It’s Spurs again and it’s Bankes again
Just over four weeks ago we played Tottenham Hotspur at home in the League Cup with the game refereed by Peter Bankes. Tomorrow, Spurs are back and so is Bankes who will referee one of our Premier League games for the first time since early July 2020.
I wrote at the time of the cup game that Bankes’ performance in his few previous Burnley games didn’t reassure; he went on to have a shocker of a game and proved to be yet another referee to visit the Turf this season and give absolutely nothing when a player should have been sent off, this one being Oliver Skipp for a foul on Dwight McNeil.
The red card sent Neil Warnock into a rant; he’d dismissed Middlesbrough’s Matt Crooks. It was a shocking decision which was overturned on appeal. Nineteen of the yellow cards have gone to home team players with twenty-one to away team players.
That last game at Watford saw home pair Juraj Kucka and João Pedro yellow carded along with Mohammed Salisu and James Ward-Prowse for Southampton.
Kevin Friend is tomorrow’s fourth official; he, as we know all too well, was referee for our home game against Norwich and Craig Pawson is on VAR duty. His last Burnley game was last season’s 0-0 draw at Aston Villa.
Match Officials
Referee: Peter Bankes
Assistant Referees: Neil Davies & James Mainwaring
Fourth Official: Kevin Friend
VAR: Craig Pawson
Assistant VAR: Lee Betts
Previous Burnley Games – Peter Bankes
| Season | Opponents | V | Res | Y | R | Burnley Players Carded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | Rotherham | a | 2-1 | 4 | 0 | Y: C Long |
| 2015/16 | Ipswich | h | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | Y: Lowton, Barton |
| 2019/20 | Crystal Palace | h | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | Y: Bardsley, McNeil |
| 2019/20 | Sheffield United | h | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021/22 | Tottenham | h | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | Y: Roberts |
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