Event class: match, game, season, goal, player, team, final, sent, card, red

Events with high posterior probability

Brian Greenhoff	In the 1977 FA Cup Final, it is commonly agreed that Greenhoff was the man of the match.
Kieron Dyer	On 2 April 2005, Dyer was involved in an on-pitch brawl with teammate Lee Bowyer in Newcastle United's Premiership match with Aston Villa and both had to be pulled apart and separated by their teammates and other Villa players.
Scott Brown (Scottish footballer)	The Daily Telegraph noted in the lead-up to the 2011 Scottish Cup Final that Brown had only scored six goals in the previous two seasons, but had received eighteen yellow cards and two red cards.
Bryan Gunn	He describes the save he made from Bayern striker Adolfo Valencia as the finest of his career ; However, he was involved in an own-goal incident in an East Anglian derby match in the 1995 -- 96 season, when a backpass from Robert Ullathorne bounced awkwardly off the pitch and over Gunn's attempted clearance kick.
Billy Bassett	On 28 April 1894, Bassett became the first ever Albion player to be sent off : he was dismissed for using'' unparliamentary language'' in a friendly match away at Millwall.
Radek Dosoudil	In 2013, Dosoudil suffered a broken leg following a challenge from Sparta Prague striker Léonard Kweuke in a Czech Cup match.
Gary Neville	In January 2006, his actions were the subject of some controversy after his celebration in front of the visiting Liverpool fans at Old Trafford, when he was seen to run from the halfway line towards the opposing fans to celebrate the 90th minute injury-time winning headed goal by United defender Rio Ferdinand.
Didier Drogba	Drogba was sent off in the 117th minute of the Champions League Final for slapping defender Vidić, becoming only the second player to be sent off in a European Cup final -- after Jens Lehmann in 2006 -- and the first for violent conduct.
Steve Baker (footballer born 1962)	In his final season at The Dell, Baker was only selected twice with his final appearance for'' The Saints'' coming in a South Coast Derby match against Portsmouth on 3 January 1988, when he had an'' agonising afternoon'', being beaten by Vince Hilaire who set up Barry Horne for the first goal, and then allowing Micky Quinn to get a cross in for Terry Connor to score Portsmouth's second.
Gordon Greer	On 17 May 2010 he got a straight sending off for a high tackle in the play-off 2nd leg against Charlton Athletic, which eventually Swindon went on to win on penalties.
David Beckham	Beckham's most notorious red card was during the 1998 FIFA World Cup after Argentina's Diego Simeone had fouled him : Beckham, lying face down on the pitch, hit the defender with his leg, who fell dramatically.
Jean Makoun	On 12 February 2011, Makoun was sent off after receiving a straight red card for a tackle on Blackpool's DJ Campbell.
Teddy Sheringham	Although Sheringham began the 1998 FIFA World Cup as a starting player with Owen on the bench, after Owen replaced him and almost turned around a defeat against Romania in England's second game of the tournament, it seemed likely that Sheringham's front line international career had come to an end.
Paul Scholes	Scholes was dismissed during United's 1 -- 0 away victory over Liverpool on 3 March 2007, for swinging an arm at Xabi Alonso.
Karim Ziani	Ziani is considered to be a national hero by many Algeria ns, as it was his cross that led to the goal that put them into their first World Cup competition since 1986 at the expense of bitter rivals Egypt.
Daniel Bennett (footballer)	During the 2007 Singapore Cup final against Tampines Rovers, Bennett was involved in a clash with Noh Alam Shah (a Tampines Rovers striker and fellow Singapore national team player) during which Alam Shah kneed Bennett in the head in a tussle for the ball and, after being dragged away by his team-mates, returned and kicked Bennett in the head.
Alan Smith (footballer born 1980)	On 18 February 2006, during a 1 -- 0 defeat by Liverpool at Anfield in the FA Cup, Smith broke his leg and dislocated his ankle while attempting to block a free-kick from Liverpool's John Arne Riise, an injury described by Ferguson as'' one of the worst I've seen''.
Mika?l Silvestre	In April 2010, Silvestre filled in for the absence of Sol Campbell and Alexandre Song against Barcelona, during which match Arsenal conceded a goal which many claim to be the fault of Silvestre.
Philippe Albert	His most famous moment arguably came when he scored an audacious chip over Peter Schmeichel in a 5 -- 0 win over Manchester United in 1996 ; United manager Alex Ferguson had been interested in signing him a year earlier.
