Tony Harrington
Over the last 10 Championship games Tony Harrington has officiated, the average is 4.60 cards a match — 15% above the league average of 4.01. That splits 4.3 yellow and 0.3 red a game — a red in 3 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.6 to 2.0 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 20% of those games (2 of 10), from a 20.2% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 2 awarded in 18 matches, 0.11 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 Tony Harrington 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 | Harrington | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.44 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 1.11× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 20.0% | 18.4% |
| Fouls / match | 22.3 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.11 | 0.17 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 2 in 18 | — |
| Red cards shown | 4 | — |
| Matches on record | 18 (2 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Championship games Tony Harrington took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth v Preston North End30 Aug | 1–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Watford v Queens Park Rangers16 Aug | 2–1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Sheffield United v Cardiff City18 Apr | 2–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Burnley v Norwich11 Apr | 2–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Stoke City v Queens Park Rangers29 Mar | 3–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Preston North End v Portsmouth15 Mar | 2–1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Cardiff City v Bristol City15 Feb | 1–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Middlesbrough v Luton9 Nov | 5–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Frequently asked
How many cards does Tony Harrington give per game?
Tony Harrington averages 4.44 cards a game across 18 Championship matches — 11% above the league average of 4.01. On a Tony Harrington appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.11.
Is Tony Harrington a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Tony Harrington runs at 20.0% 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 Tony Harrington'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 Tony Harrington's card rate?
It rests on 18 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.