A Watford ball boy receives cheeky chants from Millwall fans after accidentally making a mistake mid-game on Saturday afternoon.
A bizarre but much talked about moment that got many laughing inside Vicarage Road saw a Watford ball boy grab the ball before it went out of play and threw it back to the goalkeeper, when it was heading out for a throw in.
The referee and linesman were in long discussions about what to do and ended up giving an uncontested drop ball to Millwall.
The Millwall fans then sang “your getting sacked in the morning” towards the young lad followed by boos when the staff moved him to the other end of the ground, leading to the away end singing “We want our ball boy back”.
This Watford ball boy accidentally grabbed the ball before it completely went out of play infront of the Millwall end yesterday…
So the Millwall fans sang this to him 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/6lbi5cHp9p
— george (@StokeyyG2) January 18, 2026
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The game itself saw Femi Azeez open the scoring for Millwall in the 69th minute, before Josh Coburn came off the bench and double their lead in the 81st minute.
The victory sees Millwall, who are now unbeaten in fifth league games, climb up to 4th in the Championship table with 46 points from 27 games played, and now 3 points behind 2nd place Middlesbrough.
Defeat sees Watford’s four-match winning run comes to an end, they sit 8th with 41 points from 26 games, and are 2 points from the playoff places.
Watford boss Javi Gracia said: “It’s obvious this wasn’t our best game. We knew that Millwall are really strong, but we didn’t do our job.
“We tried to find a way to progress and play in our style, but we didn’t do it.
“When we conceded the first goal after a mistake it was difficult for us to control the game. Millwall deserved their reward.
“When it came to showing our quality one-on-one or finishing with composure today was not our day.
“I’m frustrated, the players are frustrated, our fans are frustrated. We suffered today because Millwall were strong, but they did their job. We knew that before the game.
“We have to learn that when games are so tight and close, we have to be ready to defend and attack in small spaces.”
Millwall boss Alex Neil said: “At this stage of the season, winning is obviously the most important thing, but how you win does matter.
“In the first half we were very dominant and they couldn’t get out of their half much.
“We talk a lot about doing the hard yards and sometimes at this level you can beat teams through persistence and put the effort in that maybe other teams won’t.
“So I was delighted with the lads. I thought we showed real hunger, real desire and I thought that we deservedly won the game.”
Social media users gave their reaction after the Watford ball boy receives cheeky chants from Millwall fans after making a mistake mid-game…
@mrhk85: The replacement ball boy was really funny, I hope the other lad is okay, if anything the ref didn’t help as it was obvious that it was going out for a throw and he took an age deciding what to do.
@Shortieyates04: Other ball boy giving it the biggun 🤣🤣
@Dave_mfc87: This was comical today. Sacked in the morning 😂. #Millwall
@DanSkinner1885: Did feel for that lad. Clearly wasn’t the banter type! Watford did pretty well to replace him within 5 mins with their most confident ballboy!! He copped a bit of stick & gave it back. Hope they look after ‘our’ ballboy, he made a mistake, took a bit of stick but no harm meant 🤷♂️
@RedRoseMichelle: At Watford v Millwall. Bizarre scenes where ball boy stopped the ball before it went out of play for a Millwall corner. Millwall fans raging singing ‘you’re getting sacked in the morning’. Horns singing we want our ball boy off. Ball boy getting hauled off pitch. Chaos. Seen no ⚽️
@alexbe11: Rogue ball boy collecting the ball on the pitch was not what I had on today’s Watford-Millwall bingo card
@SamuelJ72317235: Top shithousing from the ball boy. I can’t help but respect it the cheeky little fucker. He knew exactly what he was doing. 🤣
@BaitVic: What is the ref doing? Ball boy made a mistake by touching the ball before it went off for a Watford throw with no-one anywhere near it. Decision? Uncontested drop ball to Millwall! #watfordfc
tommyp191: Honestly best bit of the game watching grown men get rattled by a ball boy 😂
so__lets_go: It was the highlight of the first half! Well played ball boy 👏👏👏 and substitute ball boy 👏👏👏
nattierose66: ah i really felt for him bless him . well done ball boy and good on the swapped ball boy for clapping back at millwall fans . 👏🙌
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