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Roger Stanislaus
English footballer
Roger Edmund Philbert Stanislaus (born 2 November 1968) is an English former professional footballer who made over 300 appearances in the Football League for Bury, Brentford and Leyton Orient as a left back.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roger Edmund Philbert Stanislaus[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-11-02) 2 November 1968 (age 55)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Hammersmith,[1] England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–1986 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1987 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 1987–1990 | Brentford | 111 | (4) |
| 1990–1995 | Bury | 176 | (5) |
| 1995–1996 | Leyton Orient | 21 | (0) |
| 1997 | Peterborough United | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Arsenal
A left back, Stanislaus joined First Division club Arsenal as a schoolboy and began an apprenticeship in 1985.[3] He progressed sufficiently to sign his first professional contract in July 1986, but was released at the end of the 1986–87 season, without having made a first team appearance.[3]
Brentford
Stanislaus joined Third Division club Brentford on trial in September 1987 and impressed sufficiently to be awarded a permanent contract one month later.[4] He quickly broke into the team and made 41 appearances and scored two goals during the 1987–88 season,[5] which earned him a new two-year contract in April 1988.[6] Stanislaus' "languid, yet hugely effective style" made him "a crowd favourite at left back".[3] He had a memorable 1988–89 season, making a career-high 56 appearances and scoring two goals,[5] one of which came with a 40-yard "screamer" in a 2–2 League Cup first round draw with Fulham early in the campaign.[3] After a "not so impressive" 1989–90 season,[7] Stanislaus elected to depart Griffin Park.[3] He made 134 appearances and scored five goals during three seasons with the Bees.[3]
Bury
During the 1990 off-season, Stanislaus joined Third Division club Bury for a £90,000 tribunal-fixed fee.[3] He remained with the club for five seasons and made 216 appearances and scored seven goals.[2] Stanislaus' performances during the 1993–94 season saw him named in the Third Division PFA Team of the Year.[8]
Leyton Orient
On 11 July 1995, Stanislaus joined newly relegated Third Division club Leyton Orient for a £50,000 fee.[2] He made 24 appearances before being banned from football for 12 months on 1 February 1996,[2] for taking a performance-enhancing drug.[9] He was sacked by Orient a matter of days later.[10][11]
Peterborough United
Stanislaus made a brief return to football with Second Division strugglers Peterborough United in March 1997, but made just two reserve team appearances.[12]
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| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1987–88[5] | Third Division | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 41 | 2 | |
| 1988–89[5] | 43 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 56 | 2 | ||
| 1989–90[5] | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| Total | 111 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 134 | 5 | ||
| Bury | Total | 176 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 216 | 7 | |
| Leyton Orient | 1995–96[2] | Third Division | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Career total | 308 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 374 | 12 | ||
- Appearances in Football League Trophy
- "Roger Stanislaus". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- Roger Stanislaus at Soccerbase
- Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2011, p. 365.
- Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2011, p. 219.
- Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 429–431. ISBN 978-1906796716.
- Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2011, p. 221.
- Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 153. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- Lynch, Tony (1995). The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. Random House. p. 150. ISBN 0-09-179135-9.
- "FA suspend drug abuser for one year". The Independent. 2 February 1996. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- "Stanislaus sacked by Leyton Orient". The Independent. 7 February 1996. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- "Both these players took cocaine . . one is now a hero, the other has become an outcast!; Drugs in soccer . . how the rich and famous reap the rewards". Free Online Library. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- "Roger Stanislaus's Matches For Peterborough". UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- Roger Stanislaus at Soccerbase