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With Bradford not even bothering to tackle he was able to keep his cards in his pocket all afternoon but that is the only occasion this season that he has done that.
He is currently averaging exactly three yellow cards per game this season with 42 from 14 games. There have also been four red cards. Preston had better beware, fifteen of his last eighteen red cards have gone to home team players as he catches up after hitting away teams very hard in the first couple of months of the season.
Somehow I suspect that the game at Preston will be somewhat more difficult to handle than the Bradford game and remember that last season he was in charge when all hell broke loose at Bradford with cards yellow and red galore.
Tomorrow he will be assisted by Russell Booth (Notts) and Andy Garratt (West Midlands).
Previous Burnley games:
Season | Opps | V | Res | Y | R | Burnley players carded |
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2003/04 | Bradford City | h | 4-0 | 0 | 0 | a |
2002/03 | Bradford City | a | 2-2 | 6 | 2 | Cook Papadopoulos Taylor |
2000/01 | Crystal Palace | h | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | a |
1999/2000 | Wigan | h | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | Johnrose Thomas |
1999/2000 | Chesterfield | h | 2-1 | 2 | 0 | Cowan |
1998/99 | Walsall | a | 1-3 | 4 | 0 | Armstrong Brass Payton |
1997/98 | Luton | h | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | Cooke |
1997/98 | Bournemouth | h | 2-2 | 3 | 0 |