Roger Stanislaus

Roger Edmund Philbert Stanislaus (born 2 November 1968) is an English former professional football left back, who made over 300 appearances in the Football League for Bury, Brentford and Leyton Orient.[1]

Roger Stanislaus
Personal information
Full name Roger Edmund Philbert Stanislaus[1]
Date of birth (1968-11-02) 2 November 1968[1]
Place of birth Hammersmith,[1] England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
0000–1986 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1987–88[5] Third Division 37 2 1 0 — 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 41 2
1988–89[5] 43 1 6 0 4 1 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 56 2
1989–90[5] 31 1 0 0 4 0 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 38 1
Total 111 4 7 0 8 1 8 0 134 5
Bury Total 176 5 10 1 9 1 21 0 216 7
Leyton Orient 1995–96[2] Third Division 21 0 1 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 24 0
Career total 308 9 18 1 18 2 30 0 374 12
  1. Appearances in Football League Trophy.

See also

References
  1. "Roger Stanislaus". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. Roger Stanislaus at Soccerbase
  3. Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2011, p. 365.
  4. Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2011, p. 219.
  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. 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". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  12. "Roger Stanislaus's Matches For Peterborough – UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database". www.uptheposh.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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