Premiership referees stats – userful for betting (part 3)
HALF-WAY THERE.
As we come to the half-way stage of the season a look at the refereeing stats won’t go amiss.
The select Group of Premiership referees has it’s usual new faces.
Steve Bennett and Alan Wiley Have both retired to become Referee Coaches. They have been replaced by Michael Oliver and Anthony Taylor. Oliver became the youngest ever to referee a Premiership game when he took charge of the Birmingham – Blackburn match in August 2010. He beat the record set two years earlier by Stuart Attwell.
Seven members of this years Select group, namely M. Atkinson, S. Attwell, M. Clattenburg, M. Dean, A. Marriner, L. Probert and H. Webb, are "F.I.F.A. listed" and therefore eligible for appointment to U.E.F.A. and F.I.F.A. International Games.
Up to the present time only four of them have had other than domestic appointments.
It would appear that they have come down fairly hard on the teams they’ve been controlling.
M.Atkinson 3 games 14 yellows 0 reds. Average 4.66 cards per game.
M.Clattenberg 4 " 15 " 0 " . " 3.75 " " " .
M.Dean 3 " 17 " 2 " . " 6.33 " " " .
H.Webb 4 " 19 " 0 " . " 4.75 " " " .
Of these four only three had non-domestic appointments the last season.
M.Atkinson 8 Games 38 yellows 0 reds. Average 4.75 cards per game.
M.Dean 4 " 2 " 0 " . " 0.50 " " " .
H.Webb 10 " 53 " 1 " . " 5 40 " " " .
H.Webbs figures include his stint at the World Cup Finals.
Domestic Stats for this season’s half-way mark. 2009/2010 Full Season Totals.
Matches. Total. Yellows. Reds. Average. Matches. Total. Yellows. Reds. Average.
L.Mason 15 74 69 5 4.50. 35 113 106 7 3.22.
M.Atkinson 16 72 64 8 3.90. 40 155 149 6 3.87.
M.Jones 19 71 69 2 3.73. 33 115 110 5 3.48.
P.Dowd 18 70 64 6 3.88. 39 140 135 5 3.58.
A.Taylor 17 70 62 8 4.11. 2 5 5 0 2.50.
M.Dean 18 66 63 3 3.66. 41 153 146 7 3.73.
A.Marriner 17 62 60 2 3.64. 37 125 115 10 3.37.
K.Friend 16 58 55 3 3.62. 13 46 42 4 3.53
L.Probert 17 54 49 5 3.17. 33 126 119 7 3.81.
M.Oliver 16 54 48 6 3.37. Newcomer.
H.Webb 18 52 51 1 2.88. 35 68 64 4 1.79.
M.Clattenberg 17 52 49 3 3.05. 42 110 105 5 2.61.
P.Walton 14 50 45 5 3.57. 36 97 91 6 2.69.
C.Foy 18 43 43 0 2.38. 36 112 107 5 3.11
S.Attwell 11 43 42 1 3.90. 26 99 95 4 3.80
M.Halsey 15 39 38 1 2.60. Sick Leave
As you will realise stats are nothing on their own.
Obviously some referees are stricter than others. The figures show that some are much quicker to reach for the "RED" than others.
For instance, this season, A.Taylor is flashing the red card every other game. Whilst C.Foy has still to issue his first.
Last season’s top red carder was A. Marriner averaging a red about each fourth game.
For me the guys to watch are those with the low average per game. They are to ones you want in charge of games when you are betting on cards.
They always seem more reliable that the "flashers". Who are often inconsistent in the way they run their games.
One thing we can be sure of, is that we probably have the best panel of Top Class Referees in the world.
Don’t forget, Bet Sensibly.
