So far this season Ilderton has booked 52 (2.26 a game) and sent three off in 23 matches. This will be his eighth Championship match of the season. His two biggest hauls this season have both come in Championship matches – seven and one in the Coventry v Burnley match in January, five and one in Watford’s win at Scnuthorpe back in the autumn. Last season he booked 110 (3.23 a game) and sent off nine in 34 matches so his average has got considerably lower this campaign. </p> This is his first QPR appointment this season but he has had a Barnsley game already, they beat Bristol City 3-0 at Oakwell in October with all the goals coming in the final 20 minutes of the match. Ilderton booked two players from each side. Last season he was in charge as the Tykes beat Ipswich 1-0 in Yorkshire – again two players from each team were shown yellow cards, the goal came in stoppage time at the end of the match.</p>
Not the sort of statistics you want to see considering the number of players 1 game from a ban. At least it will be Blackpool they miss.