Getting sent off in the game before xmas so you can have two weeks off

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Wasn't it Kevin Nolan who was (in)famous for this?

Someone got himself sent off after 39 seconds this afternoon and I couldn't help imagining him on the phone to his missus "yeah, New Year's Eve in Tenerife? We're back on, love" ...

[EIM]

Denis Law did this apparently.

[The-Reverend]

In about Oct/Nov 92 I was training with the first team keepers at Oxford and John Durnin was discussing this with a team mate in the changing room.

[longeared]

Paolo di Canio was notorious for managing to work his way into a suspension somewhere around the festive season.

Pedantic point; a player getting sent off yesterday receiving a three match ban would be available for their New Years Day game (assuming no postponements)

[Satchmo Distel]

Paolo di Canio was notorious for managing to work his way into a suspension somewhere around the festive season.

And Mussolini's birthday :-)