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I'd billed him as the best referee in the league ahead of the game but he had something of a nightmare that started with him being conned by the cheating Martin Olsson who got the penalty that won the game.
"We knew this referee gave more penalties," said Olsson, in a claim that the FA incredibly decided they weren't particularly worried about.
That shocker of a performance got Dean and his hapless assistant Simon Beck a massive pat on the back when they were awarded the Manchester United v Chelsea game a week later. When both officials turned in further horror shows they were immediately dropped from the Premier League for a week.
Having a shocker against Burnley obviously isn't a concern to those running our game, doing the same when Manchester United are involved forces them into action.
Dean has handed out just two yellow cards this season in four Champions League games but he's far happier to get the cards out of his pocket in domestic football. In 38 games he's given out 146 yellow cards and seven red cards. Of those 146 yellows, 75 have gone to home players and 71 to away players.
His last game was last Sunday when he took charge of the key Championship game between Sheffield Wednesday and Crystal Palace at Hillsborough, the game that saw Wednesday relegated to League One. Again he didn't have a particularly good game and there were three yellow cards in the game, Jermaine Johnson (Wednesday) with Calvin Andrew and Johannes Ertl (both Palace).
The assistant referees are Andy Garratt (West Midlands) and Andy Halliday (North Yorkshire) whilst Nigel Miller (Co Durham), a referee who has had some nightmares with Burnley over the years, is fourth official.Wiley.
Previous Burnley games:
Season | Opps | V | Res | Y | R | Burnley players carded |
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1997/98 | Bournemouth | h | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | . |
1997/98 | Luton | h | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | Cooke |
1998/99 | Walsall | a | 1-3 | 4 | 0 | Armstrong Brass Payton |
1999/2000 | Chesterfield | h | 2-1 | 2 | 0 | Cowan |
1999/2000 | Wigan | h | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | Johnrose Thomas |
2000/01 | Crystal Palace | h | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | . |
2002/03 | Bradford City | a | 2-2 | 6 | 2 | Cook Papadopoulos Taylor |
2003/04 | Bradford City | h | 4-0 | 0 | 0 | . |
2003/04 | Preston | a | 3-5 | 4 | 0 | Blake Gnohere West |
2003/04 | Ipswich | h | 4-2 | 3 | 0 | Chaplow McGregor |
2004/05 | Blackburn | h | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | Camara Hyde |
2005/06 | Leeds | h | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | Harley Hyde Sinclair |
2005/06 | Crystal Palace | h | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | Branch Harley |
2006/07 | Sunderland | h | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | Hyde |
2006/07 | Leicester | h | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | Caldwell |
2007/08 | Blackpool | h | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | Akinbiyi Caldwell |
2008/09 | West Brom | a | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | . |
2008/09 | Sheffield Utd | W | 1-0 | 4 | 2 | Carlisle Kalvenes |
2009/10 | Tottenham | a | 0-5 | 2 | 0 | Bikey |
2009/10 | Arsenal | h | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | Caldwell Eagles |
2009/10 | Blackburn | h | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | Alexander Fox Duff |