Who are the most card-happy referees in the Scottish Premiership?
By Kathleen Oates
Published 21st Nov 2019, 12:50 GMT
Updated 21st Nov 2019, 13:49 GMT
We're just 13 games into the Scottish Premiership season, but there have already been 223 yellow cards, 16 red cards and 16 penalties. We take a look at which whistlers have dished out the most bookings and sendings-off
One referee has taken charge of seven games, eight officials are on six matches, two have overseen four matches and four refs have handled three games.
Card-happy Scottish referees
The 35-year-old has dished out 27 yellow cards, but is yet to send a player off or award a penalty in the Scottish Premiership - despite overseeing more games (7) than any other ref
Robertson has flashed a whopping four red cards in just 6 games, sending off Aberdeen duo Lewis Ferguson and Curtis Main as well as Hearts' Aaron Hickey and Kilmarnock's Alex Bruce
Anderson has overseen six games, with an average of 3.3 yellows per game. He's also awarded three penalties.
Made his Premiership debut in August. Has only taken charge of four games but has already dished out an average of 4.25 yellows a game and sent off George Oakley
The 38-year-old whistler has an average of 3 yellow cards per game but is yet to send anyone off. He has, however, awarded 2 penalties.
Collum has overseen six games with an average of 2.83 yellows per match. Has awarded one penalty and sent two players off (Celtic's Ryan Christie and Livingston's Lyndon Dykes)
