Geoff Eltringham
Geoff Eltringham has not taken charge of a Championship match in 25/26. The figures below are a career record. Over the last 10 Championship games Geoff Eltringham has officiated, the average is 4.30 cards a match — 7% above the league average of 4.01. That splits 3.8 yellow and 0.5 red a game — a red in 4 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.3 to 2.0 a game, in line with the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 50% of those games (5 of 10), from a 21.3% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 6 awarded in 36 matches, 0.17 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 Geoff Eltringham 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 | Eltringham | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.08 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 1.02× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 19.0% | 18.4% |
| Fouls / match | 21.5 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.17 | 0.17 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 6 in 36 | — |
| Red cards shown | 6 | — |
| Matches on record | 36 (0 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Championship games Geoff Eltringham took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff City v Coventry City1 Jan | 1–1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Watford v Portsmouth26 Dec | 2–1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| Middlesbrough v Millwall14 Dec | 1–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Preston North End v Bristol City2 Nov | 1–3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Watford v Derby County24 Aug | 2–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Swansea City v Millwall4 May | 0–1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| West Brom v Rotherham United10 Apr | 2–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City29 Mar | 1–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Frequently asked
How many cards does Geoff Eltringham give per game?
Geoff Eltringham averages 4.08 cards a game across 36 Championship matches — roughly above the league average of 4.01. On a Geoff Eltringham appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.02.
Is Geoff Eltringham a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Geoff Eltringham runs at 19.0% against a league average of 18.4%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does Geoff Eltringham'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 Geoff Eltringham's card rate?
It rests on 36 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, an opponent factor and de-vigging, and discounts its confidence for thin referee records, before flagging any card as value. 18+ — please gamble responsibly.