Messias’ season got underway two weeks ago when
It didn’t quieten down either, a week later he moved up a division when he refereed the League One game between Huddersfield and
That’s not bad, thirteen yellow and two red from just two games with the away teams being hit hard by a referee who only sent off two players in the whole of last season and averaged around three and a half yellow cards per game, most of those games in the Premiership.
His last Burnley game came during that 2004/05 season when we beat
This won't be his first Watford v Burnley game either, he was referee when we won there four seasons ago in the match featured in our Happy Hunting article.
We’ll certainly be hoping he’s calmed down with his cards tomorrow – and certainly it would be good if he kept his red card firmly in his pocket all afternoon.
He will be assisted by Bernard Baker (Hampshire) and Shaun Procter-Green (
Previous Burnley games:
Season | Opps | V | Res | Y | R | Burnley players carded |
a | ||||||
2004/05 | Nott'm Forest | h | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | Duffy |
2002/03 | Wolves | h | 2-1 | 8 | 0 | Cox Grant West |
2001/02 | Watford | a | 2-1 | 4 | 0 | Gnohere Grant |
2001/02 | KKMC | a | 1-5 | 2 | 0 | Papadopoulos |
2000/01 | Norwich | a | 3-2 | 6 | 0 | Armstrong Ball Little Smith Taylor |
1999/2000 | Gillingham | h | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | . |
1997/98 | Northampton | h | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | . |