap-in from just three yards out.

The game between Bury and Bristol Rovers eventually finished 1-1, and the missed chance to win will have hurt The Shakers, whose record includes only one win from their last 12 games.

Having plummeted out of League One last year in the relegation places last season, the club really need their players to start making more of an impact if they are to find some momentum in League Two.

Sadly, at present Harrad doesn't seem to be a man capable of giving the team the decisive touch they need with the striker failing to score in his eleven appearances this season.

Worst Finish Ever, Part Two

Another similarly awful miss, this time in the Peruvian top flight.

Ramon Rodriguez was the striker to fail at close quarters this time, spurring an excellent opportunity to put Cienciano up against Leon de Huanuco at the weekend.

Like Bury's game, the game finished 1-1 in Peru.

Worst Finish Ever, Part Three

Who knows how the above match finished, but you don't need to know the result to see how badly taken this attempt on goal was.

The unnamed perpetrator and his unknown team hail from the Bosnia and Herzegovinian town of Zivinice.

Edin Dzeko, this guy isn't!

Player Punches Opponents—No Red Card

Now to South Africa where Kaiser Chiefs beat Bidvest Wits 2-1 last week in rather controversial circumstances.

The Chiefs' Morgan Gould swung a knockout blow against Wits striker Getaneh Kebede in front of the referee with zero punishment besides giving away a freekick against his side.

Gould didn't even receive a caution as Kebede rolled about in the floor in pain.

With the referee failing to act, the authorities of South Africa's Premier Soccer League are set to study the footage before deciding whether to ban the Chiefs defender for his violent outburst.

One We Missed Last Week: David Meyler Tackles Child

Last but by no means least, we return again to England and a spot of bother from last weekend that missed out a spot on our previous list of world football blunders.

At half-time during Hull City's Premier League game against Southampton, Hull's David Meyler took it upon himself to spoil a fun children's relay taking place around the pitch's perimeter.

On the final leg of the race, the 24-year-old dispossessed and then pushed the youngster off the ball he was racing with, preventing him from beating his opponent.

Boos rang out around the stadium in response to his churlishness with Hull going on to lose 4-1 to the Saints.