WHEN Bradley Orr brought down Danny Haynes from behind in the 47th minute of last Saturday's game at Portman Road little did he realise that his misdemeanour would put him in the record books.

By Elvin King

WHEN Bradley Orr brought down Danny Haynes from behind in the 47th minute of last Saturday's game at Portman Road little did he realise that his misdemeanour would put him in the record books.

When referee Neil Miller flourished a red card it signalled the 100th player to be sent off against Ipswich Town.

The first was John McLean from Bristol Rovers reserves on February 12 1938 - with Bristol City defender Orr completing the Hundred Club.

What the list of sendings off show is a steady increase in the number of early baths.

Alarmingly, there has been as many players sent off against Ipswich in the last 15 months as there was in their first 39 years as a professional club.

The Second World War intervened, but it is still a worrying sign of the times.

Ten players have 'walked' against the Blues since the start of last season, while it took from February 1938 until May 14 1977 before Charlie George lifted the number of sending offs to double figures.

Some famous names are featured on the list including world cup winner Geoff Hurst, Martin Keown, Teddy Sheringham and George.

And players who also played for Town and have seen red against them include: Eddie Youds, Andy Legg, Andy Bernal, Jermaine Wright and Jon Macken.

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One Hundred Club

Hundred players sent off against Ipswich Town

1937/38: February 12 John McLean (Bristol Rovers Res) 58 mins.

1949/50: April 29 John Cropley (Aldershot) 75.

1966/67: February 18 Willie Carlin (Carlisle) 89.

1967/68: January 20 Ray Mielzcarek (Huddersfield) 80.

1971/72: March 18 Terry Paine (Southampton) 57.

1972/73: September 16 Geoff Hurst (Stoke City) 80, April 21 Frank Munro (Wolverhampton) 43.

1974/75: September 24 Alan Dodd (Stoke) 68.

1975/76: December 27 Keith Robson (West Ham) 66.

1976/77: May 14 Charlie George (Derby) 81.

1977/78: April 8 Mick Martin (West Brom) 87, April 22 Gerry Gow (Bristol City) 84.

1980/81: September 17 George Firos (Aris Salonika) 36, March 28 Joe Hinnigan (Sunderland) 89.

1984/85: September 29 Peter Withe (Aston Villa) 53, Sept 29 Colin Gibson (Aston Villa) 53, Jan 28 Simon Stainrod (QPR) 23, Apr 8 Asa Hartford (Norwich) 71.

1986/87: September 2 Mike Milligan (Oldham) 73, Jan 1 John Sheridan (Leeds) 82, March 3 Garth Crooks (West Brom) 59.

1987/88: September 19 John Kelly (Swindon) 90, Feb 27 Paul Futcher (Barnsley) 90, March 26 Paul Williams (Sheffield United) 78, Apr 23 Colin Cooper (Middlesbrough) 85.

1988/89: February 4 Jeff Hopkins (Crystal Palace) 87, March 25 Marco Gabbiadini (Sunderland) 88.

1989/90: April 10 John Beresford (Portsmouth) 79.

1990/91: October 20 Bjorn Kristensen (Newcastle) 89, Oct 27 Paul Reid (Leicester) 74.

1991/92: December 26 Simon Webster (Charlton) 82, Feb 5 Denny Mundee (Bournemouth) 54.

1993/94: September 26 Colin Calderwood (Tottenham) 65, Dec 18 Lee Power (Norwich) 87.

1994/95: October 16 Des Walker (Sheffield Wednesday) 90, Dec 28 Martin Keown (Arsenal) 45, Feb 4 Ricky Newman (Crystal Palace) 74, May 9 Stuart Barlow (Everton) 87.

1995/96: August 19 Dean Gordon (Crystal Palace) 88, Sep 30 Dane Whitehouse (Sheffield United) 39, Jan 23 Neil Aspen (Port Vale) 39.

1996/97: August 24 Borislav Mikhailov (Reading) 45, Sep 14 Michel Vonk (Sheffield United) 61, Sep 20 Jamie Stuart (Charlton) 55, Sep 24 Mark Blake (Fulham) 76, Nov 26 Simon Ratcliffe (Gillingham) 82, May 14 Nick Henry (Sheffield United) 110.

1997/98: October 25 Ian Hughes (Bury) 79, Oct 25 Andy Gray (Bury) 88, Dec 2 Craig Harrison (Middlesbrough) 42, Jan 17 Gianluca Festa (Middlesbrough) 17, Jan 24 Chris Short (Sheffield United) 80, Jan 31 Nigel Pepper (Bradford City) 80, Jan 31 Eddie Youds (Bradford City) 88, Mar 21 Simon Osborn (Wolves) 61, Mar 28 Andy Legg (Reading) 45, Mar 28 Andy Bernal (Reading) 68, May 10 Danny Mills (Charlton) 74.

1998/99: November 14 Arjan De Zeeuw (Barnsley) 43, Jan 23 Marco Materazzi (Everton) 48, Mar 20 Sean Flynn (West Brom) 85, Apr 3 Craig Taylor (Swindon) 6, Apr 24 Jermaine Wright (Crewe) 77, May 9 Rob Kozluk (Sheffield United) 75.

1999/00: November 6 Nathan Blake (Blackburn) 85, Dec 18 Lars Sigurdsson (West Brom) 29, Dec 18 Matt Carbon (West Brom) 51, May 17 Mike Whitlow (Bolton) 90, May 17 Robbie Elliott (Bolton) 97.

2000/01: September 26 Joe Dolan (Millwall) 28, Sep 26 Steven Reid (Millwall) 73, Feb 24 Alex Nyarko (Everton) 71, Apr 14 Nolberto Solano (Newcastle) 76.

2001/02: August 21 Brian O'Neil (Derby) 32, Sep 08 Lee Marshall (Leicester) 82, Oct 21 Luis Boa Morte (Fulham) 45, Dec 22 Teddy Sheringham (Tottenam) 54.

2002/03: November 30 David Prutton (Nottm Forest) 90, Sep 19 Kekecovic (Sartid Smederevo), Jan 4 Jim Bentley (Morecambe) 20, Mar 18 Adrian Viveash (Reading) 58.

2003/04: August 9 Nicky Shorey (Reading) 78, Oct 4 Martin McIntosh (Rotherham) 79, Oct 4 Julian Baudet (Rotherham) 84, Feb 7 Leighton Baines (Wigan) 82.

2004/05: September 14 John Halls (Stoke City) 82.

2005/06: December 26 Jonathan Macken (Crystal Palace) 78, Dec 26 Ben Watson (Crystal Palace) 88, Feb 11 Wayne Thomas (Burnley) 83, Mar 11 Tony Craig (Millwall) 88.

2006/07: August 8 Carl Cort (Wolves) 37, Sep 16 Bruno N'Gotty (Birmingham) 74, Sep 23 Ross Wallace (Sunderland) 86, Nov 4 Micah Hyde (Burnley) 90, Dec 16 Kevin Nicholls (Leeds) 84, Feb 3 Tom Soares (Crystal Palace) 75, Mar 31 Mathias Doumbe (Plymouth) 1, Apr 14 Stephen Bywater (Derby) 26.

2007/08: November 4 Darren Huckerby (Norwich) 90, Nov 10 Bradley Orr (Bristol City) 47.

LIST compiled by John Abbott.