Referee stats · 25/26
James Linington
EnglandChampionship
Career on record
Key averages
Matches
Yellows / game
Reds / game
Fouls / game
iBooking pts / game
iPenalties / game
iFouls computed over 315 matches, minute-level splits over 0 matches.
Tendencies
Splits and over card rates
How the official distributes cards by side, by half, and how often totals clear each line.
Card share, home vs away
Card share, first vs second half
Both teams booked
72%
Share of matches where both sides received at least one card.
Share of matches that went over the listed total cards.
Recent form
Last 20 matches
The most recent window, where current-season tendencies show up first.
Matches
Yellows / game
Reds / game
Booking pts / game
Over 3.5 cards
Both teams booked
By competition
Competition splits
| Competition | Mat | Yel/g | Red/g | Fouls/g | Pens/g | Pts/g | BTB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 315 | 3.54 | 0.14 | 23.6 | n/a | 38.8 | 72% |
Pts/g is average booking points. BTB is both teams booked. n/a means no data for that metric in this set.
By season
Season splits
| Season | Mat | Yel/g | Red/g | Fouls/g | Pens/g | Pts/g | BTB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/26 | 18 | 3.28 | 0.11 | 20.4 | n/a | 35.6 | 61% |
| 24/25 | 19 | 3.95 | 0.05 | 20.1 | n/a | 40.8 | 74% |
| 23/24 | 17 | 4.71 | 0.06 | 20.7 | n/a | 48.5 | 94% |
| 22/23 | 27 | 3.70 | 0.15 | 22.9 | n/a | 40.7 | 74% |
| 21/22 | 27 | 4.78 | 0.19 | 21.9 | n/a | 52.4 | 85% |
| 20/21 | 26 | 2.31 | 0.15 | 26.4 | n/a | 26.9 | 69% |
| 19/20 | 26 | 2.42 | 0.12 | 24.5 | n/a | 27.1 | 46% |
| 18/19 | 25 | 3.84 | 0.12 | 25.6 | n/a | 41.4 | 80% |
| 17/18 | 30 | 3.57 | 0.10 | 26.6 | n/a | 38.2 | 70% |
| 16/17 | 29 | 4.31 | 0.14 | 23.0 | n/a | 46.6 | 76% |
| 15/16 | 8 | 3.50 | 0.13 | 22.8 | n/a | 38.1 | 88% |
| 14/15 | 18 | 3.28 | 0.28 | 25.5 | n/a | 39.7 | 67% |
| 13/14 | 16 | 3.31 | 0.06 | 23.9 | n/a | 34.7 | 81% |
| 11/12 | 11 | 3.27 | 0.36 | 21.4 | n/a | 41.8 | 55% |
| 10/11 | 11 | 2.73 | 0.09 | 24.1 | n/a | 29.5 | 64% |
| 9/10 | 6 | 2.33 | 0.17 | 23.0 | n/a | 27.5 | 67% |
| 8/09 | 1 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 25.0 | n/a | 20.0 | 100% |
Earlier seasons may lack foul, penalty or half-split data, shown as n/a.
Match log
Recent matches
Card counts per fixture, newest first.
| Date | Match | Comp | Yel | Red | Total cards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Mar 2026 | Charlton v Birmingham | Championship | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Stoke v Oxford | Championship | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 Feb 2026 | West Brom v Coventry | Championship | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 Feb 2026 | Portsmouth v Sheffield United | Championship | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 Feb 2026 | Norwich v Blackburn | Championship | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 24 Jan 2026 | Leicester v Oxford | Championship | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Charlton v Derby | Championship | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 Jan 2026 | Birmingham v Coventry | Championship | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 Jan 2026 | Swansea v West Brom | Championship | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 26 Dec 2025 | Portsmouth v QPR | Championship | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 Dec 2025 | Oxford v Preston | Championship | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Bristol City v Leicester | Championship | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 29 Nov 2025 | Middlesbrough v Derby | Championship | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 Nov 2025 | QPR v Hull | Championship | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Coventry v Sheffield United | Championship | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 25 Oct 2025 | Bristol City v Birmingham | Championship | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Millwall v Stoke | Championship | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 Oct 2025 | Preston v Charlton | Championship | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 May 2025 | Bristol City v Preston | Championship | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 26 Apr 2025 | QPR v Burnley | Championship | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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