The Gloucestershire referee, just over two months into the season has already handed out a staggering sixty – yes sixty – yellow cards in just twelve games. He was last in action on Friday evening when he took charge of the Cheltenham v 
That’s been the pattern all season for Probert and he chose to be at his card craziest in front of Neil Warnock when he handed out no fewer than nine yellow cards in the
We know all about Probert, after his one and only Burnley game to date at
If there is any consolation he doesn’t target away players with his bookings, he’s probably far too busy to work it out, and 33 of this season’s yellow cards have gone to home team players and 27 to away team players.
Despite all this, as we found at Plymouth last season, he does tend to bottle it when a second yellow comes up and despite all the cards this season he has only sent off one player, Walsall’s Julian Bennett in a 0-0 draw at Bournemouth.
If Probert goes to form tonight then we can expect a game that is not allowed to flow, and a game full of yellow cards – he was one of the worst referees I saw last season and I find his appointment worrying.
Neil Hancox and Patrick Keane, both from the
Previous Burnley games:
Season | Opps | V | Res | Y | R | Burnley players carded |
a | ||||||
2004/05 | Plymouth | a | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | Branch Grant McGreal |
