On this day (2nd October) in 1954, Johnny Haynes of Fulham made his debut for England in the Home Championship, playing against Northern Ireland.
Haynes scored in the match and so did Don Revie, who played for Manchester City! Remember him? England won the match 2-0. Haynes went on to play 56 times for his country, although Revie only managed 6, but of course went on the manage the "National" team.
On this day (the 2nd), a Saturday in 1970, the use of "Cards" was introduced into top level football, credited to Ken Ashton, an Englishman and one of the nation's top referees. He got the idea when he was driving through Kensington High Street, in London, when a traffic light on his road went to "red" and of course he had to stop. Ken thought this was sensible and so he thought about the Green "Go" light but could not justify fitting the "colour" into the sequence of refereeing! yellow however seemed a good symbol meaning take it easy, you are not "off" yet but be aware. If it's red then leave the match!!
The idea of cards was "trialled" at the Mexico World Cup Finals in 1970 and by October 2nd 1976, they were introduced into the Football League, when two players were "red carded"...one was David Wagstaff of Blackburn Rovers after 36 minutes of a Second Division match at Orient after arguing with the referee! In the 67th minute of another Second Division match Fulham's George Best added to "history" when he used foul language at Southampton in another Second Division match. Guess which match got most publicity!! Ezri Konsa is the first player to receive a red card this season in the Premier League, the defender bringing down Anthony Gordon, who was in front of goal, leaving referee Craig Pawson with no options. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1846725536249891 The match finished 0-0 (goals!!)
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