Premier League Discipline 2008-09
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Every red & yellow card issued in the Premier League during season 2008-09 arranged by football players and clubs. Statistics correct to end of season 2009-10 on 24th May 2009.
Premier League Red Cards 2008-09
| PLAYER | TEAM | No. | PLAYER | TEAM | No. | |
| Michael Dawson | Tottenham | 2 | Andreas Johansson | Wigan Athletic | 1 | |
| Phil Neville | Everton | 2 | Damien Johnson | Birmingham | 1 | |
| Arjen Robben | Chelsea | 2 | Stephen Jordan | Manchester City | 1 | |
| Xabi Alonso | Liverpool | 1 | Tugay Kerimoglu | Blackburn | 1 | |
| Darren Ambrose | Charlton | 1 | Zurab Khizanishvili | Blackburn | 1 | |
| Mikel Arteta | Everton | 1 | Neil Kilkenny | Birmingham | 1 | |
| Celestine Babayaro | Newcastle | 1 | Paul Konchesky | West Ham Utd | 1 | |
| Gareth Barry | Aston Villa | 1 | Sanz Luis Garcia | Liverpool | 1 | |
| Joey Barton | Manchester City | 1 | Nuno Maniche | Chelsea | 1 | |
| Tal Ben-Haim | Bolton | 1 | Lee McCulloch | Wigan Athletic | 1 | |
| Luis Boa Morte | Fulham | 1 | Mido | Tottenham | 1 | |
| Jean Alain Boumsong | Newcastle | 1 | Darren Moore | WBA | 1 | |
| Lee Bowyer | Newcastle | 1 | Hayden Mullins | West Ham Utd | 1 | |
| Gary Breen | Sunderland | 1 | Danny Murphy | Tottenham | 1 | |
| Michael Brown | Fulham | 1 | Hidetoshi Nakata | Bolton | 1 | |
| Nicky Butt | Birmingham | 1 | Lucas Neill | Blackburn | 1 | |
| Steven Caldwell | Sunderland | 1 | Scott Parker | Newcastle | 1 | |
| Stephen Carr | Newcastle | 1 | Nigel Quashie | WBA | 1 | |
| Lee Carsley | Everton | 1 | Jose Reina | Liverpool | 1 | |
| Ricardo Carvalho | Chelsea | 1 | Chris Riggott | Middlesbrough | 1 | |
| Andrew Cole | Manchester City | 1 | Laurent Robert | Portsmouth | 1 | |
| Kenny Cunningham | Birmingham | 1 | Jason Roberts | Wigan Athletic | 1 | |
| Edgar Davids | Tottenham | 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Man Utd | 1 | |
| Paul Dickov | Blackburn | 1 | Robbie Savage | Blackburn | 1 | |
| Sylvain Distin | Manchester City | 1 | Gilberto Silva | Arsenal | 1 | |
| Guidoni Junior Doriva | Middlesbrough | 1 | Mohamed Sissoko | Liverpool | 1 | |
| Ugo Ehiogu | Middlesbrough | 1 | Nolberto Solano | Newcastle | 1 | |
| Francesc Fabregas | Arsenal | 1 | Paul Stalteri | Tottenham | 1 | |
| Rio Ferdinand | Man Utd | 1 | Steven Taylor | Newcastle | 1 | |
| Duncan Ferguson | Everton | 1 | Gary Teale | Wigan Athletic | 1 | |
| William Gallas | Chelsea | 1 | Andy Todd | Blackburn | 1 | |
| Ricardo Gardner | Bolton | 1 | Iain Turner | Everton | 1 | |
| Steven Gerrard | Liverpool | 1 | Nico Vaesen | Birmingham | 1 | |
| Emile Heskey | Birmingham | 1 | Andy Van der Meyde | Everton | 1 | |
