Premier League Discipline 1996-97
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Every red & yellow card issued in the Premier League during season 1996-97 arranged by football players and clubs. Statistics correct to end of season 1996-97 on 11th May 1997.
Premier League Red Cards 1996-97
| PLAYER | TEAM | No. | PLAYER | TEAM | No. | |
| Tony Adams | Arsenal | 2 | Michael Hughes | West Ham Utd | 1 | |
| Dion Dublin | Coventry City | 2 | Vinnie Jones | Wimbledon | 1 | |
| Richard Ord | Sunderland | 2 | Roy Keane | Man Utd | 1 | |
| Paul Stewart | Sunderland | 2 | Frank Leboeuf | Chelsea | 1 | |
| David Batty | Newcastle | 1 | Carlton Palmer | Leeds United | 1 | |
| Francis Benali | Southampton | 1 | Nigel Pearson | Middlesbrough | 1 | |
| Dennis Bergkamp | Arsenal | 1 | Darryl Powell | Derby County | 1 | |
| Clayton Blackmore | Middlesbrough | 1 | Fabrizio Ravanelli | Middlesbrough | 1 | |
| Brian Borrows | Coventry City | 1 | Marc Rieper | West Ham Utd | 1 | |
| Matt Clarke | Sheffield Wed | 1 | Martin Scott | Sunderland | 1 | |
| Christian Dailly | Derby County | 1 | Tim Sherwood | Blackburn | 1 | |
| Jason Dodd | Southampton | 1 | Steve Staunton | Aston Villa | 1 | |
| Mark Draper | Aston Villa | 1 | David Unsworth | Everton | 1 | |
| Duncan Ferguson | Everton | 1 | Ramon Vega | Tottenham | 1 | |
| Robbie Fowler | Liverpool | 1 | Barry Venison | Southampton | 1 | |
| Keith Gillespie | Newcastle | 1 | Des Walker | Sheffield Wed | 1 | |
| Frode Grodas | Chelsea | 1 | Steve Walsh | Leicester City | 1 | |
| John Hartson | West Ham Utd | 1 | Noel Whelan | Coventry City | 1 | |
| David Hirst | Sheffield Wed | 1 | Ian Wright | Arsenal | 1 | |
| Ulrich van Gobbel | Southampton | 1 | ||||
| Total Red Cards Season 1996-97 | 43 | |||||
Total Red Cards Season 1996-97 (39 players): 43
Premier League Red and Yellow Cards 1996-97RED CARDS YELLOW CARDS Club No. Club No. Sunderland 5 Leeds United 75 Arsenal 4 West Ham United 75 Coventry City 4 Chelsea 74 Southampton 4 Middlesbrough 74 Middlesbrough 3 Arsenal 73 Sheffield Wed 3 Nottingham Forest 66 West Ham United 3 Southampton 66 Aston Villa 2 Tottenham 62 Chelsea 2 Derby County 61 Derby County 2 Blackburn Rovers 60 Everton 2 Everton 58 Newcastle 2 Man Utd 56 Blackburn Rovers 1 Newcastle 56 Leeds United 1 Sunderland 54 Leicester City 1 Aston Villa 50 Liverpool 1 Leicester City 49 Man Utd 1 Coventry City 48 Tottenham 1 Sheffield Wed 47 Wimbledon 1 Liverpool 42 Nottingham Forest 0 Wimbledon 38 Total 43 Total 1,184
| RED CARDS | YELLOW CARDS | |||
| Club | No. | Club | No. | |
| Sunderland | 5 | Leeds United | 75 | |
| Arsenal | 4 | West Ham United | 75 | |
| Coventry City | 4 | Chelsea | 74 | |
| Southampton | 4 | Middlesbrough | 74 | |
| Middlesbrough | 3 | Arsenal | 73 | |
| Sheffield Wed | 3 | Nottingham Forest | 66 | |
| West Ham United | 3 | Southampton | 66 | |
| Aston Villa | 2 | Tottenham | 62 | |
| Chelsea | 2 | Derby County | 61 | |
| Derby County | 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 60 | |
| Everton | 2 | Everton | 58 | |
| Newcastle | 2 | Man Utd | 56 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1 | Newcastle | 56 | |
