Danson is referee

Last updated : 06 February 2004 By Tony Scholes

Last time he refereed a Burnley game he didn’t hand out a single yellow card but that was perhaps because he was far too busy keeping count of the score – it was the 6-5 defeat at Grimsby last season.

His last Turf Moor game was a home win against Sheffield Wednesday early in our first season back in the First Division.

In 20 games this season he has handed out a total of 72 yellow cards with 30 of those going to home team players and 42 to away team players. To add to that he has sent off four players.

He has been reasonably quiet in the last few games but earlier in the season he hit double figures in cards for two games out of three with a quieter eight yellow cards in between.

Those more recent games have seen him hand out just eight yellow cards in the last six games.

Tomorrow he will be assisted by Christopher Brumwell from Cumbria and David McCallum from Tyne & Wear.

Previous Burnley games:

Season

Opps

V

Res

Y

R

Burnley players carded

a

2002/03

Grimsby

a

5-6

0

0

.

2000/01

Sheffield Wed

h

1-0

3

0

.

1999/2000

Luton

h

0-2

1

0

.

1999/2000

Preston

a

0-0

4

0

Cook Little

1998/99

Reading

a

1-1

2

1

Scott Swan(red)

1997/98

Fulham

a

0-1

3

0

Matthew Williams

1997/98

Watford

a

0-1

0

0

.