Championship referees
England
Championship 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 4.02 cards and 0.19 penalties a match over 175 matches.
Strictest
Ruebyn Ricardo
5.33 cards a game
Most lenient
David Webb
2.80 cards a game
Appointed
0
referees named for the next two weeks
| Referee | Next match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ruebyn Ricardo | 6 | 5.33 | 31 | 1 | 0.33 | 20.8 | – |
| Stephen Martin | 6 | 5.00 | 28 | 2 | 0.17 | 23.3 | – |
| Joshua Smith | 8 | 4.88 | 39 | 0 | 0.38 | 25.3 | – |
| Elliot Bell | 6 | 4.67 | 27 | 1 | 0.00 | 21.0 | – |
| Matt Donohue | 6 | 4.67 | 28 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.2 | – |
| Thomas Parsons | 3 | 4.67 | 13 | 1 | 0.33 | 22.3 | – |
| Adam Herczeg | 7 | 4.57 | 31 | 1 | 0.29 | 23.0 | – |
| Tim Robinson | 8 | 4.38 | 35 | 0 | 0.13 | 26.1 | – |
| Anthony Backhouse | 7 | 4.29 | 29 | 1 | 0.43 | 18.7 | – |
| Edward Duckworth | 5 | 4.20 | 21 | 0 | 0.20 | 18.0 | – |
| Tom Reeves | 6 | 4.17 | 25 | 0 | 0.17 | 22.0 | – |
| Gavin Ward | 7 | 4.14 | 29 | 0 | 0.29 | 20.4 | – |
 Oliver Langford | 8 | 4.00 | 31 | 1 | 0.13 | 19.9 | – |
| James Bell | 6 | 4.00 | 23 | 1 | 0.17 | 20.7 | – |
| Matthew Corlett | 4 | 4.00 | 16 | 0 | 0.50 | 22.0 | – |
| Robert Madley | 7 | 3.86 | 26 | 1 | 0.14 | 20.6 | – |
| Andrew Kitchen | 9 | 3.67 | 31 | 2 | 0.11 | 23.1 | – |
| John Busby | 7 | 3.57 | 25 | 0 | 0.43 | 22.4 | – |
| Lewis Smith | 6 | 3.50 | 20 | 1 | 0.33 | 20.2 | – |
| Thomas Kirk | 4 | 3.50 | 13 | 1 | 0.00 | 21.3 | – |
| Farai Hallam | 4 | 3.50 | 14 | 0 | 0.25 | 21.0 | – |
 Robert Jones | 3 | 3.33 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.0 | – |
| Tom Nield | 7 | 3.29 | 22 | 1 | 0.14 | 20.6 | – |
| Ben Speedie | 7 | 3.29 | 23 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.1 | – |
| Samuel Allison | 7 | 3.29 | 21 | 2 | 0.14 | 22.0 | – |
| Will Finnie | 5 | 3.20 | 13 | 3 | 0.20 | 20.8 | – |
| David Webb | 5 | 2.80 | 14 | 0 | 0.20 | 20.8 | – |
| Thomas Bramall | 2 | 5.50 | 11 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.5 | – |
| Michael Salisbury | 2 | 5.50 | 11 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.5 | – |
| Simon Hooper | 2 | 4.00 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 20.5 | – |
| Paul Tierney | 2 | 3.50 | 6 | 1 | 0.00 | 28.0 | – |
| Tony Harrington | 2 | 3.00 | 6 | 0 | 0.50 | 25.5 | – |
| Andy Madley | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 10.0 | – |
| League average | 175 | 4.02 | 3.90 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 21.6 |
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.