| Leeds United | 1 | Sunderland | 54 | |
| Leicester City | 1 | Aston Villa | 50 | |
| Liverpool | 1 | Leicester City | 49 | |
| Man Utd | 1 | Coventry City | 48 | |
| Tottenham | 1 | Sheffield Wed | 47 | |
| Wimbledon | 1 | Liverpool | 42 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 0 | Wimbledon | 38 | |
| Total | 43 | Total | 1,184 | |
Premier League Yellow Cards 1996-97
| PLAYER | TEAM | No. | PLAYER | TEAM | No. | |
| John Hartson | West Ham Utd | 13 | Dariusz Kubicki | Sunderland | 3 | |
| David Batty | Newcastle | 11 | Jim Magilton | Southampton | 3 | |
| Slaven Bilic | West Ham Utd | 11 | Alan Neilson | Southampton | 3 | |
| Justin Edinburgh | Tottenham | 11 | Egil Ostenstad | Southampton | 3 | |
| Igor Stimac | Derby County | 11 | Nigel Pearson | Middlesbrough | 3 | |
| Patrick Vieira | Arsenal | 11 | Spencer Prior | Leicester City | 3 | |
| Billy McKinlay | Blackburn | 10 | Marc Rieper | West Ham Utd | 3 | |
| Robbie Mustoe | Middlesbrough | 10 | Martin Scott | Sunderland | 3 | |
| Ulrich van Gobbel | Southampton | 10 | Richard Shaw | Coventry City | 3 | |
| Neil Cox | Middlesbrough | 9 | Steve Staunton | Aston Villa | 3 | |
| Moises Emerson | Middlesbrough | 9 | Claus Thomsen | Everton | 3 | |
| Noel Whelan | Coventry City | 9 | Paul Trollope | Derby County | 3 | |
| Ian Wright | Arsenal | 9 | Orlando Trustfull | Sheffield Wed | 3 | |
| Lee Dixon | Arsenal | 8 | Gianluca Vialli | Chelsea | 3 | |
| Emile Heskey | Leicester City | 8 | Steve Watson | Newcastle | 3 | |
| John Moncur | West Ham Utd | 8 | Julian Watts | Leicester City | 3 | |
| Carlton Palmer | Leeds United | 8 | Phil Whelan | Middlesbrough | 3 | |
| Stuart Pearce | Nottm Forest | 8 | Jason Wilcox | Blackburn | 3 | |
| Gary Speed | Everton | 8 | Alan Wright | Aston Villa | 3 | |
| Dean Sturridge | Derby County | 8 | Steve Agnew | Sunderland | 2 | |
| Lee Bowyer | Leeds United | 7 | Chris Armstrong | Tottenham | 2 | |
| Steve Clarke | Chelsea | 7 | Faustino Asprilla | Newcastle | 2 | |
| Scot Gemmill | Nottm Forest | 7 | Dean Austin | Tottenham | 2 | |
| David Howells | Tottenham | 7 | Stig Inge Bjornebye | Liverpool | 2 | |
| Mark Hughes | Chelsea | 7 | Dean Blackwell | Wimbledon | 2 | |
| Martin Keown | Arsenal | 7 | Steve Blatherwick | Nottm Forest | 2 | |
| Mark Pembridge | Sheffield Wed | 7 | Brian Borrows | Coventry City | 2 | |
| Tim Sherwood | Blackburn | 7 | Mark Bosnich | Aston Villa | 2 | |
| Craig Short | Everton | 7 | Michael Branch | Everton | 2 | |
| Andy Townsend | Aston Villa | 7 | Tim Breacker | West Ham Utd | 2 | |
| David Unsworth | Everton | 7 | Simon Charlton | Southampton | 2 | |
| Paul Williams | Coventry City | 7 | Chris Coleman | Blackburn | 2 | |
| Dennis Wise | Chelsea | 7 | Andy Couzens | Leeds United | 2 | |
| Ian Woan | Nottm Forest | 7 | Jordi Cruyff | Man Utd | 2 | |
| Tony Adams | Arsenal | 6 | Jason Dodd | Southampton | 2 | |
| Philippe Albert | Newcastle | 6 | Iain Dowie | West Ham Utd | 2 | |
| Peter Atherton | Sheffield Wed | 6 | Jason Dozzell | Tottenham | 2 | |
| David Beckham | Man Utd | 6 | Richard Dunne | Everton | 2 | |
