Disaster for Darlington as red cards cost Quakers win

The Northern Echo | December 1, 2003| | Copyright

Darlington 2 Scunthorpe 2

DARLINGTON reached boiling point in an incident-packed game and paid for it by throwing away what would've been their first victory in two months.

The team's indiscipline has been an unwelcome feature of the season and during the 20 League matches so far the team has amassed a shocking eight red cards.

However, the effects of Saturday's dismissals of Ryan Valentine and Barry Conlon proved far more devastating than any others this season, because quite simply they cost Darlington a precious win.

Quakers have now failed to pick up a win in their last 12 matches and are ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Richardson sees red after Maybole defeat.
Newspaper article from: Kirkintilloch Herald / The Advertiser (Kirkintilloch, Scotland) ; JOHN Richardson has urged his players to avoid red cards if they want to see silverware this season. The call came...and that put pressure on us. I think we are now at eight red cards in 11 games which is an embarrassment and a disgrace. The...
How red cards have cost Halifax Town.
Newspaper article from: Evening Courier (Halifax, England) ; ...how could any - or all - of the five red cards their players have been shown, been avoided...points dropped there. The other three red cards all carried varying degrees of misfortune...to Shaw and Griffith for the first two red cards shows that there is a procedure in place...
Milne's the man in the capital.
Newspaper article from: The Falkirk Herald (Falkirk, Scotland) ; ...what was a hard-earned away win for Falkirk on Saturday. Four red cards and seven bookings gives an indication of how busy Freeland...building around Easter Road. Indeed, five bookings and two red cards in the space of 20 minutes shows just how fraught the first...
Down to the wire.
Newspaper article from: Hartlepool Mail (Hartlepool, England) ; ...entire attendance - eventually went down 2-0 in a hectic match which saw three red cards being brandished, two penalties missed and another one scored. Two of the red cards were shown to Pools players with Richard Barker being sent off in the second...
LATE, LATE SHOW AND TWO RED CARDS.
Newspaper article from: The Arbroath Herald Guide and Gazette (Arbroath, Scotland) ; ...in a pitched battle that included players, substitutes and backroom staff. The referee finally restored calm and brandished red cards to both Savage and Dickson. Read a full report from the match and John McGlashan's reaction in tomorrow's Arbroath Herald.
Coyle fury at ref as Clarets edged out.
Newspaper article from: Evening Courier (Halifax, England) ; ...after Chris McCann and Joey Gudjonsson were shown straight red cards for challenges on Sean St Ledger and Neil Mellor respectively...but he's never stamped on him in a hundred years. The two red cards overshadowed a exhilarating encounter which saw both sides...
March let two-goal lead slip as pair get red cards.
Newspaper article from: Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England) ; ...returned to our old ways in the second. We played in the wrong areas, lost our way and I can't make any excuses for the two red cards as the players should know better. Striker Luke Weston made his first March appearance as a second-half substitute but is still...
'Refs and cards are ruining World Cup'.
Newspaper article from: The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England) ; ...the experienced centre-half is dismayed at the high number of yellow and red cards and frequent bad decisions, and believes that the art of tackling is under...tremendous tackles at this World Cup for which the ref has given yellow or red cards.
Red cards fly as Robins grounded.
Newspaper article from: Selby Times (Selby, England) ; Selby Town 1 Thackley 3 With red cards flying in all directions, Selby Town's erratic form continued on Saturday as they lost their fourth successive home game - in marked...
Red carded.
Newspaper article from: Linlithgowshire Journal & Gazette (Linlithgowshire, Scotland) ; ...vulnerable residents will be given the red cards, which explain that cold callers are...The community council will deliver the red cards to streets identified by the police as...for criminals. Individuals can collect red cards direct from Linlithgow Police Station...

Find more facts and information related to the article "Disaster for Darlington as red cards cost Quakers ..."