Andy D'urso (Essex)
Andy D'urso was previously a 38-year-old bank manager from Essex by trade, but in keeping with the recent trend has recently abandoned his previous profession in favour of full-time refereeing.
He is one of the Premiership's youngest referees and was only appointed to the Premiership list three seasons ago, but soon received a welcome from Manchester United's Roy Keane. It was D'urso who was famously chased round the pitch by half the United team when he awarded a penalty against them during the 1999/2000 season.
That controversy returned at the start of 2001/02 when he failed to award Manchester United two penalties in the Charity Shield against Liverpool. But nevertheless, D'Urso is still a respected referee across the entire country - except Salford.
He has been on the Football League list since 1994 and began officiating back in 1979.
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Referee Stats - 2002/2003
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| Ref D'Urso's figures are fairly average except in relation to yellow cards. He is one of the top yellow card issuers in the Premiership at 4.6 cards per game, 20% more than the average Ref figure of 3.8 cards per game. In comparison to last season he has already given 60% more yellows!! |
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Mr. D'urso's |
Av Premiership Ref |
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Total |
Match Avg |
Total |
Match Avg |
| Games |
5 |
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5 |
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| Fouls |
140 |
28.00 |
139 |
27.32 |
| Yellows |
23 |
4.60 |
19 |
3.81 |
| Reds |
1 |
0.20 |
1 |
0.21 |
| Penalties |
1 |
0.20 |
1 |
0.21 |
| Fouls per Yellow |
- |
6.09 |
- |
9.40 |
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| Homer? (2003-2004) |
| Total |
Home |
Away |
Total |
| Games |
Fouls |
Yellow |
Red |
Fouls |
Yellow |
Red |
Fouls |
Yellow |
Red |
| 5 |
64 |
9 |
0 |
76 |
14 |
1 |
140 |
23 |
1 |
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46% |
39% |
0% |
54% |
61% |
100% |
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- |
- |
| Premiership Average |
| 5 |
49% |
46% |
44% |
51% |
54% |
56% |
139 |
19 |
1 |
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Ref D'Urso has a definite bias against away squads as evidenced by him issuing 61% of his cards to visiting teams some 40% higher than the average ref. |
Mr. D'urso's meetings with Fulham
2002/2003
15-12-2002 Premier Fulham
0-1 Birmingham 10y 1r
Bookings: Brevett, Clark, Malbranque (Fulham) Cisse, Horsfield, Johnson, Kirovski, Powell, Purse(sent off 70), Tebily (Birmingham)
Andy D'Urso raised questions about his refereeing rationale by handing out a total of 11 bookings. There were two for Purse, six for other visiting players and three for the home side.
09-11-2002 Premier Aston Villa
3-1 Fulham 5y 0r
Bookings: Allback , Leonhardsen , Taylor (Aston Villa) Boa Morte , Melville (Fulham)
2001/2002
27-10-2001 Premier Fulham
2-1 Southampton 2y 0r
Bookings: Beattie , Oakley (Southampton)
1999/2000
03-01-2000 English Division 1 Fulham
1-0 Tranmere 5r 1r
Bookings: Morgan , Peschisolido (Fulham) Challinor , Hill , Morgan Roberts (sent off 86) (Tranmere)