But if you've got your pals around, the two player grudge match can offer some real laughs.
Bermingham picked up the Player of the Match award, with England batter Greenway named Player of the Series.
This is the difference between being a player in the match and someone who actually lost someone at Heysel.
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Smith insists his decision to draft Cousin into his starting line-up was for the sake of the player's match fitness - not because he has an idea of what Fifa's ruling might be.
Beckham, who won a record-equaling 108th cap for an outfield player in the match, is desperate to retain his place ahead of the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa for which England are well-placed to qualify.
It was left to player of the match Shaw (17 not out) and Holly Colvin to steer the team over the finishing line, with the former hitting two timely boundaries to ease the tension when the pressure had seemed to be getting to England.
It is the kind of match every player relishes, the chance to do something amazing.
By the time the World Cup arrived, Vieira looked a shadow of the player we see running match after match at Higbury.
Perhaps, against all the odds, a player has turned the match around -- snatching victory from the jaws of defeat to win in dramatic fashion.
The Hawick-born player's final match for the Scarlets came in last weekend's narrow Heineken Cup loss at Harlequins, MacLeod coming on as a 54th-minute replacement.
If a player shows disagrees by arguing with an umpire about a decision then the match referee can fine the player in question.
Yet several of Jagr's Rangers teammates remembered him as player who didn't match his stereotype.
Belgian club Charleroi, backed by G14, are taking world governing body Fifa to court, claiming compensation over a player injured in an international match.
The game can be played in two modes, either a tournament style single player game or a grudge match where two players can get involved.
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Providing the FA confirm the player's three-match ban on Thursday , Adebayor will miss the encounter with United on Sunday, the Carling Cup tie with Fulham next Wednesday and a Premier League meeting with West Ham on September 28.
Williams made his first eight shots from behind the arc, became the first player in a decade to match the opposing team's score in the first half, and was one shy of the league record of 12 3-pointers as the Nets opened a huge early lead and coasted.
If a player shows dissent at a decision then the match referee usually takes action in the form of a fine against the player in question.
If a player won his first-round match, Carroll proposed, he would advance to play other winners.
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Egwu is the only Illini player with the size to realistically match up with the 7-0 Zeller.
France endured a terrible tournament in South Africa, failing to win a match and suffering from player unrest.
Mr Weiss said he had wanted to be a professional table-tennis player and had even played a match last weekend.
Trevor Halstead and John O'Sullivan went over before former rugby league player Brian Carney scored a late match-winning try for the visitors.
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But flanker Tom Croft, one of three changes to the side, was named man of the match and the Leicester player believes there is more to come.
The Swiss player was ousted in her first match last week in Moscow, the first time that has happened to the former world number one since Sydney in 1996.
Many people will recall the incident in 2005 in which Paul Deacon sustained a horrendous injury and also incidents from last year's Tri-Nations match involving the Kiwi player Steve Matai.
Ryan became the third-youngest player to win an ATP Tour match at 15 and Bollettieri believes he has the talent to make it to the top from his current ranking in the mid 200s.
Under this system, Rangers can win and operate without loss making because its player costs will be recalibrated to match the new reality of Scottish Football and because there is now a worldwide market for players.
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More recently, England rugby player Dylan Hartley was suspended for eight weeks for biting Ireland player Stephen Ferris during a Six Nations match.
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