| Muzzy Izzet | Birmingham | 1 | Andrew Welsh | Sunderland | 1 | |
| Jermaine Jenas | Tottenham | 1 | Stephen Wright | Sunderland | 1 | |
| Total Red Cards Season 2005-06 | 75 | |||||
Total Red Cards Season 2008-09 (56 players): 63
Premier League Yellow Cards 2008-09
| PLAYER | TEAM | No. | PLAYER | TEAM | No. | |
| Marouane Fellaini | Everton | 12 | Aaron Mokoena | Blackburn | 3 | |
| Wilson Palacios | Tottenham | 12 | Charles N'Zogbia | Wigan Athletic | 3 | |
| Phillip Bardsley | Sunderland | 11 | Gary Neville | Man Utd | 3 | |
| Lee Cattermole | Wigan Athletic | 11 | Nyron Nosworthy | Sunderland | 3 | |
| Kieran Richardson | Sunderland | 11 | Seyi Olofinjana | Stoke City | 3 | |
| Ian Ashbee | Hull City | 10 | Leon Osman | Everton | 3 | |
| Ricardo Fuller | Stoke City | 10 | Morten Gamst Pedersen | Blackburn | 3 | |
| Kevin Nolan | Newcastle | 10 | Nigel Reo-Coker | Aston Villa | 3 | |
| Alvaro Arbeloa | Liverpool | 9 | Chris Riggott | Middlesbrough | 3 | |
| Glen Johnson | Portsmouth | 9 | De Souza Robinho | Manchester City | 3 | |
| Gavin McCann | Bolton | 9 | Jlloyd Samuel | Bolton | 3 | |
| Titus Bramble | Wigan Athletic | 8 | Paul Scharner | Wigan Athletic | 3 | |
| Stephen Ireland | Manchester City | 8 | Paul Scholes | Man Utd | 3 | |
| Vincent Kompany | Manchester City | 8 | Mohamed Shawky | Middlesbrough | 3 | |
| Liam Lawrence | Stoke City | 8 | Andrew Taylor | Middlesbrough | 3 | |
| Danny Murphy | Fulham | 8 | Matthew Taylor | Bolton | 3 | |
| Lucas Neill | West Ham Utd | 8 | Carlos Tevez | Man Utd | 3 | |
| Mark Noble | West Ham Utd | 8 | Kolo Toure | Arsenal | 3 | |
| Gary O'Neil | Middlesbrough | 8 | Michael Turner | Hull City | 3 | |
| Andre Ooijer | Blackburn | 8 | Shaun Wright-Phillips | Manchester City | 3 | |
| Scott Parker | West Ham Utd | 8 | Pablo Zabaleta | Manchester City | 3 | |
| Wayne Rooney | Man Utd | 8 | Amr Zaki | Wigan Athletic | 3 | |
| Stephen Warnock | Blackburn | 8 | Daniel Agger | Liverpool | 2 | |
| Gareth Barry | Aston Villa | 7 | Afonso Alves | Middlesbrough | 2 | |
| Luis Boa Morte | West Ham Utd | 7 | Andrey Arshavin | Arsenal | 2 | |
| Michael Brown | Wigan Athletic | 7 | Ryan Babel | Liverpool | 2 | |
| Nicky Butt | Newcastle | 7 | Leighton Baines | Everton | 2 | |
| Gael Clichy | Arsenal | 7 | Gareth Bale | Tottenham | 2 | |
| Andy Dawson | Hull City | 7 | Nick Barmby | Hull City | 2 | |
| Francesc Fabregas | Arsenal | 7 | Joey Barton | Newcastle | 2 | |
| Craig Fagan | Hull City | 7 | Juliano Belletti | Chelsea | 2 | |
| Jonathan Greening | WBA | 7 | Tal Ben-Haim | Sunderland | 2 | |
| Hermann Hreidarsson | Portsmouth | 7 | Dimitar Berbatov | Man Utd | 2 | |
| Jermaine Jenas | Tottenham | 7 | Felipe Caicedo | Manchester City | 2 | |
