Tony Harrington
Over the last 10 Premier League games Tony Harrington has officiated, the average is 2.80 cards a match — 31% below the league average of 4.08. That splits 2.6 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 1.9 to 0.9 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 20% of those games (2 of 10), from a 13.5% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 13 awarded in 47 matches, 0.28 a game against a league average of 0.25. 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 Premier League season on record.
| Measure | Harrington | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 3.83 | 4.08 |
| vs league | 0.94× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 17.7% | 18.6% |
| Fouls / match | 21.7 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.28 | 0.25 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 13 in 47 | — |
| Red cards shown | 6 | — |
| Matches on record | 48 (3 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Premier League 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle v Hull City19 Sep | 2–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 14 |
| Coventry City v Brighton13 Sep | 0–5 | 1 1 red 1 pen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| Leeds v Brentford30 Aug | 1–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Aston Villa v Everton18 Jan | 0–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| West Ham v Nottingham Forest6 Jan | 1–2 | 3 1 pen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Crystal Palace v Fulham1 Jan | 1–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Sunderland v Leeds28 Dec | 1–1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Arsenal v Brentford3 Dec | 2–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Tony Harrington give per game?
Tony Harrington averages 3.83 cards a game across 48 Premier League matches — 6% below the league average of 4.08. On a Tony Harrington appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.94.
Is Tony Harrington a strict referee?
No — slightly more lenient than most. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Tony Harrington runs at 17.7% against a league average of 18.6%. 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 48 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.