Darren England
Darren England has not taken charge of a Championship match in 26/27. The figures below are a career record. Over the last 10 Championship games Darren England has officiated, the average is 6.50 cards a match — 62% above the league average of 4.01. That splits 6.3 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 3.2 to 3.3 a game, flatter than the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 80% of those games (8 of 10), from a 27.7% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come more often than most: 8 awarded in 17 matches, 0.47 a game against a league average of 0.17. These are raw match figures from those games, not odds.
Match cards last 10 games
Career profile
The two numbers that matter are vs league — the multiplier the model applies to a player's booking chance — and conversion, the share of fouls Darren England turns into bookings. Conversion, not the raw foul count, is where a referee's real card tendency lives. Career figures across every Championship season on record.
| Measure | England | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 5.41 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 1.35× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 23.2% | 18.3% |
| Fouls / match | 23.3 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.47 | 0.17 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 8 in 17 | — |
| Red cards shown | 2 | — |
| Matches on record | 17 (0 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Championship games Darren England took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watford v Blackburn Rovers26 Oct | 1–0 | 9 1 pen | 9 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Middlesbrough v Sunderland4 Feb | 1–1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Coventry City v Leicester13 Jan | 3–1 | 9 1 red 1 pen | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| Norwich v Southampton1 Jan | 1–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Huddersfield Town v Blackburn Rovers26 Dec | 3–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Leeds v Middlesbrough2 Dec | 3–2 | 9 1 red 1 pen | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| Millwall v Coventry City25 Nov | 0–3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Plymouth Argyle v Middlesbrough4 Nov | 3–3 | 5 1 pen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Darren England give per game?
Darren England averages 5.41 cards a game across 17 Championship matches — 35% above the league average of 4.01. On a Darren England appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.35.
Is Darren England a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Darren England runs at 23.2% against a league average of 18.3%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does Darren England's record change bet builder card prices?
It should. The referee is the single biggest factor in the to-be-carded market, and the appointment is public before kick-off — so a strict official on a combative player is the archetypal card edge. The player cards guide walks through exactly how the model turns a tendency like this into a price.
How reliable is Darren England's card rate?
It rests on 17 career matches, a solid record. The model shrinks a referee's tendency toward the league average when the sample is thin and discounts its own confidence for officials with young records, so a number like this never gets trusted beyond what the evidence earns.
Rates shown are figures from public match data for context; the model adds shrinkage and an opponent factor, and discounts its confidence for thin referee records, before flagging any card as value. It compares against the bookmaker's price as offered — card markets are priced one side only, so that price still carries the bookmaker's margin. 18+ — please gamble responsibly.