| Ryan Nelsen | Blackburn | 7 | Fraizer Campbell | Tottenham | 2 | |
| Jonas Olsson | WBA | 7 | John Carew | Aston Villa | 2 | |
| John Pantsil | Fulham | 7 | Andrew Carroll | Newcastle | 2 | |
| Paul Robinson | WBA | 7 | Ricardo Carvalho | Chelsea | 2 | |
| Gretar Rafn Steinsson | Bolton | 7 | Pascal Chimbonda | Tottenham | 2 | |
| John Terry | Chelsea | 7 | Joe Cole | Chelsea | 2 | |
| Andy Wilkinson | Stoke City | 7 | Jack Collison | West Ham Utd | 2 | |
| Ashley Young | Aston Villa | 7 | Carlos Cuellar | Aston Villa | 2 | |
| Kamil Zayatte | Hull City | 7 | Rafael Da Silva | Man Utd | 2 | |
| Keith Andrews | Blackburn | 6 | Simon Davies | Fulham | 2 | |
| Michael Ballack | Chelsea | 6 | Curtis Davies | Aston Villa | 2 | |
| Roman Bednar | WBA | 6 | Sylvain Distin | Portsmouth | 2 | |
| Craig Bellamy | Manchester City | 6 | Andrea Dossena | Liverpool | 2 | |
| Jose Bosingwa | Chelsea | 6 | David Edgar | Newcastle | 2 | |
| Richard Cresswell | Stoke City | 6 | Jonathan Evans | Man Utd | 2 | |
| Sean Davis | Portsmouth | 6 | Julien Faubert | West Ham Utd | 2 | |
| Patrice Evra | Man Utd | 6 | Richard Garcia | Hull City | 2 | |
| Abdoulaye Faye | Stoke City | 6 | Javier Garrido | Manchester City | 2 | |
| Anton Ferdinand | Sunderland | 6 | Deiberson Geovanni | Hull City | 2 | |
| Jonas Gutierrez | Newcastle | 6 | Zoltan Gera | Fulham | 2 | |
| Javier Mascherano | Liverpool | 6 | Geremi | Newcastle | 2 | |
| Mikel | Chelsea | 6 | Shay Given | Manchester City | 2 | |
| James Milner | Aston Villa | 6 | Gael Givet | Blackburn | 2 | |
| Stiliyan Petrov | Aston Villa | 6 | Alan Hutton | Tottenham | 2 | |
| Samuel Ricketts | Hull City | 6 | Herita Ilunga | West Ham Utd | 2 | |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Man Utd | 6 | Branislav Ivanovic | Chelsea | 2 | |
| Alexandre Song Billong | Arsenal | 6 | Phil Jagielka | Everton | 2 | |
| Steven Taylor | Newcastle | 6 | David James | Portsmouth | 2 | |
| Jonathan Woodgate | Tottenham | 6 | Kenwyne Jones | Sunderland | 2 | |
| Luke Young | Aston Villa | 6 | Kevin Kilbane | Hull City | 2 | |
| Xabi Alonso | Liverpool | 5 | Ledley King | Tottenham | 2 | |
| Julio Arca | Middlesbrough | 5 | Marlon King | Middlesbrough | 2 | |
| George Boateng | Hull City | 5 | Dave Kitson | Stoke City | 2 | |
| Iglesias Borja Valero | WBA | 5 | Radoslav Kovac | West Ham Utd | 2 | |
| Ashley Cole | Chelsea | 5 | Niko Kranjcar | Portsmouth | 2 | |
| Vassiriki Diaby | Arsenal | 5 | Grant Leadbitter | Sunderland | 2 | |
| Papa Bouba Diop | Portsmouth | 5 | Aaron Lennon | Tottenham | 2 | |
| Steven Gerrard | Liverpool | 5 | Leiva Lucas | Liverpool | 2 | |
| Vincenzo Grella | Blackburn | 5 | Sherjill MacDonald | WBA | 2 | |
