“Has a player ever been sent off, then sent off again in their first match back after suspension? Assuming this has happened many times, has a player ever seen red in three consecutive games for which they were eligible? What’s the record?” asks James McWilliam Woods.
Until 2004, suspensions in English football did not begin until 14 days after the relevant offence took place. That led to a couple of famous examples of players being sent off a second time before they had begun the suspension for their first red card.
