Newcastle United - WhatCulture End-Of-Season Awards
18. Deliberate Sending-Off Of The Season Award
Chris' Winner: Moussa Sissoko vs West Ham United (away). Picking up two yellow cards inside a minute is just stupid, and Sissoko's second at Upton Park in November smacked of someone who had lost his cool and just wanted to be back in the dressing room. Ridiculously, Sissoko repeated the trick away at Liverpool in April. Ross' Winner: Mike Williamson vs Leicester City (away). When you tackle someone who is already off the pitch and who doesn't have the ball, it can seem a bit stupid - and then when your manager accuses you of getting yourself "deliberately" sent off, you know you have problems. Yet that's exactly what happened when Williamson effectively assaulted Leicester's Jamie Vardy at the beginning of May...
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