Webster takes charge at Oakwell

26 December 2010 08:35
Tyne & Wear referee Colin Webster is the man in charge of this afternoon's clash with Barnsley at Oakwell and it is his second Burnley game of the season; he was referee for our opening day win against Nottingham Forest. This won't be Webster's first game between Burnley and Barnsley; indeed it is his third, but the other two have come at Turf Moor. He refereed our 2000/01 encounter when Chris Morgan was sent off and also the game on the flooded pitch in 2007/08. Both games ended in 2-1 wins for Burnley.Morgan is one of four players sent off when Webster has been referee and all have come in clashed against Yorkshire teams with Arthur Gnohere, Frank Sinclair and Andy Gray also being dismissed against Bradford City, Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday respectively.Overall, Webster is a decent referee that likes to give the players the limelight and allows them to play. He won't nitpick and will try to keep the game flowing. Quite often you don't notice him when he's the man in the middle.This season he's reached 50 yellow card in 17 games with three red cards to add to that. Tyrone Mears got his first card and subsequently they've been evenly divided. Of those 50, 26 have gone to home team players and 24 to away team players.Two of the three red cards came in the same game with one from each team going in Tranmere's 4-2 League One win against Milton Keynes Franchise.Webster's last game was Hull's Championship clash against Bristol City at the KC Stadium last weekend. Hull won the game 2-0 but had Ian Ashbee, Andy Dawson and Liam Rosenior carded with Bristol City's David Clarkson and Christian Ribeiro also seeing yellow.The assistant referees are Mark Griffiths (South Yorkshire) and Keith Lawson (South Humberside). The fourth official is Paul Graham (Manchester). Previous Burnley games:SeasonOppsVResYRBurnley players cardeda2000/01Barnsleyh2-171Cox Johnson I Moore2001/02Creweh3-320I Moore2001/02Gillinghamh2-000.2002/03Blackpoolh3-030A Moore Blake2002/03Bradford Cityh0-241Davis Gnohere(Y/R)2004/05Wolvesh1-150Camara Grant2004/05Leedsh0-131Cahill Sinclair(Y/R)2005/06Crewea1-250Hyde McGreal Thomas2005/06Sheffield Utda0-300.2005/06Norwichh2-010.2006/07Sheffield Weda1-131Gray(Y/R) McCann2006/07Prestona0-280Branch Duff Elliott Harley McCann2007/08Ipswichh2-230Jordan Mahon2007/08Barnsleyh2-120.2008/09Cardiffh2-220Gudjonsson2008/09QPRh2-130Caldwell2010/11Nottm Foresth1-030Mears Iwelumo

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