| Andy Griffin | Stoke City | 5 | Federico Macheda | Man Utd | 2 | |
| Paul Konchesky | Fulham | 5 | Paul McShane | Sunderland | 2 | |
| Joleon Lescott | Everton | 5 | Mario Melchiot | Wigan Athletic | 2 | |
| Steed Malbranque | Sunderland | 5 | Ishmael Miller | WBA | 2 | |
| Dean Marney | Hull City | 5 | Hayden Mullins | Portsmouth | 2 | |
| Benedict McCarthy | Blackburn | 5 | Erik Nevland | Fulham | 2 | |
| Bernard Mendy | Hull City | 5 | Savio Nsereko | West Ham Utd | 2 | |
| Luka Modric | Tottenham | 5 | Jamie O'Hara | Tottenham | 2 | |
| James Morrison | WBA | 5 | Martin Olsson | Blackburn | 2 | |
| Fabrice Muamba | Bolton | 5 | Andy Reid | Sunderland | 2 | |
| Andrew O'Brien | Bolton | 5 | Micah Richards | Manchester City | 2 | |
| Steven Pienaar | Everton | 5 | Nicky Shorey | Aston Villa | 2 | |
| Ryan Taylor | Newcastle | 5 | Steve Sidwell | Aston Villa | 2 | |
| Nemanja Vidic | Man Utd | 5 | Danny Simpson | Blackburn | 2 | |
| Dean Whitehead | Sunderland | 5 | Alan Smith | Newcastle | 2 | |
| Gianni Zuiverloon | WBA | 5 | Matthew Upson | West Ham Utd | 2 | |
| Robin van Persie | Arsenal | 5 | David Wheater | Middlesbrough | 2 | |
| Emmanuel Adebayor | Arsenal | 4 | Dean Windass | Hull City | 2 | |
| Gabriel Agbonlahor | Aston Villa | 4 | Ayegbeni Yakubu | Everton | 2 | |
| Matthew Bates | Middlesbrough | 4 | Joseph Yobo | Everton | 2 | |
| Valon Behrami | West Ham Utd | 4 | Alex | Chelsea | 1 | |
| Nadir Belhadj | Portsmouth | 4 | Jeremie Aliadiere | Middlesbrough | 1 | |
| David Bentley | Tottenham | 4 | Shola Ameobi | Newcastle | 1 | |
| Jamie Carragher | Liverpool | 4 | Leon Andreasen | Fulham | 1 | |
| Fabricio Coloccini | Newcastle | 4 | Fabio Aurelio | Liverpool | 1 | |
| Kevin Davies | Bolton | 4 | Leon Barnett | WBA | 1 | |
| Jermain Defoe | Tottenham | 4 | James Beattie | Stoke City | 1 | |
| Clinton Dempsey | Fulham | 4 | Nicklas Bendtner | Arsenal | 1 | |
| David Di Michele | West Ham Utd | 4 | Darren Bent | Tottenham | 1 | |
| Lassana Diarra | Portsmouth | 4 | Valeri Bojinov | Manchester City | 1 | |
| El-Hadji Diouf | Blackburn | 4 | Lee Bowyer | West Ham Utd | 1 | |
| Ryan Donk | WBA | 4 | Jimmy Bullard | Hull City | 1 | |
| Damien Duff | Newcastle | 4 | Gary Cahill | Bolton | 1 | |
| Richard Dunne | Manchester City | 4 | Sol Campbell | Portsmouth | 1 | |
| Brett Emerton | Blackburn | 4 | Michael Chopra | Sunderland | 1 | |
| Matthew Etherington | Stoke City | 4 | Tamir Cohen | Bolton | 1 | |
| Maynor Figueroa | Wigan Athletic | 4 | Daniel Cousin | Hull City | 1 | |
| Darren Fletcher | Man Utd | 4 | Matt Derbyshire | Blackburn | 1 | |
| Tony Hibbert | Everton | 4 | Johan Djourou | Arsenal | 1 | |
