David Moyes and the 10 Best 'Manager Sent to the Stands' Moments
David Moyes' popularity took a nosedive while in charge of Manchester United, but the Scottish manager is slowly working his way back into football fans' good books in Spain.
A few days after his Real Sociedad side beat Barcelona, they faced Villarreal in the Copa Del Rey, where Moyes was sent to the stands by the referee. Instead of sitting with staff and directors, Moyes chose to leap a barrier and sit with fans, even helping himself to some snacks.
This brilliant act of camaraderie with Sociedad supporters leads our list of the greatest moments when managers have been dismissed from their dugouts...
David Moyes
1 of 10With 10 minutes to go in their Copa Del Rey tie with Villarreal, Real Sociedad needed a goal to progress. That goal didn't come and Moyes was dismissed for getting a little too animated on the sidelines.
Showing his Man of the Basque People status, the Scotsman leapt over a barrier and sat with the fans behind his dugout. Once there, he accepted an offer of some crisps from one well-meaning supporter but politely refused what appeared to be an offering of nuts from another.
Sociedad may not have won the game, but Moyes surely won the fans' hearts with this brilliant series of events.
Jose Mourinho
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During Chelsea's 4-1 defeat of Cardiff in September 2013, Jose Mourinho left his technical area to remonstrate with referee Anthony Taylor.
The Special One was duly sent to the stands, at which point he clambered into a seat a few rows behind the dugout.
While there, Mou pulled a series of animated faces, he celebrated goals and he made a 17-year-old student temporarily famous when his selfie sitting next to the Blues boss went viral.
Arsene Wenger
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During Arsenal's Premier League visit to Old Trafford in August 2009, Arsene Wenger became so infuriated with a decision to disallow a stoppage-time equaliser for offside that he kicked a bottle in frustration.
Apparently this was a big enough offence for the Frenchman to be sent to the stands. But instead of taking a seat, Wenger simply stood a few yards behind the home team's dugout, waving his arms at his incredulity at the situation.
Andy Hessenthaler
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Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler has a very unique sending-off story—as he returned to the field as a player moments after being dismissed.
During a Gills game at Cardiff in September 2003, Hessenthaler was sent to the stands for protesting a goal.
The player-manager, however, was also named as a substitute on the bench, and it transpired that there were no rules preventing him returning if he was introduced as a player.
So, moments after making his exit, Hessenthaler came back to the field as a midfielder. The Guardian noted that he was booked, narrowly avoiding his second sending-off of the game.
Jurgen Klopp
5 of 10Jurgen Klopp is among the most likeable managers in the game, but he lost his cool when his Borussia Dortmund side were defeated by Napoli in the Champions League in 2013.
The German coach felt that the fourth official should have let Neven Subotic return to the field earlier than he had been allowed, an opinion he expressed via the medium of terrifying close-range shouting.
Klopp watched the rest of the game from the stands and had the decency to apologise to all involved straight afterwards, lamenting his own "dumb" behaviour.
Alan Pardew
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Alan Pardew was given his marching orders in March 2014 when he headbutted Hull's David Meyler during a sideline confrontation, just yards away from fourth official Howard Webb.
The current Crystal Palace boss watched the rest of the game in the stands and was given a £100,000 fine by his club. The FA also slapped him with a seven-game ban, three games of which were complete stadium bans.
Sinisa Mihajlovic
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Criticism was levelled at Pardew in the wake of his headbutt for setting a poor example for his players.
No such criticism, however, can be directed at Sampdoria boss Sinisa Mihajlovic, who was sent off for dissent during a Coppa Italia match with Brescia last month.
The former Lazio defender is hard on players who are guilty of dissent, so he took the unusual option to fine himself for his bad behaviour. According to Football Italia, Mihajlovic asked the club to dock his pay and give the money to a local hospital.
Joe Kinnear and Phil Brown
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During his illustrious managerial career, Joe Kinnear has been sent off more times than is reasonable to list here.
One of his more famous banishments came during an FA Cup third-round replay between Newcastle United and Hull in January 2009, in which he entered into an altercation with Tigers boss Phil Brown. Referee Phil Dowd settled the matter by sending both men to the stands.
Diego Simeone
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Just 25 minutes had passed in Atletico Madrid's heated Spanish Super Cup second-leg tie against city neighbours Real last August when Diego Simeone tapped the fourth official on the back of the neck while remonstrating with him.
Referee Fernandez Borbalan was not impressed by the physical contact and proceeded to send the fiery Argentinean to the stands.
Simeone received an eight-match ban: four games for the slap, two for protesting, one for sarcastically applauding and another for giving his team instructions from the stands (as per the Daily Mail).
Atleti ended up winning the game 2-1 on aggregate, at which point Simeone returned to the field to congratulate his team and take some photos on his phone.
Rudi Garcia
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Roma manager Rudi Garcia was left fuming during his side's trip to Juventus Stadium in October 2014 when a penalty was given against his side for a challenge that appeared to happen outside the box.
Garcia caught the referee's attention by "playing the violin" towards him, a cheeky gesture that earned him a seat in the stands.
After watching Roma conceded another controversial penalty for an incident that appeared to be outside the box, Garcia said: "It's a shame that the penalty boxes are 19 yards here."
Nice to see his elevated view didn't affect his sarcasm.
