He's had his moments in some Burnley games, none more so than the 2-2 draw at Bradford in the 2002/03 season when they came back from behind to draw level with only nine men. It's not the only time he's sent off two players in a Burnley game either. He ended last season by dismissing both Jamie Ward and Lee Hendrie in our Wembley win against Sheffield United.
His only other Burnley game last season was the FA Cup tie at West Brom when I thought he turned in the best refereeing performance I saw all season. He's over eager with the cards at times but I rate him just about the best referee in the country.
Looking at his cards, and he's already got a decent sized collection this season with no less than 60 in 14 games whilst he's added a couple of red cards to that with the dismissals of Birmingham's Barry Ferguson in a 0-0 home draw against Manchester City and Abdoulaye Faye of Stoke as they lost 2-1 at Hull.
There were six yellow cards in his last game, the 2-2 draw between Stoke and Hull. Five of those went to Stoke players and that's evened things up with 30 of his yellow cards going to home team players and 30 to away team players.
I have no real concerns at all about this referee, I just hope I'm not tempting fate here.
He will be assisted by Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire) and Richard West (East Yorkshire). Fourth official tonight is Chris Foy who has already refereed three of our games this season, the home game against Sunderland and the away games at Blackburn and West Ham.
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 |