Here today, gone today...
7 Players That Were Sent Off During Their Club Debuts
from an idea sent to us by Chrissy
1. Jonathan Woodgate (for Real Madrid in 2005)
2. Rolando Bianchi (for Lazio in 2008, after just five minutes play)
3. Graeme Souness (for Rangers in 1986)
4. Garry Flitcroft (for Blackburn Rovers in 1996, after three minutes play)
5. Tomas Repka (for West Ham United in 2001)
6. Ade Akinbiyi (for Burnley in 2005, having played just two minutes)
7. Jason Crowe (for Arsenal in 1997, just 33 seconds into his debut - a British record.)
Our thanks go to Chrissy for giving us this idea for a Friday List of Little or No Consequence, and if you'd like to do the same, just send it to us at info [at] spaotp [dot] com. We look forward to hearing from you...
ojyhdlOne player from this year, Ersen Martin - Recreativo saw red card after 7 minutes at his debut
ReplyDeleteThanks for that, farnerud! It seems to me that if you're going to get sent off on your debut, it'll probably happen early on in the game...
ReplyDeleteDidn't Woodgate also score an own goal in that game?
ReplyDeleteYou're quite right, thegreatdandini. An own goal AND sent off on his debut against Athletic Bilbao.
ReplyDeleteThose Spaniards certainly know how to spend £13.4 million, don't they?
Bilbao? Spaniards??!! Gn, gn, gn..
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, that was deliberately meant as an insult about Spaniards wasting money!
ReplyDeleteBasques, however, would never be so foolish... :)