Referees don’t like to give out red cards. While some are stricter than others, officials tend to try keep 22 men on the pitch if they can.
However, sometimes they are forced to go to their back pocket and send a player down the tunnel.
On some rare occasions, they are given no other choice even when the player has been on the pitch for a short period of time.
Press the next page as we list the seven quickest red cards of the Premier League era.
