Referees · Scotland
David Dickinson: referee stats
David Dickinson has refereed 8 league games in the 2026/27 season, with 3.6 yellow and 0.1 red cards a game. That is level with the same leagues' average this season: 3.6 yellow and 0.1 red a game. The latest game was Celtic – Hearts 7–1 on 18 October (4 yellow, 0 red). David Dickinson has refereed 62 league games in our data in three seasons (2024/25–2026/27), 8 of them this season. Cards a game: 4.0 yellow and 0.1 red; the average in the same leagues and seasons was 3.9 yellow and 0.2 red.
This season's games
| Date | League | Match | Score | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct | Premiership | Celtic – Hearts | 7–1 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 Oct | Premiership | Falkirk – Dundee | 1–2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 Sep | Premiership | St Mirren – Dundee United | 0–3 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 Sep | Championship | Ayr – Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 Sep | Premiership | Kilmarnock – St Mirren | 0–1 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 Aug | Premiership | Dundee United – Dundee | 0–2 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 Aug | Championship | Dunfermline – Ayr | 1–1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Aug | Premiership | Aberdeen – Hearts | 2–1 | 5 | 1 |
Yellow and red cards of both teams. A match with a page of its own is a link.
By season
| Season | League | Games | Yellow a game | Red a game | Home wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Premiership | 6 | 4.00 | 0.17 | 33% |
| 2026/27 | Championship | 2 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0% |
| 2025/26 | Premiership | 21 | 4.48 | 0.14 | 52% |
| 2025/26 | Championship | 8 | 3.25 | 0.12 | 38% |
| 2024/25 | Premiership | 19 | 3.68 | 0.05 | 47% |
| 2024/25 | Championship | 6 | 4.50 | 0.17 | 50% |
| 3 seasons | 62 | 3.97 | 0.11 | 45% |
Cards of both teams as the source records them, a red counted once (twice when a card tip is settled). Penalties awarded in play, scored or missed, where our data has every game's events (else –).
Leagues
- Premiership46 games
- Championship16 games
See also
Scotland: all referees Premiership: table and matches All referees
League games of the last three seasons in our data. A name that appears in two games on one day belongs to two people and gets no page. History only, never a prediction.
The day's tips on Telegram
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