Referee Watch – Mike Jones

Barring any late changes, Mike Jones of Chester will be in the middle for Blues’ Championship game against QPR at Loftus Road this afternoon. Here is a look at his stats.

Season Performance

Mr Jones has taken charge of two matches so far this season, showing six yellow cards and one red. Of those games one has been in the Championship and in that game Mr Jones gave out four yellow cards. Last season, Mr Jones took charge of thirty-one games, showing eighty-five yellow cards and three reds. Of those games four were in the Championship and those yielded seven cautions.

Last Blues Game Refereed

The last Blues game Mr Jones took charge of was back in April 2011 when Blues were beaten 3-1 by Chelsea – a game which yielded one yellow card to Stuart Parnaby of Blues and a penalty which was scored by Sebastian Larsson.

Last Championship Game Refereed

The last game at this level refereed by Mr Jones was the 3-3 draw between Reading and Watford on August 17. In that game he gave yellow cards to Chris Gunter and Nick Blackman of Reading and Gabriele Angella and Marco Faraoni of Watford.

Suspension Watch

4 yellow cards – Paul Robinson
3 yellow cards – Neal Eardley
2 yellow cards – Tom Adeyemi and Dan Burn
1 yellow card – Jonathan Spector, Darren Ambrose, Lee Novak, Koby Arthur, Wade Elliott, Shane Ferguson and Kyle Bartley

The “cut-off” point where a fifth yellow card will no longer attract a suspension is December 31, 2013

All referee stats via Soccerbase