Farcical refereeing decision sees Man United star escape red card despite being brandished TWO yellow cards in England's draw with Uruguay at Wembley - in new 'Graham Poll' moment
Englishman Poll famously issued three yellow cards to Croatia's Josip Simunic in the Croatia vs Australia match in Germany. Poll booked Simunic in the 61st and 90th minutes but failed to send him off, later issuing the red card after a third yellow in added time. Poll was immediately referenced on ITV, with co-commentator Lee Dixon joking: 'Graham Poll was having a nice evening before that!'. 'Now we’ve been told the first of those yellow cards for Ugarte was actually for Gimenez. So rather than two yellow cards, Ugarte got no yellow cards.'
Source: Daily Mail March 27, 2026 23:01 UTC
