FORMER Oxford United boss Karl Robinson was sent off just 14 minutes into his first game as Salford City head coach.
Robinson was hired by the Sky Bet League Two strugglers yesterday, with the Ammies on a run of seven defeats from nine league games in the lead-up to Robinson’s appointment.
The 43-year-old was shown a red card though after being deemed to have delayed the restart of play when Forest Green Rovers had a throw-in.
Newly-appointed Salford manager Karl Robinson was sent into the stands just 15 minutes into his first game in charge after throwing the ball away as Forest Green players tried to take a throw-in 🟥 pic.twitter.com/u3i5aeyYV9
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Robinson’s assistant Simon Wiles said: “Everybody in the stadium was surprised. We couldn’t believe what had happened and it was very harsh.
“We were so bemused. He didn’t throw the ball away, there wasn’t any malice and he just picked it up and popped it to one side.
“From then, we just had to do everything that we could to make sure that we got something from the game.”
Salford rescued a late point to end the game 2-2 against fellow League Two strugglers Forest Green.
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