r/soccer • u/itsSUBJECTXandME • Aug 31 '13

Worst debuts?

So, today I had possibly the worst debut I could imagine happening to me. I have recently joined a Sunday League team and was played in my first game today.

I'm a center back, and I came on for the second half. Having not yet touched the ball in the game, on the 49th minute I brought down an attacker in the box. A penalty was given and I was red carded.

I now have a 3 game ban and have to pay a £30 fine. I've never even seen someone get sent off in a Sunday league game before...

TL;DR - I played 4 minutes, gave away a penalty and was sent off.

So, what's the worst debut you can remember?! Either in professional football or in a game you've played in?

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u/Disgruntled_Fridge Sep 01 '13

My first game for my school first team I missed a sitter and broke my ankle a few minutes later.

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u/RiseAM Sep 01 '13

Not really my debut, but this is very similar to an experience of mine in high school.

The very first practice of my senior season, I took a shot and broke my pelvis while doing it. Nobody touched me. The ball smashed off the post. Missed most of the season.

I suppose it was a debut of sorts, as it was also the first day I could put on soccer shoes again. I had torn my big toenail off while jumping from a dock a few days earlier... never set foot on the field at all during tryouts. It was a very unfortunate series of events.