Referees who changed their mind

30 December 2008: Aston Villa's challenge for a Champions League place has been given impetus by late goals recently, but they were grateful to Steve Bennett's assistant at Hull. Behind through Kamil Zayatte's own goal, Hull's last attack ended with a header clipping the bar. Yet Bennett thought Ashley Young had tipped the ball over, and was ready to put a dent in Villa's ambitions before his assistant advised him otherwise. Hull manager Phil Brown had some choice words Photograph: Phil Smith/Action images

14 September 2008: Everton manager David Moyes was already justifiably annoyed at his side throwing away a two goal lead at Stoke, but an aberration by Alan Wiley tipped him over the edge. Under pressure, Stoke defender Leon Cort's deliberate handball had seemingly resulted in a penalty, only for Wiley to relent and decide upon a harmless free-kick instead. Moyes was sent to the stands for his subsequent outburst and also had to answer an FA charge Photograph: AP

27 November 2007: The Swiss defender, Phillipe Senderos, has always been prone to the odd gaffe, but some of his magic seemed to rub off on Dutch referee Eric Braamhar when Arsenal played Sevilla in a Champions League group match last year. During the second half, a cross struck Senderos on the arm, enough to convince the referee to award a penalty. Strangely, much to Sevilla's annoyance, he swiftly changed his mind, opting for a drop ball instead Photograph: Getty

11 September 2004: Fulham were giving as good as they got at Craven Cottage against Arsenal's Invincibles, and when striker Andy Cole was tripped in the area by Ashley Cole, Mark Halsey pointed to the spot. The only problem was a penalty was never taken. Urged by furious Arsenal players, Halsey took the advice of his assistant and a drop ball was contested instead. As for the rest of the match, Arsenal ran out easy 3-0 victors Photograph: Getty

22 February 2001: Liverpool had won 2-0 at Roma in the Uefa Cup fourth round first leg, but the return proved trickier. Gianni Guigou's 25-yarder gave the Italian side a second half lead, and when Markus Babbel turned the tie on its head by handling in the area, Spanish referee Jose Maria-Garcia-Aranda blew for a penalty, before incredibly opting for a goal-kick. A reprieve for a teetering Liverpool, who won the trophy Photograph: Gary Prior/Gary Prior

21 June 1982: In the 1982 World Cup, France faced newcomers Kuwait in the first phase of the competition. Unsurprisingly France were comfortably strolling to a 3-1 win when they scored a fourth, yet the Kuwaiti team claimed that they heard the referee blow his whistle. With that, Prince Fahid of Kuwait stormed on to the pitch, ushered his players off and demanded the referee disallow the goal. He complied - and was then removed by Fifa Photograph: AP