George Burley	Although winning 2 -- 1 against Iceland in their second game of the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign, Burley received heavy criticism for the 1 -- 0 defeat to Macedonia in the opening match and a 0 -- 0 home draw against Norway.
Kevin Blackwell	After the Blades 2 -- 0 defeat at home to Charlton Athletic on 1 March 2008, Blackwell was critical of his team's performance, describing it as'' insipid'' and'' embarrassing'' in an interview on BBC Radio Sheffield.
Leon Boullemier	After refereeing a match in Ireland between Linfield and Belfast Celtic in 1914, Bullimer received a police escort off the field to'' -LSB- escape -RSB- the attentions of a rowdy section of the crowd, who did not approve of some of his decisions''.
Mark Kendall	He played in the European Cup Winners Cup tie against Monaco in 1991 when the rules stated that teams could only field 3 foreigners and Swansea had to find 12 Welshmen among their players, the second leg ending in a 0 -- 8 defeat.
C?dric Carrasso	Also in his first season, Carrasso in his second season, Carrasso was in goal that he conceded 5 goal heavily against Lorient in a 5 -- 1 loss on 19 February 2012 and worse for Carrasso was given a straight red card in stoppage time and missed one match ban.
Paul Ince	According to Graham Le Saux's autobiography, Ince's homophobic taunting and Le Saux's reaction during a 1997 Liverpool -- Chelsea match has resulted in a long running coolness between the two players, despite the fact that Le Saux is not actually gay.
Tony Cunningham (footballer)	On his return to Bloomfield Road with the Shakers, on October 31, 1989, Cunningham delighted the home support by getting sent off in the first half.
Neil Lennon	An on-field incident during a league match in 1998 against Newcastle United between Lennon and Alan Shearer resuted in the England international being charged with misconduct by the FA, Television footage showed Shearer appearing to intentionally kick Lennon in the head following a challenge.
Pablo Mastroeni	In a FIFA World Cup 2006 match against Italy on June 17, Mastroeni was given a red card for an aggressive tackle in the first half.
Matt Harrold	On 21 August 2010, He was red carded in 1 -- 1 draw against after receiving his second yellow card.
Martin Hodge	Hodge was part of an unusual and rare incident on 25 October 1986 when during the Sheffield Wednesday v Coventry City match, City goalkeeper Steve Ogrizovic scored a freak goal directly from a kick out of his hand with the help of a following wind.
Graham Poll	In the dying seconds of the Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool on 21 April 2000 with the score at 0 -- 0, the Liverpool goalkeeper Sander Westerveld kicked the ball at Everton's Don Hutchison's back while Hutchison was retreating towards his own half.
Shelton Martis	He made a critical error for West Brom on 18 May 2009 against Liverpool, stumbling over the ball, allowing Steven Gerrard to race clear and score.
C?sar Luis Menotti	In the run-up to the 1978 World Cup, Menotti came under fire for favoring allegedly inferior players (e. g. improvised right-back Olguín over Vicente Pernía, and Valencia over Alonso and Bochini).
Paolo Di Canio	In England, Di Canio is infamous for an incident on the pitch in September 1998, when he pushed referee Paul Alcock to the ground after being sent off while playing for Sheffield Wednesday against Arsenal at Hillsborough, which resulted in an extended ban of 11 matches and him being fined # 10,000.
Adin Brown	On July 2, 2007, Brown made a number of great saves early in the game against Rosenborg, and then he headed in the equalizer at the end of the stoppage time to tie the game 2-2.
Lee Johnson (footballer)	On 12 August 2006, Huddersfield Town manager Peter Jackson was sent to the stands after grabbing Johnson around the throat in a touchline incident 10 minutes from full-time.
Roy Emerson	He was the heavy favourite to win Wimbledon again in 1966, but during his fourth round match he skidded while chasing the ball and crashed into the umpire's stand, injuring his shoulder.
Scott Brown (Scottish footballer)	Brown was booked in Celtic's penultimate league game against Kilmarnock, which caused him to go over the disciplinary points threshold and receive a suspension for the first two matches of the 2011 -- 12 season.
Dick Beattie	Pompey were relegated at the end of the 1960 -- 61 season while in that year's FA Cup, Beattie was involved in a controversial incident when a bad mistake in a third round tie against Peterborough United gifted the opponents the lead.
Michael Jakobsen	On 1 May 2011, Jakobsen received a straight red card in a 1 -- 1 draw against Sevilla The same season Almeria was relegated to the Segunda División after four years at the La Liga Division.