| Lars Bohinen | Blackburn | 6 | Robbie Earle | Wimbledon | 2 | |
| Steve Bould | Arsenal | 6 | John Ebbrell | Everton | 2 | |
| Colin Calderwood | Tottenham | 6 | Rio Ferdinand | West Ham Utd | 2 | |
| Colin Cooper | Nottm Forest | 6 | Tim Flowers | Blackburn | 2 | |
| Kenny Cunningham | Wimbledon | 6 | Remi Garde | Arsenal | 2 | |
| Christian Dailly | Derby County | 6 | Marcus Gayle | Wimbledon | 2 | |
| Roberto Di Matteo | Chelsea | 6 | Ryan Giggs | Man Utd | 2 | |
| Julian Dicks | West Ham Utd | 6 | Keith Gillespie | Newcastle | 2 | |
| Muzzy Izzet | Leicester City | 6 | Steve Guppy | Leicester City | 2 | |
| Vinnie Jones | Wimbledon | 6 | Gunnar Halle | Leeds United | 2 | |
| Roy Keane | Man Utd | 6 | Ian Harte | Leeds United | 2 | |
| Graeme Le Saux | Blackburn | 6 | Colin Hill | Leicester City | 2 | |
| Frank Leboeuf | Chelsea | 6 | Andy Hinchcliffe | Everton | 2 | |
| Robert Lee | Newcastle | 6 | Darren Huckerby | Coventry City | 2 | |
| Neil Lennon | Leicester City | 6 | Richard Jobson | Leeds United | 2 | |
| Scott Minto | Chelsea | 6 | Jeff Kenna | Blackburn | 2 | |
| Ken Monkou | Southampton | 6 | Paul Kitson | West Ham Utd | 2 | |
| Hugo Porfirio | West Ham Utd | 6 | Jacob Laursen | Derby County | 2 | |
| Darryl Powell | Derby County | 6 | Andy Linighan | Arsenal | 2 | |
| Alex Rae | Sunderland | 6 | Dominic Matteo | Liverpool | 2 | |
| Ian Rush | Leeds United | 6 | Brian McAllister | Wimbledon | 2 | |
| Paul Scholes | Man Utd | 6 | Paul McGrath | Derby County | 2 | |
| Teddy Sheringham | Tottenham | 6 | Andrew Melville | Sunderland | 2 | |
| Frank Sinclair | Chelsea | 6 | John Mullin | Sunderland | 2 | |
| Robbie Slater | Southampton | 6 | Andy Myers | Chelsea | 2 | |
| Dejan Stefanovic | Sheffield Wed | 6 | Stuart Nethercott | Tottenham | 2 | |
| Paul Telfer | Coventry City | 6 | Phil Neville | Man Utd | 2 | |
| David Wetherall | Leeds United | 6 | Mike Newell | West Ham Utd | 2 | |
| Mark Wright | Liverpool | 6 | Eddie Newton | Chelsea | 2 | |
| Phil Babb | Liverpool | 5 | Brian O'Neil | Nottm Forest | 2 | |
| Kevin Ball | Sunderland | 5 | Darren Peacock | Newcastle | 2 | |
| Paul Beesley | Leeds United | 5 | Lionel Perez | Sunderland | 2 | |
| Regi Blinker | Sheffield Wed | 5 | Steve Potts | West Ham Utd | 2 | |
| David Burrows | Coventry City | 5 | Niall Quinn | Sunderland | 2 | |
| Nicky Butt | Man Utd | 5 | Kevin Richardson | Coventry City | 2 | |
| Eric Cantona | Man Utd | 5 | Paul Rideout | Everton | 2 | |
| Richard Dryden | Southampton | 5 | Bryan Roy | Nottm Forest | 2 | |
| Duncan Ferguson | Everton | 5 | Neil Ruddock | Liverpool | 2 | |
| Gianluca Festa | Middlesbrough | 5 | Peter Schmeichel | Man Utd | 2 | |
| Kevin Gallacher | Blackburn | 5 | Steve Stone | Nottm Forest | 2 | |
| Simon Grayson | Leicester City | 5 | Scott Taylor | Leicester City | 2 | |
| Nikola Jerkan | Nottm Forest | 5 | Ben Thatcher | Wimbledon | 2 | |
| Osvaldo Juninho Paulista | Middlesbrough | 5 | Ramon Vega | Tottenham | 2 | |
| Gary Kelly | Leeds United | 5 | Ashley Ward | Derby County | 2 | |
| Matt Le Tissier | Southampton | 5 | Mike Whitlow | Leicester City | 2 | |
