Manchester City
Luckiest refs:
Neil Swarbrick – 90% (9 out of 10 games)
Bobby Madley – 83.33% (10 out of 12 games)
Paul Tierney – 81.82% (9 out of 11 games)
Unluckiest refs:
Mark Clattenburg – 39.29% (11 out of 28 games)
Kevin Friend – 47.27% (9 out of 19 games)
Martin Atkinson – 54.05% (20 out of 37 games)
Manchester United
Luckiest refs:
Lee Probert – 75% (9 out of 12 games)
Lee Mason – 71.43% (15 out of 21 games)
Jon Moss – 65.52% (19 out of 29 games)
Unluckiest refs:
Michael Oliver – 39.29% (11 out of 28 games)
Neil Swarbrick – 45.45% (5 out of 11 games)
Martin Atkinson – 45.45% (15 out of 33 games)
Newcastle United
Luckiest refs:
Chris Foy – 47.37% (9 out of 19 games)
Stuart Atwell – 46.15% (6 out of 13 games)
Kevin Friend – 41.18% (7 out of 17 games)
Unluckiest refs:
Mike Jones – 16.67% (3 out of 18 games)
Lee Probert – 23.08% (3 out of 13 games)
Andre Marriner – 26.47% (9 out of 34 games)
Norwich City
Luckiest refs:
Howard Webb – 55.56% (5 out of 9 games)
Lee Probert – 50% (3 out of 6 games)
Martin Atkinson – 44.44% (4 out of 9 games)
Unluckiest refs:
Mike Jones – 0% (0 out of 10 games)
Kevin Friend – 7.69% (1 out of 13 games)
Neil Swarbrick – 11.11% (1 out of 9 games)
Sheffield United
Luckiest refs:
Andrew Madley / Jon Moss / Peter Bankes / Robert Jones – 100% (1 out of 1 game)
Simon Hooper – 75% (3 out of 4 games)
Unluckiest refs:
David Coote – 0% (0 out of 3 games)
Andre Marriner / Graham Scott / Lee Mason / Mike Dean / Stuart Atwell – 0% (0 out of 2 games)
Anthony Taylor / Chris Kavanagh / Kevin Friend / Paul Tierney – 0% (0 out of 1 game)
Southampton
Luckiest refs:
Martin Atkinson – 57.14% (8 out of 14 games)
Jon Moss – 56% (14 out of 25 games)
Bobby Madley – 50% (5 out of 10 games)
Unluckiest refs:
Lee Probert – 0% (0 out of 10 games)
Mark Clattenburg – 16.67% (3 out of 18 games)
Graham Scott – 18.18% (2 out of 11 games)
Tottenham Hotspur
Luckiest refs:
Neil Swarbrick – 81.82% (9 out of 11 games)
Mark Clattenburg – 66.67% (16 out of 24 games)
Kevin Friend – 60% (15 out of 25 games)
Unluckiest refs:
Lee Probert – 25% (3 out of 12 games)
Jon Moss – 39.13% (9 out of 23 games)
Martin Atkinson – 39.29% (11 out of 28 games)
Watford
Luckiest refs:
Roger East – 50% (7 out of 14 games)
Andre Marriner – 50% (5 out of 10 games)
Lee Mason – 38.46% (5 out of 13 games)
Unluckiest refs:
Martin Atkinson – 16.67% (2 out of 2 games)
Michael Oliver – 20% (3 out of 15 games)
Jon Moss – 23.08% (3 out of 13 games)
West Ham United
Luckiest refs:
Martin Atkinson – 41.94% (13 out of 31 games)
Jon Moss – 37.5% (9 out of 24 games)
Anthony Taylor – 36.36% (8 out of 22 games)
Unluckiest refs:
Phil Dowd – 7.14% (1 out of 14 games)
Andre Marriner – 13.33% (4 out of 30 games)
Michael Oliver – 15.79% (3 out of 19 games)
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Luckiest refs:
Phil Dowd – 50% (3 out of 6 games)
Martin Atkinson – 42.86% (3 out of 7 games)
Mike Dean – 38.46% (5 out of 13 games)
Unluckiest refs:
Peter Walton – 11.11% (1 out of 9 games)
Chris Foy – 12.5% (1 out of 8 games)
Lee Mason – 15.38% (2 out of 13 games)
And there you have it – stats just don’t lie.
We all have our favourite and least favourite refs, just a shame we can’t chose them.