| Robert Huth | Middlesbrough | 4 | Aaron Doran | Blackburn | 1 | |
| Zurab Khizanishvili | Blackburn | 4 | Graham Dorrans | WBA | 1 | |
| George McCartney | Sunderland | 4 | Didier Drogba | Chelsea | 1 | |
| Mido | Wigan Athletic | 4 | Emmanuel Eboue | Arsenal | 1 | |
| Samir Nasri | Arsenal | 4 | Johan Elmander | Bolton | 1 | |
| Phil Neville | Everton | 4 | Dickson Etuhu | Fulham | 1 | |
| Ji-Sung Park | Man Utd | 4 | Ched Evans | Manchester City | 1 | |
| Emanuel Pogatetz | Middlesbrough | 4 | Brad Friedel | Aston Villa | 1 | |
| Jason Roberts | Blackburn | 4 | Marton Fulop | Sunderland | 1 | |
| Bacary Sagna | Arsenal | 4 | Ricardo Gardner | Bolton | 1 | |
| Christopher Samba | Blackburn | 4 | Craig Gardner | Aston Villa | 1 | |
| Tuncay Sanli | Middlesbrough | 4 | Kieran Gibbs | Arsenal | 1 | |
| Ryan Shawcross | Stoke City | 4 | Darron Gibson | Man Utd | 1 | |
| Martin Skrtel | Liverpool | 4 | Heurelho Gomes | Tottenham | 1 | |
| Teemu Tainio | Sunderland | 4 | Dan Gosling | Everton | 1 | |
| Antonio Valencia | Wigan Athletic | 4 | Peter Halmosi | Hull City | 1 | |
| Glenn Whelan | Stoke City | 4 | David Healy | Sunderland | 1 | |
| Didier Zokora | Tottenham | 4 | Nicky Hunt | Bolton | 1 | |
| Mikel Arteta | Everton | 3 | Sami Hyypia | Liverpool | 1 | |
| Benoit Assou-Ekotto | Tottenham | 3 | Adam Johnson | Middlesbrough | 1 | |
| Sebastien Bassong | Newcastle | 3 | Andrew Johnson | Fulham | 1 | |
| Habib Beye | Newcastle | 3 | Sanchez Jose Enrique | Newcastle | 1 | |
| Emmerson Boyce | Wigan Athletic | 3 | Nwankwo Kanu | Portsmouth | 1 | |
| Wes Brown | Man Utd | 3 | Olivier Kapo | Wigan Athletic | 1 | |
| Chris Brunt | WBA | 3 | Seol Ki-Hyeon | Fulham | 1 | |
| Tim Cahill | Everton | 3 | Do-heon Kim | WBA | 1 | |
| Michael Carrick | Man Utd | 3 | Chris Kirkland | Wigan Athletic | 1 | |
| Scott Carson | WBA | 3 | Martin Laursen | Aston Villa | 1 | |
| Djibril Cisse | Sunderland | 3 | Ariza Makukula | Bolton | 1 | |
| Carlton Cole | West Ham Utd | 3 | Michael Mancienne | Chelsea | 1 | |
| Danny Collins | Sunderland | 3 | Obafemi Martins | Newcastle | 1 | |
| James Collins | West Ham Utd | 3 | Luke Moore | WBA | 1 | |
| Vedran Corluka | Tottenham | 3 | Boaz Myhill | Hull City | 1 | |
| Peter Crouch | Portsmouth | 3 | Luis Nani | Man Utd | 1 | |
| Calum Davenport | Sunderland | 3 | David Ngog | Liverpool | 1 | |
| Mark Davies | Bolton | 3 | David Nugent | Portsmouth | 1 | |
| Michael Dawson | Tottenham | 3 | Joey O'Brien | Bolton | 1 | |
| Nigel De Jong | Manchester City | 3 | John O'Shea | Man Utd | 1 | |
| Deco | Chelsea | 3 | Nedum Onuoha | Manchester City | 1 | |
| Rory Delap | Stoke City | 3 | Noe Pamarot | Portsmouth | 1 | |
| Neves Denilson | Arsenal | 3 | Roman Pavlyuchenko | Tottenham | 1 | |
