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Who was the first manager to get expelled from a match in the history of football? (First event that was recorded and reported.)

A recent example: Jose-Mourinho

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According to the book Football Oddities by Tony Matthews, under the section "Discipline", subsection "Football League" where Mr. Matthews lists various random-ish facts:

"The first manager to be sent off in a League game was Ronnie Rooke, as playermanager of Crystal Palace v Millwall in October 1949."

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