| Claus Lundekvam | Southampton | 5 | Anthony Yeboah | Leeds United | 2 | |
| Des Lyttle | Nottm Forest | 5 | Chris Allen | Nottm Forest | 1 | |
| David May | Man Utd | 5 | Michael Ball | Everton | 1 | |
| Jason McAteer | Liverpool | 5 | Chris Bart-Williams | Nottm Forest | 1 | |
| Steve McManaman | Liverpool | 5 | Warren Barton | Newcastle | 1 | |
| Savo Milosevic | Aston Villa | 5 | Clayton Blackmore | Middlesbrough | 1 | |
| Robert Molenaar | Leeds United | 5 | Mark Bowen | West Ham Utd | 1 | |
| Fernando Nelson | Aston Villa | 5 | Sol Campbell | Tottenham | 1 | |
| Allan Nielsen | Tottenham | 5 | Matt Carbon | Derby County | 1 | |
| Ray Parlour | Arsenal | 5 | Stephen Carr | Tottenham | 1 | |
| Dan Petrescu | Chelsea | 5 | Jamie Carragher | Liverpool | 1 | |
| Chris Powell | Derby County | 5 | Lee Carsley | Derby County | 1 | |
| Lucas Radebe | Leeds United | 5 | Steve Claridge | Leicester City | 1 | |
| Fabrizio Ravanelli | Middlesbrough | 5 | Lee Clark | Newcastle | 1 | |
| Gary Rowett | Derby County | 5 | Andy Clarke | Wimbledon | 1 | |
| Keith Rowland | West Ham Utd | 5 | Neil Clement | Chelsea | 1 | |
| Alan Shearer | Newcastle | 5 | Nigel Clough | Nottm Forest | 1 | |
| Andy Sinton | Tottenham | 5 | Andrew Cole | Man Utd | 1 | |
| Ian Taylor | Aston Villa | 5 | Wayne Collins | Sheffield Wed | 1 | |
| Michael Thomas | Liverpool | 5 | Mark Crossley | Nottm Forest | 1 | |
| Derek Whyte | Middlesbrough | 5 | Jan Eriksson | Sunderland | 1 | |
| Nigel Winterburn | Arsenal | 5 | Micky Evans | Southampton | 1 | |
| Rory Allen | Tottenham | 4 | Garry Flitcroft | Blackburn | 1 | |
| Darren Anderton | Tottenham | 4 | Ruel Fox | Tottenham | 1 | |
| Aljosa Asanovic | Derby County | 4 | Marco Gabbiadini | Derby County | 1 | |
| John Beresford | Newcastle | 4 | Regis Genaux | Coventry City | 1 | |
| Dennis Bergkamp | Arsenal | 4 | Frode Grodas | Chelsea | 1 | |
| Eyal Berkovic | Southampton | 4 | Ruud Gullit | Chelsea | 1 | |
| Sasa Curcic | Aston Villa | 4 | Gareth Hall | Sunderland | 1 | |
| Tony Dorigo | Leeds United | 4 | Richard Hall | West Ham Utd | 1 | |
| Mark Draper | Aston Villa | 4 | Mick Harford | Wimbledon | 1 | |
| Michael Duberry | Chelsea | 4 | Neil Heaney | Southampton | 1 | |
| Dion Dublin | Coventry City | 4 | Lee Howey | Sunderland | 1 | |
| Ugo Ehiogu | Aston Villa | 4 | Stephen Hughes | Arsenal | 1 | |
| Efan Ekoku | Wimbledon | 4 | David Hughes | Southampton | 1 | |
| Peter Fear | Wimbledon | 4 | Paul Hughes | Chelsea | 1 | |
| Curtis Fleming | Middlesbrough | 4 | David Hughes | Aston Villa | 1 | |
| Mark Ford | Leeds United | 4 | Ritchie Humphreys | Sheffield Wed | 1 | |
| Robbie Fowler | Liverpool | 4 | Steffen Iversen | Tottenham | 1 | |
| David Ginola | Newcastle | 4 | Mark Jackson | Leeds United | 1 | |
| Michael Gray | Sunderland | 4 | Rob Jones | Liverpool | 1 | |
| Alf Inge Haaland | Nottm Forest | 4 | Duncan Jupp | Wimbledon | 1 | |
| Colin Hendry | Blackburn | 4 | Bjorn Kvarme | Liverpool | 1 | |
| Michael Hughes | West Ham Utd | 4 | Frank Lampard | West Ham Utd | 1 | |
| Graham Hyde | Sheffield Wed | 4 | Jamie Lawrence | Leicester City | 1 | |
