Tony Harrington
The independent Key Match Incidents panel has reviewed 43 of those matches and confirmed 8 errors in them. Everything below is a count: RefCard publishes errors, not an accuracy percentage, because no source publishes the denominator such a figure would need.
Season by season
| Season | Matches | Fouls/game | Yellows/game | Reds/game | Penalties | Confirmed errors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 3 | 18.7 | 3.33 | 0.33 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025-26 | 12 | 19.7 | 3.08 | 0.17 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | 18 | 22.6 | 4.11 | 0.17 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023-24 | 10 | 21.7 | 3.70 | 0.10 | 5 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | 6 | 22.0 | 3.83 | 0.00 | —‡ | — |
| 2021-22 | 3 | 21.3 | 2.33 | 0.00 | —‡ | — |
Confirmed errors are only available from 2023-24, when the Key Match Incidents panel began. Earlier seasons show the disciplinary record only. ‡ Penalties are recorded from 2023-24 onward; a dash means the figure was never collected for that season, not that none were given.
Cards and fouls
The career average is 3.62 yellow cards a game, against a league median of 3.67 for rated referees, on 21.4 fouls a game.
Added time
6.8 minutes of second-half added time on average, against a league median of 7.2. A model of each match's substitutions, cards and goals expects 6.7 from these fixtures — about what those stoppages predict.
Added time is captured from 2024-25 onward, over the 27 matches where we hold it — a shorter window than the figures above.
Club by club
Every club refereed at least three times, with that club's own record in those matches and the cards it took.
| Club | Matches | W–D–L | Yellows | Per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everton | 8 | 3–2–3 | 22 | 2.75 |
| Brighton | 7 | 3–1–3 | 9 | 1.29 |
| Wolves | 7 | 4–1–2 | 14 | 2.00 |
| Crystal Palace | 7 | 2–3–2 | 10 | 1.43 |
| Nottingham Forest | 7 | 3–2–2 | 12 | 1.71 |
| Newcastle | 6 | 4–1–1 | 5 | 0.83 |
| Southampton | 6 | 0–1–5 | 10 | 1.67 |
| West Ham | 5 | 1–0–4 | 11 | 2.20 |
| Brentford | 5 | 3–1–1 | 8 | 1.60 |
| Leeds | 4 | 1–3–0 | 5 | 1.25 |
| Leicester | 4 | 0–2–2 | 11 | 2.75 |
| Aston Villa | 4 | 2–0–2 | 8 | 2.00 |
| Manchester United | 4 | 1–1–2 | 8 | 2.00 |
| Fulham | 4 | 1–2–1 | 12 | 3.00 |
| Bournemouth | 3 | 0–1–2 | 10 | 3.33 |
| Burnley | 3 | 1–1–1 | 2 | 0.67 |
| Liverpool | 3 | 2–1–0 | 5 | 1.67 |
The W–D–L is the club's. Nothing here is evidence of bias — a difference this size is what chance looks like. See how that was measured.
Panel review
2026-27
2 of Tony Harrington’s decisions were reviewed by the panel this season — 1 upheld, 1 ruled incorrect.
At VAR, the same 2 decisions: 2 correct, 0 incorrect. The VAR layer is a separate official’s work and is never attributed to the referee.
- Leeds v Brentford · 65:20 — Penalty not awarded. Handball appeal against Kayode (BRE)
The panel upheld (5-0). “The referee's call of no penalty for a potential handball offence against Kayode was supported. His arm was within his bodyline as he turned to block.” - Leeds v Brentford · 65:37 — Penalty not awarded. Challenge by Bogle (LDS) on Schade (BRE)
The panel ruled incorrect (1-4). “The panel felt that a penalty should have been awarded for a foul by Bogle on Schade, 4:1. There was foot on foot contact instigated by Bogle with enough contact for a penalty kick. However, given the high threshold for VAR intervention, the panel felt the referee's call should remain on- field as it wasn't a clear and obvious error, 3:2.”
Panel-confirmed errors
- 2026-27 · Leeds v Brentford · 66' — on_field; The panel felt that a penalty should have been awarded for a foul by Bogle on Schade, 4:1. There was foot on foot contact instigated by Bogle with enough contact for a penalty kick. However, given the high threshold for VAR intervention, the panel felt the referee's call should remain on- field as it wasn't a clear and obvious error, 3:2.
- 2025-26 · Brentford v Aston Villa — on-field error below the clear-and-obvious threshold
- 2025-26 · Aston Villa v Everton · 57' — second-yellow error
- 2024-25 · West Ham v Aston Villa · 35' — on-field error below the clear-and-obvious threshold
- 2024-25 · Everton v Nottingham Forest · 45' — second-yellow error
- 2024-25 · Ipswich v Brighton · 11' — VAR missed an on-field error; The body position and contact, initiated by Burns, should have been penalized. Van Hecke has to engage as he tries to get past the defender. No attempt is made to look at the ball by Burns, let alone play it.
- 2024-25 · Leicester v Brentford · 5' — on-field error below the clear-and-obvious threshold