The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #150578   Message #3509175
Posted By: Kenny B (inactive)
26-Apr-13 - 11:06 AM
Thread Name: BS: Role model my 'arris!
Subject: RE: BS: Role model my 'arris!
Oh how times have changed!
The limelight has been replaced by the media Spotlight , they make players and break players as their "concience" or bank balance goes up or down.

Willie Woodburn Glasgow Rangers 1938 - 1954
"In 1947 he received a 14-day ban for a "violent exchange" with Motherwell's Dave Mathie, then in 1953 he punched the Clyde striker Billy McPhail, which earned a 21-day ban. Later that year, Woodburn was sent off for retaliation in a match with Stirling Albion. The clubs met again, the following season, in a League Cup tie at Ibrox on 28 August 1954. Playing with a knee injury, Woodburn took exception to a bad foul and retaliated by headbutting a Stirling player.

The SFA convened a disciplinary hearing the following month, which lasted just four minutes, and Woodburn was suspended sine die. The England international Tom Finney, one of many well-known forwards Woodburn had encountered in his international career, described the ban as "a grave injustice". The SFA revoked their punishment three years later, but by then Woodburn was 37 and his playing career was over.