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Just bowsing through The Men Who Made The Town and came across a section entitled "Ipswich Town Players Sent Off During A Match".
From 1950-1985 we had a grand total of 14 sendings off, and in fact we went almost 19 years from Sam McCoy against Aldersht in 29th April 1950 to Derek Jefferson against Chelsea on 28th September 1968 without a single sending off.
You have to remember that until the early 1970s, it was normal to see a game of professional football without a booking - you usually had to commit several bad fould to do so. Hence sending offs for "2nd yellows" - sometimes now 2 fairly innocuous late tackles - didn't exist. To be sent off, you usually had to punch someone blatantly (not give them a gentle push in the chest), although some referees would send you off if you swore at them, which is now routinely tolerated. A good number of players went through an entire career without so much as a caution.
The "professional foul" and straight red card for it is a much more modern invention and impacts on this heavily too.
I think it is the rules and interpretation of them that have changed. If anything, the game is far less physical than it once was. It is also played at a much faster pace, especially thanks to the back pass rule.
Oh how football has changed on 17:00 - Jul 29 by Radlett_blue
You have to remember that until the early 1970s, it was normal to see a game of professional football without a booking - you usually had to commit several bad fould to do so. Hence sending offs for "2nd yellows" - sometimes now 2 fairly innocuous late tackles - didn't exist. To be sent off, you usually had to punch someone blatantly (not give them a gentle push in the chest), although some referees would send you off if you swore at them, which is now routinely tolerated. A good number of players went through an entire career without so much as a caution.
Try and find a video of the Leeds vs Chelsea FA Cup final replay, which was brutal. When retrospectively “refereed” a few years ago using recent rule changes it was something like 6 sendings off per side
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Oh how football has changed on 17:46 - Jul 29 with 1211 views
Oh how football has changed on 17:00 - Jul 29 by Radlett_blue
You have to remember that until the early 1970s, it was normal to see a game of professional football without a booking - you usually had to commit several bad fould to do so. Hence sending offs for "2nd yellows" - sometimes now 2 fairly innocuous late tackles - didn't exist. To be sent off, you usually had to punch someone blatantly (not give them a gentle push in the chest), although some referees would send you off if you swore at them, which is now routinely tolerated. A good number of players went through an entire career without so much as a caution.
Im sure I remember there was once a story on the BBC news bulletin because England Captain Bobby Moore got booked in a League Div 1 game for West Ham in the sixties... it was an outrage if im remembering correctly?
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Oh how football has changed on 18:29 - Jul 29 with 1178 views
One of those sent off in that period was Steve McCall's straight red in the 1985 FA Cup quarter final against Everton when we were 2-1 up with minutes to go. Had we held on we would've played Luton in the Semi :(
Anyway you can find the sending off clip 9:25 in the video below. You can see how surprised McCall & even John Motson was with the red card that would have easily been deemed a straight red today. Also I noticed how none of the Everton players tried to influence the referee in sending him off. They just berated McCall for the awful challenge
Oh how football has changed on 18:48 - Jul 29 by KilburnBlue
One of those sent off in that period was Steve McCall's straight red in the 1985 FA Cup quarter final against Everton when we were 2-1 up with minutes to go. Had we held on we would've played Luton in the Semi :(
Anyway you can find the sending off clip 9:25 in the video below. You can see how surprised McCall & even John Motson was with the red card that would have easily been deemed a straight red today. Also I noticed how none of the Everton players tried to influence the referee in sending him off. They just berated McCall for the awful challenge
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