Roger Stanislaus

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Roger Stanislaus

| fullname = Roger Edmund Philbert Stanislaus

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|11|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hammersmith, England

| position = Left back

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1986

| youthclubs1 = Arsenal

| height = 5 ft 9+1/2 in

| years1 = 1986–1987

| clubs1 = Arsenal

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1987–1990

| clubs2 = Brentford

| caps2 = 111

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 1990–1995

| clubs3 = Bury

| caps3 = 176

| goals3 = 5

| years4 = 1995–1996

| clubs4 = Leyton Orient

| caps4 = 21

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1997

| clubs5 = Peterborough United

| caps5 = 0

| goals5 = 0

}}

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.{{hugman|18683|accessdate=15 December 2017}}

Career

= Arsenal =

A left back, Stanislaus joined First Division club Arsenal as a schoolboy and began an apprenticeship in 1985.{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2011|p=365}} 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.{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2011|p=365}}

= Brentford =

Stanislaus joined Third Division club Brentford on trial in September 1987 and impressed sufficiently to be awarded a permanent contract one month later.{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2011|p=219}} He quickly broke into the team and made 41 appearances and scored two goals during the 1987–88 season, which earned him a new two-year contract in April 1988.{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2011|p=221}} Stanislaus' "languid, yet hugely effective style" made him "a crowd favourite at left back".{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2011|p=365}} He had a memorable 1988–89 season, making a career-high 56 appearances and scoring two goals, one of which came with a 40-yard "screamer" in a 2–2 League Cup first round draw with Fulham early in the campaign.{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2011|p=365}} After a "not so impressive" 1989–90 season,{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |page=153}} Stanislaus elected to depart Griffin Park.{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2011|p=365}} He made 134 appearances and scored five goals during three seasons with the Bees.{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2011|p=365}}

= Bury =

During the 1990 off-season, Stanislaus joined Third Division club Bury for a £90,000 tribunal-fixed fee.{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2011|p=365}} He remained with the club for five seasons and made 216 appearances and scored seven goals.{{Soccerbase|id=7552}} Stanislaus' performances during the 1993–94 season saw him named in the Third Division PFA Team of the Year.{{Cite book |last=Lynch |first=Tony |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |publisher=Random House |year=1995 |isbn=0-09-179135-9 |page=150}}

= Leyton Orient =

On 11 July 1995, Stanislaus joined newly relegated Third Division club Leyton Orient for a £50,000 fee. He made 24 appearances before being banned from football for 12 months on 1 February 1996, for taking a performance-enhancing drug.{{Cite news |date=2 February 1996 |title=FA suspend drug abuser for one year |language=en-GB |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/fa-suspend-drug-abuser-for-one-year-1316938.html |access-date=15 December 2017}} He was sacked by Orient a matter of days later.{{Cite news |date=7 February 1996 |title=Stanislaus sacked by Leyton Orient |language=en-GB |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/stanislaus-sacked-by-leyton-orient-1317801.html |access-date=15 December 2017}}{{Cite web |title=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. |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Both+these+players+took+cocaine+.+.+one+is+now+a+hero,+the+other+has...-a061168055 |access-date=15 December 2017 |website=Free Online Library}}

= 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.{{Cite web |title=Roger Stanislaus's Matches For Peterborough |url=http://www.uptheposh.com/people/6926/for/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315133748/http://www.uptheposh.com/people/6926/for/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=15 March 2018 |access-date=15 December 2017 |website=UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database |language=en}}

Honours

Third Division PFA Team of the Year: 1993–94

Career statistics

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Bury career|date=December 2017}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|FA Cup ! colspan="2" \|League Cup ! colspan="2" \|Other ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="4" \|Brentford \|1987–88 \| rowspan="3" \|Third Division \|37 \|2 \|1 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|3 \|0 \|41 \|2
1988–89 \|43 \|1 \|6 \|0 \|4 \|1 \|2 \|0 \|56 \|2
1989–90{{Cite book \|last=Croxford \|first=Mark \|title=The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties \|last2=Lane \|first2=David \|last3=Waterman \|first3=Greville \|publisher=Legends Publishing \|year=2011 \|isbn=978-1906796716 \|location=Sunbury, Middlesex \|pages=429–431}} \|31 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|4 \|0 \|3 \|0 \|38 \|1
colspan="2" \|Total !111 !4 !7 !0 !8 !1 !8 !0 !134 !5
Bury ! colspan="2" \|Total !176 !5 !10 !1 !9 !1 !21 !0 !216 !7
Leyton Orient \|1995–96 \|Third Division \|21 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|1Appearances in Football League Trophy \|0 \|24 \|0
colspan="3" \|Career total !308 !9 !18 !1 !18 !2 !30 !0 !374 !12

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |League Cup

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="4" |Brentford

|1987–88

| rowspan="3" |Third Division

|37

| colspan="2" |—

|41

1988–89

|43

|56

1989–90{{Cite book |last=Croxford |first=Mark |title=The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties |last2=Lane |first2=David |last3=Waterman |first3=Greville |publisher=Legends Publishing |year=2011 |isbn=978-1906796716 |location=Sunbury, Middlesex |pages=429–431}}

|31

|38

colspan="2" |Total

!111

!134

Bury

! colspan="2" |Total

!176

!10

!21

!216

Leyton Orient