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“In last Tuesday’s League Two match against Plymouth, Leyton Orient went down to 10 men due to a straight red for Robbie Weir after 21 seconds,” begins Steve Coleman. “While fairly remarkable, I know this has been ‘beaten’ a fair few times in history. However, Jens Janse then also saw red in the 14th minute: is this the earliest that a team has ever gone down to nine men?”
Rather remarkably, it’s not. Brighton fans know the feeling all too well after Romain Vincelot and Ashley Barnes got their marching orders inside 12 minutes during the 1-0 home defeat to Burnley on 17 December 2011.
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