| Salif Diao | Stoke City | 3 | Sebastien Puygrenier | Bolton | 1 | |
| Didier Digard | Middlesbrough | 3 | Aaron Ramsey | Arsenal | 1 | |
| Nabil El Zhar | Liverpool | 3 | Mustapha Riga | Bolton | 1 | |
| Blumer Elano | Manchester City | 3 | Louis Saha | Everton | 1 | |
| Amdy Faye | Stoke City | 3 | Dan Shittu | Bolton | 1 | |
| Rio Ferdinand | Man Utd | 3 | Mamady Sidibe | Stoke City | 1 | |
| Gelson Fernandes | Manchester City | 3 | Steve Simonsen | Stoke City | 1 | |
| William Gallas | Arsenal | 3 | Ebi Smolarek | Bolton | 1 | |
| Danny Guthrie | Newcastle | 3 | Jonathan Spector | West Ham Utd | 1 | |
| Brede Hangeland | Fulham | 3 | Junior Stanislas | West Ham Utd | 1 | |
| Danny Higginbotham | Stoke City | 3 | Andranik Teymourian | Fulham | 1 | |
| Tom Huddlestone | Tottenham | 3 | Jerome Thomas | Portsmouth | 1 | |
| Richard Hughes | Portsmouth | 3 | Michael Tonge | Stoke City | 1 | |
| Jussi Jaaskelainen | Bolton | 3 | Fernando Torres | Liverpool | 1 | |
| Younes Kaboul | Portsmouth | 3 | John Utaka | Portsmouth | 1 | |
| Robbie Keane | Tottenham | 3 | Edwin Van der Sar | Man Utd | 1 | |
| Tugay Kerimoglu | Blackburn | 3 | Darius Vassell | Manchester City | 1 | |
| Robert Koren | WBA | 3 | Carlos Alberto Vela | Arsenal | 1 | |
| Frank Lampard | Chelsea | 3 | Carlos Villanueva | Blackburn | 1 | |
| Florent Malouda | Chelsea | 3 | Ben Watson | Wigan Athletic | 1 | |
| Tony McMahon | Middlesbrough | 3 | Marc Wilson | Portsmouth | 1 | |
| Abdoulaye Meite | WBA | 3 | Dwight Yorke | Sunderland | 1 | |
| Bobby Zamora | Fulham | 1 | ||||
| Total Yellow Cards Season 2008-09 | 1,192 | |||||
Total Yellow Cards Season 2008-09 (351 players): 1,192
Premier League Discipline Summary 2008-09
| RED CARDS | YELLOW CARDS | |||
| Club | No. | Club | No. | |
| Newcastle | 8 | Blackburn | 77 | |
| Man Utd | 5 | Stoke City | 75 | |
| Portsmouth | 5 | Tottenham | 74 | |
| Stoke City | 5 | Sunderland | 72 | |
| Tottenham | 5 | Hull City | 69 | |
| Blackburn | 4 | WBA | 66 | |
| Manchester City | 4 | Newcastle | 64 | |
| West Ham Utd | 4 | Man Utd | 63 | |
| Wigan Athletic | 4 | West Ham Utd | 60 | |
| Arsenal | 3 | Arsenal | 59 | |
| Chelsea | 3 | Portsmouth | 59 | |
| Hull City | 3 | Manchester City | 56 | |
| Middlesbrough | 3 | Wigan Athletic | 55 | |
| Aston Villa | 2 | Bolton | 53 | |
| Bolton | 1 | Aston Villa | 52 | |
| Everton | 1 | Middlesbrough | 52 | |
| Fulham | 1 | Chelsea | 50 | |
| Sunderland | 1 | Everton | 49 | |
| WBA | 1 | Liverpool | 48 | |
| Liverpool | 0 | Fulham | 39 | |
| Total | 63 | Total | 1,192 | |
Chart Premier League Red Cards 2008-09
Chart Premier League Yellow Cards 2008-09
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