If a football player is sent off, the referee makes them leave the field during a game, as a punishment for seriously breaking the rules. The 30-year-old Scottish international was sent off for arguing with a linesman. see also sending-off
If there is a sending-off during a game of football, a player is told to leave the field by the referee, as a punishment for seriously breaking the rules. He is about to begin a three-match ban after his third sending-off of the season