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  • And this fantastic tale comes from Brian Cloughley:One of the more peculiar sendings-off happened at a Partick Thistle home game in the mid-1990s against Kilmarnock, I believe when the referee sent off a construction worker, who was watching the game from the building site that was to become the Jackie Husband stand.

    Do Tottenham and Fulham have to play in the Europa League? | The Knowledge 2011

  • The statistics are damning: Wolves's 21 cautions and two sendings-off confirm them as the top-flight's top sinners.

    Mick McCarthy offers no defence of Karl Henry after defeat at Wigan Richard Gibson at DW Stadium 2010

  • "There are a lot of questions that people ask about derbies, tackles and sendings-off but that wasn't down to a bad tackle."

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • "There are a lot of questions that people ask about derbies, tackles and sendings-off but that wasn't down to a bad tackle," Moyes said.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • • There were two sendings-off Sotiros Kyrgiakos and Steven Pienaar in the corresponding fixture last season, which Liverpool won 1-0.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • You get lots of questions from people asking about derbies, tackles and sendings-off but that wasn't even a bad tackle, Moyes said after ref Martin Atkinson handed out his 15th red card since the start of last season.

    CNN.com 2011

  • Australia gets red carded (one of many harsh red cards in this tournament) for an unintentional handball against Ghana ... likewise Gourcuff's (FRA) and Klose's (GER) excessive sendings-off ...

    Elusive Lucidity 2010

  • Rangers needed sendings-off to fire them to cup glory, admits Walter Smith

    The Daily Record - Home 2010

  • As well as goals, users will be able to watch other major incidents such as sendings-off and penalty decisions minutes after they happen on the pitch, with a two-minute highlights package at full-time.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • 'He's had two sendings-off in his career which is a good record for a combative midfielder.

    Football.co.uk news feed 2010

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