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Football’s most damaging red cards: a brief history of collapses and turnarounds | The Knowledge

The Guardian Sport Wednesday 09 September 2026, 07:00 UTC By Guardian sport 1 min read
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Plus: clubs with multiple £100m players on their books and more trophy-laden footballersMail us with your all of your questions and answers“The Saturday before last, Clyde were winning 3-0 at The Spartans after an hour when Logan Dunachie was sent off. Twenty-eight minutes later, the score was 3-3.

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“The Saturday before last, Clyde were winning 3-0 at The Spartans after an hour when Logan Dunachie was sent off. Twenty-eight minutes later, the score was 3-3. What is the biggest turnaround in a game following a red card/most quantitative blame that can be thrown at a player for getting sent off?” asks Jamie Wills.

At Knowledge Towers, we usually receive questions about the greatest comebacks with 10 men. We covered that in 2021, so it’s a nice change to look at teams who went to seed after having a player sent off.

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