Roger Stanislaus

Roger Stanislaus

Personal information
Full name	Roger Edmund Philbert Stanislaus
Date of birth	2 November 1968
Place of birth	Hammersmith, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1985–1987	Arsenal	0	(0)
1987–1990	Brentford	111	(4)
1990–1995	Bury	176	(5)
1995–1996	Leyton Orient	21	(0)
1996–1997	Peterborough United	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Roger Edmund Philbert Stanislaus (born 2 November 1968) is an English former professional footballer. Stanislaus began his career at Arsenal as a trainee on leaving school in 1985, but left two years later after failing to earn himself a professional contract. He then spent three seasons with Brentford and five with Bury, before his ill-fated transfer to Orient in the summer of 1995.^[1]

In February 1996, his contract with Leyton Orient was terminated by the club after he had been banned by the Football Association for 12 months for using a performance-enhancing drug (cocaine). He claimed that he had taken the cocaine at a family funeral two days before being tested.

References

• Roger Stanislaus career statistics at Soccerbase
• Roger Stanislaus profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
• Football's drugs diary at BBC News