Plymouth Argyle head coach Wayne Rooney was despatched off throughout his facet’s Championship match in opposition to Blackburn Rovers.
The previous Manchester United and England ahead was dismissed eight instances throughout his illustrious taking part in profession and has now been red-carded as a coach, too.
Rooney, who took over the membership for the 2024-25 season, was despatched off after kicking a bottle into the gang as his frustration boiled over following Blackburn’s equalising objective.
Nevertheless, his gamers dealt with the setback effectively and responded to the fallout by scoring a 97th-minute winner by Morgan Whittaker.
Rooney was not allowed to speak to the media postmatch attributable to his sending off however his assistant Pete Shuttleworth stepped in.
“He is nonetheless passionate — all of us watched him play for a few years and everyone knows that zeal is what drives him and he is been good down right here,” Shuttleworth mentioned.
“I’ve seen him like that – he has nonetheless received that zeal on the touchline. He likes to be calm and calculated at instances and see the sport, and that is his administration model. You are by no means going to take that [passion] out of Wayne.
“We have been disillusioned a foul wasn’t given on Ryan Hardie – and Wayne reacted to that with ardour. I do not know what the precise sending-off was for or what they’ll accredit it to however he simply reacted in that approach.”
Argyle have now received three dwelling video games in a row to go away them 14th within the Championship desk.
