1) Dale Jennings 3/8/2013 Barnsley 0-4 Wigan. Lasted a grand total of 6 minutes. Trod on the ball and fell down, then went flying in to a tackle and got sent off. The red card may have been harsh, but if you don't jump in, you don't get sent off. We've all seen dozens of players sent off this last couple of years for jumping in to tackles, even if they don't touch the opposition player. Referees have made it quite clear you can't do that, so any player still practicing this technique is stupid. Daft as a brush. He's from Liverpool, what do you expect? 2) Carl Regan 12/8/2000 Barnsley 1-0 Norwich. Carl lasted 3 times longer than Dale before jumping in with two feet and being shown the red card. Gone after 18 minutes. Carl was also born in Liverpool. Barnsley went on to win the game, which is no surprise as Carl Regan is one of the few footballers who can significantly improve the team by getting sent off. Amazingly he managed another 35 starts for Barnsley before being given away for being ****. If you're feeling depressed about the Wigan result, just ponder this: Carl Regan was brought in as the replacement for both Nicky Eaden and John Curtis. Apparently football managers are well paid. 3) Ben Alnwick 11/8/2012 Rochdale 3-4 Barnsley. Ben lasted a respectable 93 minutes before receiving his marching orders. Pretty good going compared to the others on this list. It's his first professional game for over two years. His new team are 2-1 up, we're three minutes in to injury time and Ben has the ball in his hands. All he's got to do is kick the ball up field and we've won the game. But Ben's having none of that and lays the nut on the nearest Rochdale forward he can find. He's off, Rochdale get a penalty and we're in to extra time. Ben was born in Prudhoe near Newcastle, but geneticists are pretty confident they can trace his lineage back to Liverpool. Any more?
Mido has to be in there, surely? And was it John Oster's debut at Hillsborough when he got sent off in Spackman's final hour?
Not sure if it was their debuts but I remember 2 goalkeepers we had on loan for very brief periods. Jake Findlay. Think it was against Huddersfield at home Routine cross like a bar of soap through his hands and Duncan Shearer headed in from a yard out. Vito mannone in a sky ge versus Preston I think. Had a mare.
Just going to mention Paul Warhurst,we were on about it at the game yesterday.He was sent off on his debut at Oakwell against non other than Sheff wed,one of his former clubs.
Still think the Jennings red card isn't even a foul. 1 footed and I don't think he particularly jumped in. Just think he was extremely unlucky.
A centre back in early nighties , gave away a penalty with a push in back , & lobbed are keeper for own goal, can't rember his name though ????
Was a bad day jamdrop! My uncle was liner and fell in the torrential rain and got covered in mud upto his neck as well. Decided to put me on the left wing after that and told me to stop up field on corners and free kicks. Top scorer for three seasons after that though and retired aged 15 as I thought I'd peaked.....joined my local pub team a few years later and I was right I had peaked and quickly retired again.
give over 5,6,7,8 tragedy one for sorrow last thing on my mind better best forgotten. How can that be called *****?
I seem to remember that super Ronnie Glavin's first few games weren't fantastic. Lets hope DJ turns out to be half as good as Glavin...
