Premier League referee Bobby Madley substituted himself off during the game between Stoke and Leicester on Saturday afternoon in what was a rare occurrence in football.
Madley was forced to exit the pitch after picking up an apparent thigh injury during the opening 30 minutes at the Bet365 stadium.
That gave fourth official Jon Moss an opportunity to take charge of the game, coming on in place of Madley.
For curious fans, part of a very short hold-up involved Madley handing over his set of cards to Moss.
And he also had to give his fellow official his notepad for the match - which gave both teams an opportunity to hold a team talk on the sidelines.
Madley then took over the role of fourth official. Hopefully lifting the board for substitutions and added time will not cause him any further injury.
It will have come as a blow for Madley, who has had a significant workload over the last two weeks.
Prior to the game in Stoke he took charge of Crystal Palace against West Ham last weekend and Manchester United's trip to Swansea in the EFL Cup in mid-week.
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