What a Pratt

[smoggeordie 0]

Chippenham Town striker David Pratt is thought to have set a new world record after being sent off only three seconds into his side's loss at Bashley.

 

Pratt, 21, lunged at Bashley midfielder Chris Knowles straight from the kick-off and received his marching orders from referee Justin Amey.

 

Chippenham secretary George McCaffrey admitted: "You normally won't meet a milder man, but David lost it."

 

Bashley went on to win the Southern Premier Division match 2-1.

 

Bashley boss Steve Riley said: "The lad's gone in with his studs showing and went straight through my player. It was a potential leg-breaker. The ref had no choice."

 

Knowles was able to continue playing after the tackle.

 

Bologna's Giuseppe Lorenzo held the previous record for the quickest red card, at 10 seconds.

 

[Brock Manson 0]

I'm sure there have been red cards before the game has started?

 

Was talking about this incident today; my boss who used to ref once sent a player off 45 mins before the game for calling him an old cunt. I doubt this is true mind.

[DanTheMan 0]

I'm sure there have been red cards before the game has started?

 

Was talking about this incident today; my boss who used to ref once sent a player off 45 mins before the game for calling him an old cunt. I doubt this is true mind.

 

If you're red carded before the game though, you can be replaced my a substitute, so maybe it's not technically a 'sending off'.

 

As for the OP, what a numpty.