Carabao Cup referees
England
Carabao Cup referees 2026/2027
Every referee's cards, penalties and fouls per game this season, strictest first. Cards count both teams, second yellows included. The league averages 3.51 cards and 0.16 penalties a match over 79 matches.
Strictest
Thomas Parsons
5.50 cards a game
Most lenient
Ruebyn Ricardo
1.67 cards a game
Appointed
0
referees named for the next two weeks
| Referee | Next match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thomas Parsons | 4 | 5.50 | 22 | 0 | 0.25 | 23.0 | – |
| Edward Duckworth | 3 | 3.67 | 11 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.3 | – |
| Elliot Bell | 3 | 3.00 | 8 | 1 | 0.00 | 21.0 | – |
| Gavin Ward | 3 | 2.33 | 6 | 1 | 0.33 | 21.7 | – |
| Ruebyn Ricardo | 3 | 1.67 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 20.0 | – |
| Thomas Kirk | 1 | 8.00 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.0 | – |
| Andrew Kitchen | 1 | 7.00 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 27.0 | – |
| Seb Stockbridge | 1 | 7.00 | 6 | 1 | 0.00 | 27.0 | – |
| Farai Hallam | 2 | 6.00 | 12 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.0 | – |
 Robert Jones | 1 | 6.00 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 29.0 | – |
| Robert Madley | 1 | 6.00 | 6 | 0 | 1.00 | 27.0 | – |
| Jamie O'Connor | 1 | 6.00 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 20.0 | – |
| Harry Wager | 2 | 5.50 | 10 | 1 | 0.00 | 23.0 | – |
| Lewis Smith | 1 | 5.00 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.0 | – |
| Oliver Yates | 1 | 5.00 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.0 | – |
| Will Finnie | 1 | 5.00 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.0 | – |
| Andy Madley | 2 | 4.50 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.5 | – |
| Oliver Mackey | 2 | 4.50 | 7 | 2 | 0.00 | 28.0 | – |
| Tony Harrington | 2 | 4.00 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.5 | – |
| Elliott Swallow | 2 | 4.00 | 8 | 0 | 1.00 | 29.5 | – |
| Darren England | 1 | 4.00 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | 21.0 | – |
| Michael Salisbury | 1 | 4.00 | 3 | 1 | 0.00 | 19.0 | – |
| Paul Tierney | 1 | 4.00 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.0 | – |
| James Bell | 1 | 4.00 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.0 | – |
| Dean Whitestone | 1 | 4.00 | 3 | 1 | 0.00 | 23.0 | – |
| David Rock | 1 | 4.00 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | 24.0 | – |
| Carl Brook | 1 | 4.00 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.0 | – |
| M. Coy | 2 | 3.50 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 22.5 | – |
| Andrew Humphries | 2 | 3.00 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 29.0 | – |
| Simon Hooper | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.0 | – |
| Thomas Bramall | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.0 | – |
| Craig Pawson | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.0 | – |
| Tim Robinson | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.0 | – |
| Stephen Martin | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.0 | – |
| Joshua Smith | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.0 | – |
| Craig Hicks | 1 | 3.00 | 2 | 1 | 1.00 | 22.0 | – |
| Ross Martin | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | 28.0 | – |
| Jacob Miles | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.0 | – |
| Ben Speedie | 2 | 2.50 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 19.0 | – |
| Adam Herczeg | 2 | 2.50 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.5 | – |
| Paul Howard | 2 | 2.50 | 5 | 0 | 0.50 | 27.0 | – |
| Richard Eley | 2 | 2.50 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 19.0 | – |
| Peter Bankes | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.0 | – |
| Anthony Backhouse | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 15.0 | – |
| David Webb | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 16.0 | – |
| John Busby | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 17.0 | – |
| Tom Reeves | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.0 | – |
| Declan Brown | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.0 | – |
| Stephen Parkinson | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 27.0 | – |
| Alex Chilowicz | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.0 | – |
| Leigh Doughty | 2 | 1.50 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.0 | – |
| Jarred Gillett | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 16.0 | – |
| Isaac Searle | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.0 | – |
| Alan Dale | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 19.0 | – |
| Neil Hair | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 18.0 | – |
| League average | 79 | 3.51 | 3.39 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 22.6 |
Bars compare cards per game with the league average (the middle tick): red is stricter, green more lenient. Tap a referee for their card-line form, recent matches and the card odds on their next match. Callouts need 3+ matches.