"Facts"

[sairdy 0]

"Here are the facts:

ALL Scottish tournaments from 1890-91 to 2001-2002

Red cards - Celtic 575 - Rangers 622

Yellow Cards - Celtic 1522 - Rangers 1777

Penalties For - Celtic 1027 Rangers 896

Penalties Against - Celtic 328 Rangers 459"

Link

This was in the readers comment section. Can anybody confirm these stats'?

Cheers.

[lewisrfc93 470]

are these relevant to anything in particular?

[johanhentze 14,728]

are these relevant to anything in particular?

Probably just the general scum paranoia?

[Zeppo 21]

Rangers = Champions = FACT

[clelandhattrick 8]

Cards only came in during the 1960s, so those stats look bogus to me.

[Jamie1807 146]

Rangers = Champions = FACT

This

[Orangeclement 619]

Cards only came in during the 1960s, so those stats look bogus to me.

50 years , 30-38 games per season , 3-4 cards per game = 130 per season

[bjorkland 13]

Any reason why they only go up to 2002?

[simon 1,770]

Tell's a story. Not that any of us needed to be told though.

[Bluepeter9 5,167]

Damm if I read those FACTS I would assume (makes an ass out of u and me) that we get picked on by the refs! oh wait I am an Establishment man - these stats must be DAMM LIES!! (or statistics)

[j1mgg 3,766]

I saw these a week or so back and i think the person that collated them could only find stats for the relevant time periods. If they are true or not is another story.

[*Manticore* 1,893]

Cards only came in during the 1960s, so those stats look bogus to me.

There were still cautions and sendings off before there were cards though.

I would have said cards came in in 1970, not sure though.

[caseyjones 3,009]

Cards only came in during the 1960s, so those stats look bogus to me.

There were still cautions and sendings off before there were cards though.

I would have said cards came in in 1970, not sure though.

I believe FIFA first introduced them at the 1970 WC in Mexico. I don't know if this was then used worldwide.

[*Manticore* 1,893]

Just had a look, here's what wiki says:

'The idea of using language-neutral coloured cards to communicate a referee's intentions originated with British football referee Ken Aston.[1] Aston had been appointed to the FIFA Referees' Committee and was responsible for all referees at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. In the quarter finals, England met Argentina at Wembley Stadium. After the match, newspaper reports stated that referee Rudolf Kreitlein had cautioned both Bobby and Jack Charlton. The referee had not made his decision clear during the game, and England manager Alf Ramsey approached FIFA for post-match clarification. This incident started Aston thinking about ways to make a referee's decisions clearer to both players and spectators. Aston realised that a colour coding scheme based on the same principle as used on traffic lights (yellow - caution, red - stop) would traverse language barriers and clarify whether a player had been cautioned or expelled.[1] As a result, yellow cards to indicate a caution and red cards to indicate an expulsion were used for the first time in the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. The use of penalty cards has since been adopted and expanded by several sporting codes, with each sport adapting the idea to its specific set of rules or laws.'

Off topic I know, but hey....

[The_Monk 0]

"Here are the facts:

ALL Scottish tournaments from 1890-91 to 2001-2002

Red cards - Celtic 575 - Rangers 622

Yellow Cards - Celtic 1522 - Rangers 1777

Penalties For - Celtic 1027 Rangers 896

Penalties Against - Celtic 328 Rangers 459"

Link

This was in the readers comment section. Can anybody confirm these stats'?

Cheers.

These stats have been on a number of different Rangers websites. Ewan Cameron also read them out on the RR phone-in last week. I think it was someone like Bob Crampsey (or similar) who compiled them in an article. The equvalent stats for the last 8/9 years follow the same trend (i.e Celtic get a lot of descisions in their favour).

This doesn't fit in with the Celtic paranoia theory, which is why you only find Rangers fans posting these stats.

[gogzy 31,195]

but if you check the stats ove rthe last 50 years according to billy mcniel.

rangers red cards - 0 celtic red cards - 1690

yellow cards. rangers -0 celtic- 1888

dodgy penalties for, celtic -0 rangers-400000000

dodgy penalties against, rangers -0. celtic- one every game for the past 50 years

[Gaffbear 4,174]

but if you check the stats ove rthe last 50 years according to billy mcniel.

rangers red cards - 0 celtic red cards - 1690

yellow cards. rangers -0 celtic- 1888

dodgy penalties for, celtic -0 rangers-400000000

dodgy penalties against, rangers -0. celtic- one every game for the past 50 years

Sellik fans in Suvull 238,657

How many committed crime or got jailed 0

Straight from Celtic statition Patrick O'Shaunnessy Mulligan Pope

[maxwellrfc 6]

if these are true that would mean we were gettin a red card for every 2.85 yellows, surely that couldnt be right?

[thedarvelmarvel 795]

i,ve watched rangers since the 50,s and apart from willie woodburn i cant remember many sendings off.odd ones yes sammy cox billy simpson sammy baird but thats about it.in the 60,s it became a bit more common.

[TheNuts 552]

this was sent round as a text.

[jimgers 565]

somebody said the stats where in the wee red book????

[leanne73 514]

this was sent round as a text.

I got it a few days ago.