Rene Howe	Then, in 16 December 2011, in a 4 -- 0 win over Accrington Stanley, Howe received a straight red card for his challenge on Dean Winnard, in a 3 -- 1 loss.
Dennis Bergkamp	In an FA Cup quarter-final replay against West Ham United on 17 March 1998, Bergkamp was sent off for elbowing midfielder Steve Lomas and missed three matches due to suspension.
Darron Gibson	Gibson was sent off for the first time in his career, in a 1 -- 2 win away to West Ham United on 22 December 2012, although the red card and subsequent ban were rescinded by the The Football Association five days later.
Stewart Murdoch	In 2011-12 season, Murdoch was shown the first red card of his career in a 1 -- 1 draw away at Livingston on 10 September 2011 and after the match, the club decided not to appeal for his sending off.
Kasper Schmeichel	In the first month of the season, Schmeichel was shown a seemingly needless red card in the 79th minute of Leicester's away game to Nottingham Forest on 20 August 2011 after receiving two yellow cards for' unsporting conduct'.
Benni McCarthy	McCarthy, who is affectionately known as Big Brother by the Orlando Pirates faithful, was handed a red card for dissent in the MTN 8 secondleg semi-final played on Saturday 25 August 2012, after he charged Franklin Cale after a reckless challenge on Daine Klate.
Brian McClair	In October 1990, McClair was involved in controversy when in reaction to a late challenge he repeatedly kicked Arsenal's Nigel Winterburn in the back as he lay prone on the ground, sparking a 21-man brawl.
Hugh Dallas	In November 2010, assistant referee Steven Craven accused Dallas of exerting pressure on him to support referee Dougie McDonald, who had lied about a disallowed penalty incident in a match at Tannadice Park.
Barry Knight (referee)	Knight returned to action on 17 March 2007 by fulfilling a fourth official posting in a Premier League fixture between Reading and Portsmouth.
David McGurk	He received the first red card of his York career after being sent off in the second minute of a 4 -- 0 loss at Southport on 29 January 2011.
Francis Benali	His status amongst the supporters was such that his testimonial match in 1997 was a sell-out and the supporters witnessed his first goal as a first team player, when he drove the ball in from well outside the goal area.
Danny Welbeck	On 2 June 2012, he scored his first goal for England in a 1 -- 0 win against Belgium, with a chip over Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet after collecting a through ball from his Manchester United team mate Ashley Young.
Alberto Gilardino	On 18 October, thanks to a brace against Reggina, Gila became the youngest Italian player to score 100 goals in Serie A. On October 27, 2008, Gilardino was affected by the sport through television test a two-day suspension for unsportsmanlike conduct seriously, to have scored, unseen by the referee Morganti, a goal by hand on a voluntary basis during the race won by Fiorentina 3 - 1 at the home of Palermo.
Bob Taylor (footballer)	Taylor became the 100th Albion player to be sent off in a first team match when he received a red card against Barnsley on 28 October 2001.
Pat Dunne	He became the first player to be shown a red card in League of Ireland football when he was sent off on 1 September 1974 in a League Cup match against Shelbourne.
Walter Pandiani	On 30 January 2011, during half-time of a 1 -- 0 home win against Real Madrid, he was involved in a'' verbal spat'' with Cristiano Ronaldo, suggesting afterwards that'' As a footballer he is a phenomenon but to do the things he does, maybe he has a screw loose.''
Nadir Belhadj	On 27 January 2009, Belhadj was sent off for the first time for Portsmouth when he picked up 2 yellow cards in the 1 -- 0 defeat against Aston Villa.
Leighton James	He caused further controversy in March 2008 by commenting in his column in the South Wales Evening Post that he would like Cardiff City to lose to Barnsley FC in the FA Cup semi-final 2008.
Eiji Kawashima	2011 Lierse shouting incident On 19 August 2011, in a match between Lierse S. K. and Germinal Beerschot, Lierse was leading by a goal when Beerschot fans threw a projectile in the direction of Kawashima and insulted him with chants of'' Kawashima-Fukushima !''
Phil Joslin (referee)	Joslin received heavy criticism after the Championship match between Ipswich Town and Leicester City at Portman Road on 11 December 2007, which finished 3 -- 1 to the home side.
Alan Stubbs	He sparked controversy among the Sunderland fans when he celebrated a last minute goal scored by Tim Cahill as Everton beat Sunderland at the Stadium of Light in late 2005.
