Roger Stanislaus

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Roger Stanislaus (born 1968 in London, England) is a retired English footballer of Polish descent, who rose to notoriety in February 1996 after he received a one-year ban from football as punishment for taking cocaine. [1]

At the time of this much-publicised incident, Stanislaus was playing for Leyton Orient in Division Three. His contracted was terminated immediately. A year later, on completing his suspension, Stanislaus signed for Peterborough United. [2]

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. [3]