The 37 year old Wirrell referee was involved (or in this case not involved) in the late incident that saw West Brom robbed of a clear penalty when they were trailing Arsenal 2-1, they went on to lose the game 3-1.
He didn't have the best of games either when he took charge of the home game against
This is Dean's ninth season as a Football League referee and for the last six of them he's been officiating in the Premiership. In this current season he's averaging three yellow cards per game, with 106 in 35 games, and has added nine red cards to that including two in a game twice.
The most recent of those red cards was to Tottenham's Michael Dawson in their 3-1 defeat at
Of those yellow cards 45 have gone the way of home players and 62 to away players but until recently there were more home bookings. However, 24 of his last 30 yellow cards have gone to away players. Only two of the nine players he has sent off were playing for the home team.
Hopefully he'll have a quiet game this afternoon when he will be assisted by Gary Kellett (Yorkshire) and Shaun Proctor-Green (
Swarbrick's first season card count is worth a mention – just 55 yellow cards and a couple of red cards in 28 games.
Previous Burnley games:
Season | Opps | V | Res | Y | R | Burnley players carded |
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2005/06 | Leeds | h | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | Harley Hyde Sinclair |
2004/05 | Blackburn | h | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | Camara Hyde |
2003/04 | Ipswich | h | 4-2 | 3 | 0 | Chaplow McGregor |
2003/04 | Preston | a | 3-5 | 4 | 0 | Blake Gnohere West |
2003/04 | Bradford City | h | 4-0 | 0 | 0 | . |
2002/03 | Bradford City | a | 2-2 | 6 | 2 | Cook Papadopoulos Taylor |
2000/01 | Crystal Palace | h | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | . |
1999/2000 | Wigan | h | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | Johnrose Thomas |
1999/2000 | Chesterfield | h | 2-1 | 2 | 0 | Cowan |
1998/99 | Walsall | a | 1-3 | 4 | 0 | Armstrong Brass Payton |
1997/98 | Luton | h | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | Cooke |
1997/98 | Bournemouth | h | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | . |