Referee Watch – Carl Boyeson

Barring any late changes, Carl Boyeson of East Yorkshire will be in the middle for Blues’ Championship game against Middlesbrough at the Riverside today. Here is a look at his stats.

Season Performance

Mr Boyeson has taken charge of twenty-eight games this season, showing eighty-one yellow cards and two reds. Of those games, ten have been in the Championship and those games have yielded twenty-eight cautions and one sending off.

Last Blues Game Refereed

The last match involving Blues Mr Boyeson officiated in was the defeat to Leicester on January 28. In that game, Mr Boyeson showed five yellow cards, booking Albert Rusnak of Blues along with Ritchie de Laet, Marcin Wasilewski, Danny Drinkwater and Jamie Vardy of Leicester City. Colin Tattum didn’t mention his performance in his match ratings.

Last Champioship Game Refereed

The last match at this level that Mr Boyeson was in the middle for was the match between QPR and Blackpool on March 29. In that game, Mr Boyeson booked just Chris Basham of Blackpool.

Suspension Watch

13 yellow cards – Paul Robinson (two suspensions served)
6 yellow cards – Jonathan Spector
5 yellow cards – Nikola Zigic and Olly Lee
4 yellow cards – Federico Macheda, Callum Reilly and Paul Caddis
3 yellow cards – Neal Eardley, Tom Adeyemi, Shane Ferguson and Lee Novak
2 yellow cards – Darren Randolph, and Mitch Hancox
1 yellow card – Koby Arthur, Matt Green, Colin Doyle, Chris Burke, Emyr Huws, Brian Howard, Albert Rusnak, Jordon Ibe 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. If a player collects fifteen yellow cards before the end of the season they will attract a three match ban.

All referee stats via Soccerbase