| David Kelly | Sunderland | 4 | Stan Lazaridis | West Ham Utd | 1 | |
| Neil Maddison | Southampton | 4 | Jason Lee | Nottm Forest | 1 | |
| Alan Moore | Middlesbrough | 4 | Scott Marshall | Arsenal | 1 | |
| Gary Neville | Man Utd | 4 | Ian Marshall | Leicester City | 1 | |
| Richard Ord | Sunderland | 4 | Nigel Martyn | Leeds United | 1 | |
| Gary Pallister | Man Utd | 4 | Gary McAllister | Coventry City | 1 | |
| Joe Parkinson | Everton | 4 | Brian McClair | Man Utd | 1 | |
| David Platt | Arsenal | 4 | Paul Merson | Arsenal | 1 | |
| Paul Stewart | Sunderland | 4 | Alan Miller | Middlesbrough | 1 | |
| Graham Stuart | Everton | 4 | Jody Morris | Chelsea | 1 | |
| Chris Sutton | Blackburn | 4 | Steven Morrow | Arsenal | 1 | |
| Pierre Van Hooijdonk | Nottm Forest | 4 | Peter Ndlovu | Coventry City | 1 | |
| Steve Vickers | Middlesbrough | 4 | Jon Newsome | Sheffield Wed | 1 | |
| Rod Wallace | Leeds United | 4 | Ian Nolan | Sheffield Wed | 1 | |
| Steve Walsh | Leicester City | 4 | Scott Oakes | Sheffield Wed | 1 | |
| Dave Watson | Everton | 4 | Steve Ogrizovic | Coventry City | 1 | |
| Peter Beardsley | Newcastle | 3 | Paul Parker | Chelsea | 1 | |
| Francis Benali | Southampton | 3 | Ian Pearce | Blackburn | 1 | |
| Henning Berg | Blackburn | 3 | Chris Perry | Wimbledon | 1 | |
| Ian Bishop | West Ham Utd | 3 | Terry Phelan | Everton | 1 | |
| Andy Booth | Sheffield Wed | 3 | David Phillips | Nottm Forest | 1 | |
| Paul Bracewell | Sunderland | 3 | Karel Poborsky | Man Utd | 1 | |
| Michael Bridges | Sunderland | 3 | Ben Roberts | Middlesbrough | 1 | |
| Craig Burley | Chelsea | 3 | Craig Russell | Sunderland | 1 | |
| Kevin Campbell | Nottm Forest | 3 | Riccardo Scimeca | Aston Villa | 1 | |
| Benito Carbone | Sheffield Wed | 3 | Lee Sharpe | Leeds United | 1 | |
| Steve Chettle | Nottm Forest | 3 | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | Man Utd | 1 | |
| Stan Collymore | Liverpool | 3 | Neville Southall | Everton | 1 | |
| Liam Daish | Coventry City | 3 | Gareth Southgate | Aston Villa | 1 | |
| Brian Deane | Leeds United | 3 | John Spencer | Chelsea | 1 | |
| Matt Elliott | Leicester City | 3 | Phil Stamp | Middlesbrough | 1 | |
| Robbie Elliott | Newcastle | 3 | Gordon Strachan | Coventry City | 1 | |
| Graham Fenton | Blackburn | 3 | Neil Sullivan | Wimbledon | 1 | |
| Les Ferdinand | Newcastle | 3 | Mark Summerbell | Middlesbrough | 1 | |
| Sean Flynn | Derby County | 3 | Maik Taylor | Southampton | 1 | |
| Tony Grant | Everton | 3 | Carl Tiler | Aston Villa | 1 | |
| Craig Hignett | Middlesbrough | 3 | Robbie Van Der Laan | Derby County | 1 | |
| David Hirst | Sheffield Wed | 3 | Barry Venison | Southampton | 1 | |
| Ronny Johnsen | Man Utd | 3 | Des Walker | Sheffield Wed | 1 | |
| Erland Johnsen | Chelsea | 3 | Paul Warhurst | Blackburn | 1 | |
| Tommy Johnson | Aston Villa | 3 | Guy Whittingham | Sheffield Wed | 1 | |
| Alan Kimble | Wimbledon | 3 | Darren Williams | Sunderland | 1 | |
| Dwight Yorke | Aston Villa | 1 | ||||
| Total Yellow Cards Season 1996-97 | 1,184 | |||||
Total Yellow Cards Season 1996-97 (341 players): 1,184
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