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9 unlucky footballers who might make Shane Duffy feel better

The Blackburn defender scored two own goals, was booked and then sent off as Rovers lost 2-1 to Cardiff on Wednesday night. Elliott Griffiths remembers more of football’s unfortunate bunch

1. Jonathan Woodgate

Woodgate was a talented English centre-half, words which so seldom appear together that even Real Madrid took notice. Los Blancos signed the already-injured defender, and predictably it was 13 months before Madridistas saw their new man in action.

After waiting over a year to play, Woodgate was desperate to impress. He didn't.

The centre-back headed into his own net in the first half, and then on 65 minutes was given his marching orders for a second yellow card.