English Bone Football. Those who followed the betting matches on NRK (alas, how we miss those days) remember the matches in English football where the lack of pace of players was often compensated for with rock-solid tackles and tricks. Rock tough to experience on the lawn, entertaining from the sofa. Now there has been more finesse in the Premier League, where a large part of the best players from all over the world end up, but if you go down the division system, you will encounter old school English football. The Shrewsbury captain took a few seconds to lose the game for his club in Saturday’s League One game.
We’ve seen teams manage to a draw, even to victory, with ten men on the pitch, but Shrewsbury captain John Marquis gave his team little chance. Against Peterborough, the captain hit the head of opponent Sam Hughes with an elbow.
Count to 13 and you cover the period the Marquis was allowed on the pitch before he was sent off with a direct red card. This equalled the English record of Kevin Pressman’s fastest sending off from 2000.
