Posted on 12/30/2008 7:07:20 AM PST by Red Badger
London - Amateur footballer David Pratt is being credited with earning the fastest ever red card after being sent off just three seconds into a game.
The Chippenham striker made headlines Monday in England after getting the swift red card for lunging at Bashley's Chris Knowles in the seventh-tier Southern Premier Division over the weekend.
"I felt hard done-to by the ref's decision but he thinks it was a red card so I have to take it," Pratt told local media.
British media called Pratt's accomplishment a world record, although not all amateur leagues keep records of such feats. The record for quickest dismissal in a professional match is believed to be held by Italian club Bologna's Giuseppe Lorenzo, who was sent off after 10 seconds in 1990 for hitting a Parma player.
"The world record is not a big deal for me, it's not something that I'm proud of," Pratt said. "I'm not the sort of player that would deliberately go in to hurt someone. I play with passion and commitment and I saw the ball and just went for the tackle."
Bashley won Saturday's match 2-1.
"The lad's gone in with his studs showing and went straight through my player," Bashley manager Steve Riley said. "It was a potential leg-breaker. The ref had no choice."
I know virtually nothing about soccer, so I am assuming that getting a “red card” is a penalty. Do you go sit out for a certain period of time (kind of like a penalty box in hockey?) or does it get you tossed out of the game completely?
A yellow card is a penalty. A red card is an ejection from the game you are currently in.
You’re tossed out of the game, and suspended for the next match.
Yellow cards are warnings, if you get two in a game, you’re tossed, and suspended. Also if you get two yellow cards over the span of several games, you are also suspended for a match.
Red card
A red card is used in several sports. It most commonly indicates a serious offence and can often mean that a player has been expelled from the game.
A red card is used in several different sporting codes. Its meaning differs among sports, however it most commonly indicates a serious offence and often results in a player being permanently suspended from the game (also known as being “sent off”, “ejected” or “expelled” from the game). Examples include:
* Association football (soccer): A red card is shown by a referee to signify that a player has been sent off.[2] A player who has been sent off is required to leave the field of play immediately and must take no further part in the game. The player who has been sent off cannot be replaced during the game; their team must continue the game with one player fewer. Law 12 of the Laws of the Game lists the categories of misconduct for which a player may be sent off. These are:
1. Serious foul play. This includes a tackle that endangers the safety of an opponent
2. Violent conduct
3. Spitting at anyone
4. A deliberate handling offense to deny an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by any player other than a goalkeeper in his own penalty area
5. Committing an offence that denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (informally known as a professional foul)
6. Using offensive, insulting or abusive language or gestures
7. Receiving a second caution (yellow card) in one game
What a prat.
As a ref, what’s your record for red carding? You’ve told me the Hispanic leagues could get rough - both on and off the field!
Cards are like injuries, in that they can affect the aggressiveness and attendance of a player, both of which can affect a single game or an entire season.
Pratt the prat. :-)
I find it interesting that an offense in one match can follow you to the next, and that they accumulate for the penalty.
Red Badger, you mentioned that a red card is used in several sports; what others that you know of?
I'm mostly a fan of American football (NFL) and when a player is ejected from a game (usually for a "personal foul") it doesn't automatically affect any participation in a future game (that might be added by the team or the league, but it's not automatic).
From WIKI:
* Australian rules football: A player committing a reportable offence such as using obscene language towards an umpire or intentionally kicking another person may be shown a red card and permanently suspended from the game.[3] Unless otherwise determined by the controlling body, the suspended player may not be replaced. Red cards are not used in the AFL.
* Bandy: A red card indicates a player has been excluded for the remainder of the match and cannot be substituted.[4] Red card offences include directly attacking an opponent or using abusive language. A coach or substitute may also be penalised with a red card. In this situation, a player currently on the rink also serves a ten minute penalty, resulting in the number of players being reduced by one.
* Canoe polo: A red card indicates a player has been sent off for the remainder of the match can cannot be substituted.[5] A red card can be awarded if a personal attack on a player occurs, repeated foul or abusive language, or when the award of a yellow card is disputed or has not had the desired effect of causing the player to control their play or attitude. A red card is also awarded when a player has received a second yellow card for any reason.
* Fencing: A red card is used to indicate that a fencer has committed an offence that warrants a penalty hit to be awarded to the opponent.[7] Second and subsequent Group 1 offences, all Group 2 offences and first Group 3 offences are penalised with a red card.[7] A red card may also be awarded when, at the second call by the referee, a fencer does not present himself on the piste ready to fence.
* Field hockey: A red card results in a player being permanently suspended from the game.[8] The player cannot take any further part in the game and cannot be substituted. As with other penalty cards in field hockey, the red card can theoretically be used to send off the captain for misconduct by his/her team, but this is extremely rare. In addition to their colour, red cards in field hockey are often circular in shape.
* Handball: A red card indicates a disqualification of a player who has committed an offence such unsportsmanlike conduct, serious foul play or receiving a third two minute suspension.[9] A red card prevents a player from playing in the remainder of the match and as a result reduces the number of players that are available to a team. A red card also carries a two minute suspension for the team, meaning that a team cannot replace the disqualified player until the two minute team suspension has expired.[9]
* Mixed martial arts promotion PRIDE: A red card is issued as punishment and results in a 10% deduction of the guilty fighter’s fight purse (only used when fights are conducted under PRIDE’s Bushido rules).[citation needed]
* Rugby union: A red card is used indicate that a player has been sent off and can take no further part in the game.[10] During international matches, any player who commits an offence under Law 10 - Foul Play may be shown a red card. Red cards are normally issued for serious offences. Any player receiving a second yellow card in a game will automatically be shown a red card.
* Volleyball: A red card is used to indicate the explusion of a player or team official and can be issued by the referee for the second instance of rude conduct or the first instance of offensive conduct.[11] Expelled players must leave the playing area and remain in the penalty area for the remainder of the set. If an expelled player cannot be legally substituted, their team loses the set.[11] A red card shown together with a yellow card indicates a participant has been disqualified and can take no further part in the match.[11] In the NCAA, red and yellow cards in the same hand indicate that the player must sit out the rest of that game, while red and yellow cards held apart indicate that the participant is disqualified and must leave the playing and spectator areas.
* Water polo: A red card is issued to a coach and/or player(s) on the bench for a second incident of misconduct after receiving a yellow card, or immediately in cases of severe misconduct (i.e. verbal abuse of referee or desk official).
I took fencing in college as a PE requirement (that and ballroom dancing, ha ha!) but I honestly don't remember anything about red cards. Likely it was because we were more concerned with just trying to learn the basics and we were not competing.
These are mostly European variations on the games. The Olympic rules differ also............
Thanks. I count it as a good day when I learn a new thing. It’s been a good day. :-)
Would you translate this for me please?
"The lad's gone in with his studs showing and went straight through my player," Bashley manager Steve Riley said. "It was a potential leg-breaker. The ref had no choice."
Does this mean Pratt walked over the other guy in his cleats?
It means he has gone steaming in at high speed with his foot and therefore his studs up and essentially tried to cut the other player in half, no doubt somewhere between the knee and torso, and has almost broken the player’s leg.
A horrendous type of tackle in which attempting to win the ball hard but fair is non-existent. Its a tackle simply designed to cripple the other player.
The great hardmen of football (soccer) have the skill to break you in half and do it fairly.Or at least just within the laws of the game...
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