March 16th 2002: Sendings off and injuries saw Sheffield United reduced to 6 players, one fewer than the minimum allowed, so the match was abandoned.
WBA were leading 3-0 at the time and that scoreline was allowed to stand as the result. West Bromwich Albion played a Championship match at Sheffield United in a match that has since become known as The Battle of Bramall Lane. Sheffield United's goalkeeper was sent off early in the game, and West Bromwich scored twice. In the 65th minute, a Sheffield United substitute, Georges Santos, was sent off almost immediately after coming on to the field. He had made a dangerous tackle on Andy Johnson, and it has been alleged that he had a revenge motive for an incident between the players earlier in their careers.
A third Sheffield United player, Suffo, was sent off in the resulting melée. West Bromwich scored a third goal and Sheffield United used all three substitutes before an injury to Brown reduced them to seven men. Another injury left them with six, and the referee immediately and correctly abandoned the game with a few minutes to go. The authorities confirmed the result as 0-3, as it stood at the time of the abandonment, and fined Sheffield United. WBA Manager Gary Megson accused his counterpart Neil Warnock of directing a player to feign injury. However, both Santos and Suffo never played for the club again and Brown did not play again that season.
BUT of course the FA Laws know best: Number of Players: A match is played by two teams, each with a maximum of eleven players; one must be the goalkeeper. A match may not start or continue if either team has fewer than seven players.
If a team has fewer than seven players because one or more players has deliberately left the field of play, the referee is not obliged to stop play and the advantage may be played, but the match must not resume after the ball has gone out of play if a team does not have the minimum number of seven players.
If the competition rules state that all players and substitutes must be named before kick-off and a team starts a match with fewer than eleven players, only the players and substitutes named in the starting line-up may take part in the match upon their arrival.
When the number of players in a team falls below seven (e.g. by five players sent off with red cards or by injured players with no substitutions left, or a combination of both), the match is forfeited.
A forfeited match is handled differently in various competitions; FIFA Disciplinary Code punishes the team sanctioned with a forfeit with a 3–0 loss (however, the result on the pitch is upheld if the goal difference at the end of the match was three or greater so as to ensure the non-forfeiting team is not unfairly disadvantaged in any potential tiebreakers involving goal difference and/or goals scored).
You may remember this?
In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, in Germany, there was one match so infamous, it was known as The Battle of Nuremberg. Russian referee Valentin Ivanov, issued four red cards and 16 yellows to the players of the Netherlands and Portugal — a record at any FIFA-administered international tournament. https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=468594237779690&_rdr
However, if you’re looking for the game that holds the "Guinness Book of Records Record"!! for most red cards in one match, the answer lies in the fifth tier of Argentinean football. In 2011, Buenos Aires rivals Claypole and Victoriano Arenas were contesting a league match in which two players had already been sent off before half time. The second half descended into pure chaos after a few nasty challenges triggered an all-out, bench-clearing brawl. Some fans even got involved in the fisticuffs. In his post-match report, the referee detailed how he had sent off all 22 players, as well as an additional 14 made up of subs and coaches. That’s right, 36 red cards in one match. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O26Tzozvibc
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