1- Graham
Roberts and Graeme Souness, 1988
After
Rangers Glasgow’s loss to Aberdeen on April 30, 1988 (0-1), Rangers Manager
Graeme Souness confronted his captain, the Englishman Graham Roberts and blamed him for the given up goal due to his positioning.
Graham
Roberts stood up to the manager, as a result Souness informed hin that he would
never play for the club again.
For
the start of the next season, he was relegated to the reserves and even there
the coaches were under orders not to play him.
Finally
in September 1988, he joined Chelsea.
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Photo
From: Onze, Issue 102, June 1984
(Graham Roberts shaking hands with Anderlecht
captain Frankie Vercauteren, May 23, 1984, UEFA Cup, Tottenham 1-Anderlecht 1) |
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Photo
From: France Football, Issue 2084, March 18, 1986
(Graeme Souness with the Scottish National Team) |
2- Russian
players and Pavel Sadyrin, 1993/94
Following
Russia’s qualification to the 1994 World Cup, many of the squad members decided
to boycott the national team while Pavel Sadyrin was in charge and also demanded
higher pay.
They
were hoping their actions would force the Federation to sack him.
These
players included: Igor Shalimov, Igor Dobrovolsky, Alexander Mostovoi, Sergej
Kiriakov, Andrei Ivanov, Vassili Kulokov and Sergei Yuran.
By
the turn of the year (1994) the group had rose up to 14, including Andrei
Kanchelskis and Igor Kolyvanov.
Some
of the players like Mostovoi and Yuran came back on their decision and joined
the squad
The
federation sided with the manager and maintained the manager until the conclusion
of the World Cup.
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Photo
From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 54, July 1993
(Sergei Kiriakov, June 2, 1993, World cup
Qualifier, Iceland 1-Russia 1) |
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Photo
From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 54, July 1993
(Andrei Kanchelskis with Manchester United) |
3- Johann
Cruyff and Luis Milla, 1990
During
the 1989/90 season, Barcelona Manager Johann Cruyff purposefully froze Luis
Milla out of the first team after the latter would not sign a new contract.
According
to Cruyff he was demanding too much money.
At
the end of the season, Milla joined archrivals Real Madrid.
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Photo
From: Don Balon, Extra Liga 89/90
(Luis Milla) |
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Photo
From: Don Balon, Extra Liga 89/90
(Johann
Cruyff)
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4- Brazil
and Argentina Players, 1981 Mundialito
At
the final whistle of the match between Brazil and Aregntina (January 4, 1981,
Mundialito, Brazil 1-Argentina 1), Brazilian
midfielder Paulo Isidoro kicked Valencia, Maradona joined in to help his
teammate.
Edevaldo
tried to stop Maradona. There was a melee with players. The police had to
restore order and separate the players.
The
referee did not take any action as he was not a witness to the event.
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Photo
From: El Grafico 1981, Issue 3196
(Diego
Maradona, Alberto Tarantini, Toninho Cerezo, Daniel Valencia, Paulo Isidoro and
Daniel Passarella, January 4, 1981, Mundialito, Argentina 1-Brazil 1)
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5- Noel
Cantwell and Jose Angel Iribar, 1965
The
winning goal during the World Cup Qualifier between Republic of Ireland and
Spain on May 5, 1965 at Dublin (1-0 Irish win) was scored under controversial
conditions.
Ireland’s
Frank Simon O'Neil took a free kick and lofted inside the goalmouth area. It
was a poorly placed attempt that Iribar was sure to save. However, at this
moment Noel Cantwell rushed in and shouted and yelled at Iribar which
distracted him and Iribar accidentally put the ball in his own net.
The
angry Iribar called Cantwell an ‘animal’ afterwads.
The Spanish players refused to exchange jerseys
as a sign of protest for what they deemed an unsportsmanlike behavior. |
Photo
From: AS Color, November 28, 1972
(Spanish goalkeeper Jose Angel Iribar) |
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Photo
From: Ireland on the Ball, Author: Donal Cullen
(Noel Cantwell after the goal, May 5, 1965, World
cup Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 1-Spain 0) |
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Photo
From: Ireland on the Ball, Author: Donal Cullen
(Captains Noel Cantwell and Fernando Olivela,
May 5, 1965, World cup Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 1-Spain 0) |
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