Avram Grant	During an away game to Wigan Athletic on 15 May 2011 (a match which West Ham had to win to have any chance of avoiding relegation) a plane flew over the ground trailing a banner reading'' Avram Grant -- Millwall legend'', a sarcastic reference to West Ham's fierce local rivalry with Millwall.
Gertjan Verbeek	Verbeek caused controversy in December 2011 in a 2011 -- 12 KNVB Cup match against Ajax by leading AZ off the pitch in protest at having their goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado sent off for retaliating against a pitch invader.
Jonathan Pearce	when Chelsea scored against Real Betis in a 1998 UEFA Cup Winners Cup game, as well as his excited commentary when England played Poland in a qualification game for the 1998 World Cup, in which he often said phrases like'' Come on England !
Massimo Busacca	In a later match in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Busacca did not show the red card to Argentinian defender Gabriel Heinze after an errant throw by Argentinian goalkeeper Roberto Abbondanzieri resulted in a breakaway by Mexican striker Francisco Fonseca and a subsequent foul by Heinze.
Kevin Hartman	On September 16, 2010, in a match against New York Red Bulls, Kevin was injured by Red Bulls striker Thierry Henry, who wanted to kick the ball to celebrate a goal.
Sotirios Kyrgiakos	Kyrgiakos' performances had been so impressive that the British sports journalist, Steven Saunders, identified Kyrgiakos as'' One To Watch'' in the preview to Liverpool's home game against Bolton on 30 January 2010.
Adam Forshaw	Forshaw received the first red card of his career after picking up a second yellow card in a 2 -- 1 league victory over Crawley Town on 26 February 2013.
Pepe (footballer born 1983)	On 21 April 2009, he was also involved in an incident with Getafe CF's Javier Casquero : with the score at 2 -- 2 and only a few minutes to play, he brought down the midfielder in the penalty area, being subsequently sent off.
Tony Sanneh	After Brian McBride converted Sanneh's cross for the game-winning goal in the US' opening 2002 World Cup match against Portugal, McBride referenced their partnership in the postgame interview, saying he and Sanneh had run that play'' 100 times with the Milwaukee Rampage.''
Grant Holt	Holt received his first red card for Norwich City against Brentford on 23 January 2010.
Ren? Higuita	Higuita's style of play influenced a new FIFA rule during the 1990 FIFA World Cup that a goalkeeper is not allowed to touch the ball with his hands if his teammates pass the ball to him.
Dennis Bergkamp	Against Sheffield United in the FA Cup on 19 February 2005, Bergkamp was shown a straight red card by referee Neale Barry for shoving defender Danny Cullip.
Steve McManaman	According to El País, in 2001, fans saluted him with their' white handkerchiefs' (as a terrace favourite) after he acrobatically scored a' wonder goal' against Real Oviedo that year.
Clarence Seedorf	During a game against Madureira on 24 March 2013, Seedorf received two yellow cards for refusing to leave the pitch the right way after being substituted.
Dida (footballer born 1973)	Though Milan's drive to return to the 2006 Champions League Final fell short after a 1 -- 0 semifinal aggregate loss to Barcelona, that series began a revival of his form with stops against Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto'o and Henrik Larsson over the course of both legs.
Willo McDonagh	Arguably his best performance for the Glens came in a 4-1 win over Belfast rivals Cliftonville at the Oval in December 2006, where he made surging runs from midfield and scored with a directed header, and many hoped he would have continued this great form into the annual Boxing Day derby clash with arch rivals Linfield, but McDonagh was handed a two-game suspension by the IFA.
Andy Gurney	Gurney played just over 30 games for Swansea, getting booked 5 times and sent-off once (for kicking an opponent and was transfer listed in May 2005.
Jimmy Hill	As chairman, at a crucial relegation match at home to Bristol City at the end of the 1976 -- 77 season, Hill was advised to delay the kick off by 10 minutes for fans still outside caught in the heavy traffic.
Jimmy Bullard	On 11 February 2006, Bullard was honoured by Sky's morning football show Soccer AM for running the length of the pitch in an attempt to score when the floodlights went out during Wigan's League Cup semi-final home leg against Arsenal and leapfrogging a pile of players in a goal mouth scramble in the Premier League against Everton, resulting in him falling on his face.
Maurice Edelston	By the mid-1970s, his career was somewhat in decline as the emergence of Alan Parry was denying him the chance to commentate on matches such as England vs Scotland in 1975, and the controversial European Cup final in which Bayern Munich beat Leeds United four days later.
