I'm really sorry, I must be being particularly thick today but that confuses me more and I'm not sure if the part about the goalie is true, If a goalie gets sent off then it makes perfect sense to bring on a sub goalie and take off an outfield player but I don't think there's a requirement to do...
Now you've lost me, sorry. Are you saying there are specific positions that would have to forfeit their place on the pitch for specific bookable offences by substituted players? Or is this an elaborate gag that's gone over my head?
Confused of Brighton.
Thanks for the replies but can I just ask for clarification on your post here please? Are you saying that if the substituted player had been booked after sitting down in the dug-out then gets booked again for some argy-bargy that the player who came on in his place gets sent off?
If so, it...
I was thinking about this yesterday whilst watching the Palace v Arsenal game. The Arsenal player, dunno his name, was in a filthy mood and close to a second booking so Wenger called him off. The board goes up, the ref acknowledges it and signals for the player to go off, the substitution was...