Roger Stanislaus

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Roger Stanislaus
Personal information
Full name Roger Edmund Philbert Stanislaus [1]
Date of birth (1968-11-02) 2 November 1968 (age 54) [1]
Place of birth Hammersmith, [1] England
Height5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m) [2]
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
0000–1986 Arsenal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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

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]

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Career

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]

Honours

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1987–88 [5] Third Division 37210—3 [lower-alpha 1] 0412
1988–89 [5] 43160412 [lower-alpha 1] 0562
1989–90 [5] 31100403 [lower-alpha 1] 0381
Total11147081801345
Bury Total1765101912102167
Leyton Orient 1995–96 [2] Third Division21010101 [lower-alpha 1] 0240
Career total308918118230037412
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in Football League Trophy

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Roger Stanislaus at Soccerbase
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2011, p. 365.
  4. ↑ Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2011, p. 219.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 429–431. ISBN   978-1906796716.
  6. ↑ Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2011, p. 221.
  7. ↑ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 153. ISBN   978-0955294914.
  8. 1 2 Lynch, Tony (1995). The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. Random House. p. 150. ISBN   0-09-179135-9.
  9. ↑ "FA suspend drug abuser for one year". The Independent. 2 February 1996. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Stanislaus sacked by Leyton Orient". The Independent. 7 February 1996. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "Roger Stanislaus's Matches For Peterborough". UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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