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Unlucky Ref for Sunderland game

last updated Wednesday 24th October 2007, 5:24 PM

Referee Andre Marriner - Birmingham, West Midlands
Referee Andre MarrinerAndre Marriner, 36yrs, qualified as a referee in 1992 and was promoted to Football League assistant referee in 2000 after spending time in the Birmingham Amateur Football League and the Southern League. Three years later he was promoted to the Football League List of referees. Mr Marriner managed his first Premiership game, Charlton v Norwich, in November 2004 and made the Select Group of referees in 2005.

Ref Marriner has only reffed two Fulham games in his short career in the top flight which were the Wigan away game in the 05/06 season, where Marriner had a howler, and Man Utd last season, where Fulham had a howler.

Hopefully it will be third time lucky on the weekend

Referee Stats - 2006/2007

Ref Marriner has had 4 games so far this season so last season's stats may be a better guide. Last season Marriner blew his whistle more than most and when he did use it he was more likely to issue a yellow. In his six Premiership games last season he averaged nearly 4 yellows a game. Hopefully he has a rest on Saturday. In terms of red cards it is still early days but on a percentage basis his little red card was used more often than the average Premiership ref.  In terms of  penalties there is not much to go on with Ref Marriner as he did not award a penalty last season.
  Mr. Marriner's Av Premiership Ref
Total Match Avg Pos Total Match Avg
Games 6   19  
Fouls 171 28.5 2nd 476 25.0
Yellows 23 3.8 4th 61 3.2
Reds 1 0.2 5th 3 0.1
Penalties 0 0.0 17th 5 0.3
Fouls per Yellow - 7.4 7th - 7.8
Homer? (2006-2007)
Total Home Away Total
Games Fouls Yellow Red Pen Fouls Yellow Red Pen Fouls Yellow Red Pen
6 84 9 1 0 87 14 0 0 171 23 1 0
  49% 39% 100% 0% 51% 61% 0% 0%        
Premiership Average
19 49% 43% 32% 59% 51% 57% 68% 41% 476 61 3 5
Ref Marriner treats  home and away teams fairly equally in terms of fouls but seems to think that  away fouls are more card worthy than fouls by home squads.

An away player is 50% more likely to be cautioned than a home player. Hope he reviews his attitude before Sunday.
Previous Fulham games what was refed by Andre Marriner
2006/2007

20-08-2006 Premier Man Utd 5-1 Fulham 2y 0r
Bookings: Giggs (Man Utd) Brown (49, f) (Fulham)
One of our more embarrassing away debacles.

2005/2006

29-10-2005 Premier Wigan 1-0 Fulham 2y 0r
Bookings: Kavanagh (Wigan) Volz (Fulham)
Fulham went home to London angry and confused after what appeared to be some very dodgy refereeing decisions. Wigan keeper John Filan could have been sent off and there might have been a penalty - or two. Handball appeals against Leighton Baines rang out and Moritz Volz could have had a spot-kick rather than a yellow card for 'simulation' when he had been tripped by Alan Mahon. Nothing went Fulham's way and Claus Jensen said: "It is a shame to be talking about the referee. "We were quite sure that it hit his (Filan's) arm. As for the dive, he has never dived in his life. We are disappointed with the way those decisions have gone."
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