Who Was The First Player(s) You Saw Get Sent Off?

[Border villan]

Dennis Law on his way off the pitch having done Alan Deakin.

Great photo. My brother was with me and the other urchins standing by the players tunnel, he threw an apple core at Law and then legged it to the back where our dad and uncle were standing.

[Exeter 77]

The first one I remember was the first Barcelona player in the Super Cup. Having just checked it was Julio Alberto followed later in the same game by Marco's Alonso and Allan Evans

[dave shelley]

Does anyone else remember Nobby Stiles doing something similar to what Law did to, I think, Lew Chatterley, and not getting sent off?

[dcdavecollett]

Yes, Lew ended up with a real shiner, but actually spoke up for Stiles at the hearing!!

My first sending -off was Jimmy McGill of Huddersfield in 1967, for hacking down Brian Godfrey in the second half.

[CT Villan]

Same as a couple of others already mentioned, when two Barca animals and Allan Evans were sent off in the Super Cup. What a night that was.

[joe_c]

Gary Megson for Sheffield Wednesday at Villa Park in the League Cup, 87/88 season when we were in what was Division 2. I was only 9 but pretty sure he punched Mark Lillis? Think we won 2-1 then lost to Spurs in the next round.

This is the first one I remember too. Beat Spurs in the previous round but lost to Wednesday that night. An incredibly shonkily edited video of it here with the incident in question about half way through.

[PGW]

Dennis Law on his way off the pitch having done Alan Deakin.

Great photo. My brother was with me and the other urchins standing by the players tunnel, he threw an apple core at Law and then legged it to the back where our dad and uncle were standing.

Not sure if Denis Law was the first person i saw get sent off but he is certainly the first i remember. What a result that day as well..4-0

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Another one for Law '63. Had to wait a while for the next though - Sammy Morgan at Highbury, something that should make Bob Wilson cringe with shame.

[dave shelley]

Another one for Law '63. Had to wait a while for the next though - Sammy Morgan at Highbury, something that should make Bob Wilson cringe with shame.

I was at that Highbury game and the blatant playacting from Wilson was as disgraceful as anything I'd seen up to that point.  The self-absorbed twat that is Clive Thomas actually made that decision from the halfway line IIRC, which was one of the reasons I was so incenced.  Oh the joy in the replay, the sheer terror that Wilson displayed when Sammy went anywhere near him and the crowd literally baying was almost tangible. Result notwithstanding,  A great night, the place was rocking.

[Charlie8182]

For me, Garry Thompson then of Coventry for a reckless challenge on Allan Evans - 27/02/1982. Evans missed the 1st leg in Kiev as a result of that foul.
Followed by Ian Bowyer of Forest, 11/09/1982

[Gary Penrice]

John Beck in the 2-2 game at VP.....'76 I think!

[eric woolban woolban]

The first one I remember was the first Barcelona player in the Super Cup. Having just checked it was Julio Alberto followed later in the same game by Marco's Alonso and Allan Evans

Alonso being the father of current Chelsea player Marco's Alonso jnr

[The Left Side]

Gary Megson for Sheffield Wednesday at Villa Park in the League Cup, 87/88 season when we were in what was Division 2. I was only 9 but pretty sure he punched Mark Lillis? Think we won 2-1 then lost to Spurs in the next round.

This is the first one I remember too. Beat Spurs in the previous round but lost to Wednesday that night. An incredibly shonkily edited video of it here with the incident in question about half way through.

Mine too, we should have done better.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

My first sending -off was Jimmy McGill of Huddersfield in 1967, for hacking down Brian Godfrey in the second half.

Ditto.

[Clark W Griswold]

In answer to the original question, i'm not sure, but probably someone who 'played' for Wimbledon.