😲 Seriously? One player picked up FOUR red cards in a single match | OneFootball

Many footballers end their careers with fewer than four red cards. Philipp Lahm, for example, played over 750 matches without being sent off even once. Rickey Broadley is wired a little differently. The Welshman once received four red cards in a single match.

How is that even possible? During a cup match in Wales, the midfielder for the Mountain Rangers from Rhosgadfan lost his temper so completely that it was as if the entire fuse box was on fire.

In the clash with the higher-league Penrhyndeudraeth FC, a scuffle broke out—something you see all too often in football. A shove here, a bit of trash talk there. But then the curtain lifted and Rickey Broadley stepped into the spotlight. Or, to put it plainly—he "jumped into the crowd with both feet first." At least, that’s how the opposing coach Gareth Piercy described the scene to the Welsh newspaper 'Daily Post North Wales'. He didn’t even mention that the red-card offender deliberately kicked a player lying on the ground in the face during the melee.

Referee John Owen didn’t hesitate for a second and sent Broadley off with a red card. Broadley then launched into a wild verbal attack and received his second red. On his way to the showers, fuse number three blew: the Rangers player grabbed a full bucket of water and dumped it over the completely stunned referee. That was the third sending-off recorded.

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But Broadley still wasn’t finished. After the match, which his club lost 0:3, he went after the referee again in the clubhouse, even threatening him—and, of course, received his fourth red card.

"It was just terrible, frightening. What an idiot!" referee Owen told the 'Daily Post North Wales' about Broadley. The completely crazy fourfold sending-off was punished by the Welsh Football Association with a suspension for the rest of the season.

According to 'The Sun', a lifetime ban was even discussed, as Broadley had already been sidelined for a longer period a few years earlier for similar offenses.

In the end, that didn’t happen, even though the red-card offender showed little remorse after his escapade: "In the heat of the moment, I said a few things I shouldn’t have, but I didn’t kick anyone."

However, numerous eyewitnesses saw it differently. It’s hard to imagine that this record-breaking red card performance will ever be surpassed.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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