professional foul

In the following game he was sent off for a professional foul against Aberdeen.

It is not just the taking part that counts (see extra time and professional foul).

Traditionally, a red card for a professional foul is given only when a scoring opportunity has been denied.

He was sent off in the 52nd minute of the match for a professional foul.

Newton had been sin binned four weeks earlier against the Cowboys for a professional foul.

The German referee failed to apply the rule of sending him off for a professional foul.

Professional foul, the equivalent foul in other codes of football.

This is also the match where the same player is attributed with the first use of the phrase "professional foul".

A professional foul is a deliberate act of foul play, usually to prevent an opponent scoring.

Do any of you know the Stoppard play 'Professional foul' ?

I'd like to see what the people who say that a penalty is sufficient penalty for a professional foul say now.

The FA tried to stamp out the professional foul, a euphemism for cheating, at the start of the 1982-83 season.

In only his second appearance he was sent off for a professional foul on Stirling's Michael Doyle.

Clamping down on the professional foul does not need a change of law, simply a change of emphasis by referees.

A professional foul occurs when a defender tackles an offensive player with the ball under the guise of making a play for the ball.

Temporary suspensions are usually given for repeated infringements (by either the same player or team), professional fouls and foul play, such as high tackles.

Harkes made a hard run and was brought down by a professional foul, giving the U.S. a free kick.

P is for Professional Foul:

On 2 May 2009 shown his first ever red card for professional foul in a 1-0 defeat to Exeter on the final day of the season.

Committing an offense that denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (informally known as a professional foul)

Half an hour into this match, Simon Walton was shown a red card for a professional foul and Plymouth found themselves down to ten men.

Davies was sent-off in the 28th minute after a professional foul on Clayton Donaldson.

"We have moved from the professional foul to the fainting foul," Capello told Reuters.

Clarke was the luckiest player on earth not to be sent off for the clearest professional foul imaginable on Strachan after 69 minutes.

Surely even if this tangle is interpreted as a foul, it isn't a 'professional foul' because the scoring opportunity has already passed.