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He thus becomes the second referee at Burnley games this weekend to have sent off two players in his first game of the season.
Halsey’s overall record though is not bad and last season in 34 games there were 75 yellow and 6 red cards and one of those red cards was again Sol Campbell in Arsenal’s Highbury clash with Manchester United.
He is more likely to give a yellow card to an away team player, of those 75 last season just 29 were handed out to home team players with the other 46 going the way of the away players. His red cards though did go the other way with 4 home players and 2 away players being sent off.
Last time he was in charge of a Burnley game was last season’s 2-0 home win against Preston and on that occasion he kept both his cards in his pocket throughout the match. But Glen Little will remember him for a red card at Cardiff in our promotion season.
He will be assisted at Gillingham by Keith Stroud and Kevin Pike, both from Dorset.
Previous Burnley games:
Season | Opps | V | Res | Y | R | Burnley players carded |
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2002/03 | Preston | h | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | |
2000/02 | Crystal Pal | a | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | Armstrong, Cox, Thomas |
1999/2000 | Cardiff | a | 2-1 | 3 | 1 | Branch, Little(red) |
1997/98 | Southend | a | 0-1 | 7 | 0 | Blatherwick, Cooke, Williams |