Luke Jones (footballer)	He received the first red card of his career in October 2008, described as a'' stupid'' dismissal in Kidderminster's 5 -- 1 away victory against King's Lynn in the FA Cup.
Tiago Mendes	The negotiations between the player and the club had a violent end when Tiago forcibly locked Juventus president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli inside a toilet stall -- the chairman was finally rescued by captain Alessandro Del Piero, more than an hour later ; after a difficult first season he eventually established himself in Claudio Ranieri's side but, in November 2008, against Inter Milan, he was stretchered off the pitch with a serious knee injury just several minutes into the match, and was sidelined for almost two months.
Alcides Ghiggia	Uruguay The right winger of CA Peñarol of Montevideo became a legend of Uruguayan and world football when he scored the decisive goal in the de facto final of the World Cup 1950 in the Maracanã Stadium of Rio de Janeiro in front of a crowd of about 200,000 against the highly fancied home side Brazil.
Nikolaos Karabelas	In 2009 he was eventually driven out of Aris after receiving threats from the club's fans following on from a missed penalty against PAOK F. C. in the Greek Cup semi-finals, which is one of the greatest rivalries in Greece.
Denis Irwin	After Wolves won promotion to the Premier League in 2003, Irwin was applauded by the Manchester United supporters when he walked onto the pitch at Old Trafford for an early season league game which United won 1 -- 0.
Wilfredo Barahona	On 30 December 2009, Barahona was involved in an incident with a referee, Levi López : in a friendly match against Hispano, when Levi López showed him a second yellow card and being sent off, he did n't like the decision and punched the referee on the upper lip.
Roberto Carlos (footballer)	After a qualifying game for the 2002 World Cup, Paraguay goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert spat on Roberto Carlos, an action which caused FIFA to give Chilavert a three-match suspension and forced him to watch the first game of the World Cup from the stands.
Clive Thomas	Thomas drew the ire of Ipswich fans when, during a 1975 FA Cup semi-final against West Ham, he disallowed a goal from Bryan Hamilton which seemed legitimate by giving offside despite a better-placed linesman not flagging for it.
Phil Joslin (referee)	He was congratulated, however, on a particular performance during a First Division match, in which no cards were shown, between Ipswich Town and Burnley on 22 October 2002, which ended as a 2 -- 2 draw.
Darren Anderton	Following a pre-season friendly with Portsmouth in July 2007, Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp heaped praise on Anderton, telling the Bournemouth Daily Echo :'' In the right team and with the right players around him, I honestly think he could still be playing in the Premiership''.
Sergio Busquets	In the Champions League semi-final against Inter Milan at Camp Nou on 28 April 2010, he went down to the ground after Thiago Motta had raised his arm and supposedly pushed Busquets in the face.
Anders Frisk	On 15 September 2004, Frisk was forced to abandon a match he was refereeing between AS Roma and Dynamo Kiev at the Stadio Olimpico in the group stage of the 2004-05 Champions League after he was hit by a coin thrown from the stands as he walked off the field at half-time.
Tony Chapron	Prior to 2008, the only international matches he had refereed were qualifying matches, but in October 2008, Chapron took charge of the UEFA Cup first round second leg between Aston Villa and Litex Lovech ; he showed two yellow cards -- both to Litex players -- but also awarded Litex a penalty kick.
John Fashanu	asp?HeroID 39849 In 1995 he hit the front pages as well as the back when The Sun published allegations of match fixing against Fashanu, fellow Wimbledon player Hans Segers and Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar.
Noel Hunt	Hunt revealed in 2011 before an FA Cup tie against Everton that he was hoping to cause an FA Cup upset as his fiance Alana is an Everton fan.
Shaun Edwards	In 1990, he received the Man of Steel Award after he played most of the Challenge Cup final against Warrington with a broken cheekbone and eye socket, after receiving a high, off the ball tackle in the 10th minute.
Graham Poll	He refereed his last ever Premiership match on 13 May 2007, between Portsmouth and Arsenal in which he controversially, but correctly, denied Portsmouth European qualification by ruling out a Niko Kranjčar goal for offside.
El Hadji Diouf	In February 2012, the Daily Mail reported Gary Taylor-Fletcher's claim that Diouf spat towards Blackpool goalkeeper Matt Gilks during Doncaster's 3 -- 1 home defeat ; Taylor-Fletcher was quoted as saying'' Diouf was back to his antics of spitting again''.
Jason Akermanis	In a match in 2005, he kicked two goals within minutes of each other from almost exactly the same spot : deep in the right forward pocket on the run.