Referee Watch – Mark Haywood

Barring any late changes, Mark Haywood of West Yorkshire will be in the middle for Blues’ Championship game against Watford at Vicarage Road today. Here is a look at his stats.

Season Performance

Mr Haywood has taken charge of twenty-three games this season, showing fifty-five yellow cards and five reds. Of those games, only three have been in the Championship and in those games he has shown seven yellow cards and two reds.

Last Blues Match Refereed

The last game involving Blues that Mr Haywood took charge of was the 3-3 draw with Millwall away at the Den in October 2012. In that game, Mr Haywood booked three players – Shane Lowry of Millwall along with Hayden Mullins and Wade Elliott of Blues. His performance attracted no comment from Colin Tattum.

Last Championship Game Refereed

The last game at this level Mr Haywood took charge of was the match between Middlesbrough and Brighton on December 14. In that game he booked one player – Matthew Upson of Brighton.

Suspension Watch

1 red card – Wade Elliott (three match suspension served)

11 yellow cards – Paul Robinson (two suspensions served)
4 yellow cards – Olly Lee.
3 yellow cards – Neal Eardley, Tom Adeyemi, Federico Macheda, Lee Novak, and Jonathan Spector
2 yellow cards – Paul Caddis, Callum Reilly, Nikola Zigic, Mitch Hancox, and Shane Ferguson
1 yellow card – Koby Arthur, Wade Elliott, Matt Green, Colin Doyle, David Murphy, Darren Randolph, Chris Burke, Emyr Huws, Brian Howard, Albert Rusnak and Andrew Shinnie

The “cut-off” point where a fifth yellow card will no longer attract a suspension is after December 31 2013 and the point where a tenth yellow card will no longer attract a suspension is after April 13 2014.

All referee stats via Soccerbase