Shaun Rooney gave Fleetwood Town an early lead over Sheffield Wednesday, but left the field in a rage following a late sending off.
The former St Johnstone star, who won a Scottish Cup and League Cup double in Perth, fired Scott Brown’s side ahead after just eight minutes. But the Owls staged a comeback with George Byers levelling on 16 minutes before Marvin Johnson hit the winner with a little over quarter-of-an-hour to play. Rooney then lost the plot on 83 minutes after being shown a second yellow card and receiving his marching orders.
He made an angry beeline for the Sheffield Wednesday bench, where he appeared to push their man mountain manager Darren Moore, get involved in a heated exchange with Wednesday’s sub keeper David Stockdale before hurling abuse at the fourth official. A number of Fleetwood’s coaching staff had to restrain the Scot, with ex-Celtic captain Brown appearing to order him up the tunnel before he caused any more trouble.
