It's Cooperman

Last updated : 04 March 2003 By Tony Scholes
The sheer size of the man makes you wonder just how he gets around the pitch, it takes little time to realise that it is with great difficulty.

Mark Cooper had never taken charge of a Burnley game until January but this is now his second in just a matter of a few weeks.
The last time we were in London for a league game Cooper took charge.

That was the game at Crystal Palace when Palace came back to win a point courtesy of a dreadfully poor penalty decision by this referee against Marlon Beresford.

He had come with a warning as being a red card maniac but on that occasion he did thankfully keep it in his pocket although there were five yellow cards with four of them going to Burnley players Marlon Beresford, Graham Branch, Ian Moore and Gareth Taylor.

Since that game the Walsall official has taken charge of only three more games and they have all been quiet games.

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