Roger Stanislaus

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]

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 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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
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. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  12. "Roger Stanislaus's Matches For Peterborough". UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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