Mathieson is no stranger to the Turf and refereed two of our home league games last season, the 2-2 home draw against 
Mathieson was referee the last time the two sides met, back in 1998 at
To date this season he has taken charge of two games and issued a total of five yellow cards in those two games. On the opening day of the season he carded one player each in Blackpool's 3-1 home defeat against
He ended last season with 78 yellow cards of which 34 went to home team players and 44 to away team players.
The assistant referees for tonight's game are Kevin Mattocks (Lancashire) and Andy Nicholson (Yorkshire) and the fourth official is Richard Holdsworth (
Previous Burnley games:
Season | Opps | V | Res | Y | R | Burnley players carded |
a | ||||||
2004/05 | Brighton | h | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | Cahill |
2004/05 | Coventry | h | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | Sinclair |
2002/03 | Franchise | h | 1-0 | 2 | 0 | Taylor |
2001/02 | Birmingham | a | 3-2 | 4 | 0 | Alan Moore Davis |
2000/01 | Nott'm Forest | a | 0-5 | 4 | 0 | Davis Payton |
1999/2000 | Bury | a | 2-4 | 8 | 2 | Davis(R) Branch Cook Cowan Little |
1998/99 | Chesterfield | h | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | . |
1998/99 | York | a | 3-3 | 2 | 0 | Cooke |
1997/98 | Carlisle | a | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | Brass Ford |