He handed out three yellow cards in that game but the good news for Burnley was that all three were Sunderland players namely former loan Claret Phil Bardsley, Kieran Richardson and Michael Turner.
Prior to that game his yellow card count was 14 in 5 games but that's now gone up to 21 in 8. He's more recently refereed the Manchester City v West Ham Premier League game and the Championship clash between Derby and Sheffield Wednesday.
Those cards at Burnley are the ones that make the difference between home and away cards. Of those 21, 4 came in the Community Shield whilst 6 have gone to home players and 9 to away players.
There have been no red cards, in fact the last player he sent off was the day before our Wembley triumph. That was Newcastle's David Edgar in their defeat at Aston Villa that condemned them to relegation.
His assistant's on Sunday are Bob Pollock (Merseyside) and Gary Stott (Manchester) whilst Bolton referee Lee Mason will be the fourth official.
Previous Burnley games:
Season | Opps | V | Res | Y | R | Burnley players carded |
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1997/98 | Lincoln | h | 2-1 | 5 | 1 | Blatherwick Winstanley |
1998/99 | Bury | h | 1-4 | 2 | 0 | Little |
1999/2000 | Oldham | a | 1-0 | 3 | 0 | Cook |
1999/2000 | Notts County | a | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | Bracnh Little Mullin West |
2000/01 | West Brom | h | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | Thomas |
2002/03 | Rotherham | h | 2-6 | 5 | 0 | Blake Davis Little |
2003/04 | Crystal Palace | h | 2-3 | 4 | 2 | Gnohere Weller |
2003/04 | Wolves | a | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | Branch |
2004/05 | Rotherham | a | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | Duff |
2004/05 | Aston Villa | h | 3-1 | 1 | 0 | Grant |
2006/07 | Stoke | a | 1-0 | 3 | 0 | Elliott Harley |
2007/08 | Hull | h | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | Unsworth(R) |
2008/09 | Arsenal | a | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | McDonald |
2009/10 | Sunderland | h | 3-1 | 3 | 0 | . |