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Duncan takes Burton trip - Referee
Monday, 26th Sep 2016 11:14 by Clive Whittingham

Scott Duncan, who sent off Benoit Assou-Ekotto for being a lazy sod in his first QPR appointment, is the man in the middle for the trip to Burton on Tuesday.

Referee >>> Scott Duncan (Northumberland)

Assistants >>> Mark Russell (Somerset) and Adam Matthews (Gloucestershire)

Fourth Official >>> Andrew Madley (West Yorkshire)

Previously

Queens Park Rangers 3 MK Dons 0, Saturday October 24, 2015, Championship

As on Tuesday night, and last Saturday, when Ramsey’s substitutions were pilloried it was hard to think of a change he could have made without the crowd reacting negatively. Removing Henry, obviously, but possibly also withdrawing Daniel Tozser. The Hungarian, however, remained on despite getting his own share of barracking for a sixty fifth minute free kick that flew over the bar from ambitious range after referee Scott Duncan had booked Kyle McFadzean for pulling back Emmanuel Thomas. Ramsey’s reward for that faith was a pass of exceptional vision and quality 13 minutes from time which freed Matt Phillips into enough space for him to cut inside and bury a second goal into the far corner. Tozser’s corners, too, were a breath of fresh air and made Rangers look threatening every time they were awarded one.

And more importantly - it worked. Until the failed cross on the hour, Henry had actually had his best game of the season, and was one of the better QPR players on the field - admittedly against severely limited opposition struggling to adapt to a higher level. By the time he was taken off, to ironic cheers, Rangers were 2-0 up and had the game won. His own performance waned after the failed cross, and a yellow card for a combination of a foul and kicking the ball away on the hour was mindless, but he’d played well to begin with in spite of the restless natives.

QPR: Green 6; Onuoha 6, Hall 7, Hill 6, Konchesky 6; Henry 6 (Faurlin 84, 6), Tozser 7; Phillips 6, Luongo 6 (Fer 57, 6), Chery 6 (Hoilett 80, 6); Emmanuel Thomas 7

Subs not used: Doughty, Perch, Smithies, Polter

Goals: Emmanuel Thomas 70 (assisted Onuoha), Phillips 77 (assisted Tozser), Hoilett 88 (assisted Tozser/Hall)

Bookings: Henry 58 (foul/kicking ball away)

MK Dons: Martin 6; Spence 6, McFadzean 5, Kay 6, Lewington 5; Poyet 6 (Maynard 79, 5), Forster Caskey 6, Hall 5 (Baker 67, 5), Reeves 5 (Carruthers 57, 5), Murphy 6; Chruch 5

Subs not used: Hodson, Potter, Powell, Burns

Bookings: McFadzean 65 (foul)

Referee — Scott Duncan (Northumberland) 8 Little to referee but kept control well and the two cards were fully justified.

Leicester City 1 Queens Park Rangers 0, Monday April 21, 2014, Championship

Against the Foxes he embarked on a one man mission to get Easter Monday off. Eight minutes before half time he went over the ball on Rihad Mahrez and was lucky that referee Scott Duncan only saw that as a yellow card — Karl Henry did him a big favour, holding a crowd of Leicester players at bay and calming the situation so it didn’t appear as bad as it was. Rather than make the most of his let off, the Cameroon full back launched into another ridiculous tackle midway through the second half on Andy King and trooped straight off down the tunnel with a gormless smile on his face.

He was unfortunate in three minutes of first half stoppage time to see a shot deflect just wide of Kasper Schmeichel’s post with the keeper beaten — referee Duncan mistakenly awarded a goal kick instead of a corner — and prior to that he’d been involved in a nice one two with Super Size Niko Kranjcar whose shot was parried over the bar. But mostly he was awful, dragging shots wide and interrupting moves with poor touches before his inevitable withdrawal 20 minutes from time so Bobby Zamora could have a run out.

This latest game at Leicester probably fits into the unfortunate category. Despite another weird and wonderful team selection QPR gave a good account of themselves, particularly in the first half. Niko Kranjcar’s weight gain since the start of the season has been alarming and he’s now built like a cast member from a Croatian re-make of Big Momma’s House. He too was fortunate not to be sent off — booked on the stroke of half time for a foul on Danny Drinkwater and then guilty of a late lunge every bit as daft as Assou-Ekotto’s in the second but referee Duncan didn’t even award a free kick. But he made QPR tick when they had the ball before half time and caused Leicester’s muscular but skilfully limited defence all manner of difficulties. He had an early shot deflected over, another saved by Schmeichel, and teed Maiga up for varying forms of disaster on several occasions.

The closest they came to an equaliser was Suk-Young lobbing a through ball towards an empty goal as Kasper Schmiechel charged towards him. The ball bounced wide but referee Duncan, perhaps a little harshly given that the keep made an honest play for a loose ball, brought play back, booked Schmeichel and awarded a free kick that Kranjcar struck into the wall.

Leicester: Schmeichel 7; De Laet 6, Morgan 6, Wasilewski 7, Schlupp 6 (Moore 77, 6); Hammond 6 (James 67, 6), King 6, Drinkwater 7, Mahrez 7; Nugent 7, Knockaert 6 (Dyer 68, 6)

Subs not used: Taylor-Fletcher, Logan, Phillips, Wood

Goals: Nugent 67 (assisted Drinkwater)

Bookings: Schmeichel 72 (foul)

QPR: Green 6; Simpson 6, Onuoha 7, Hughes 6, Assou-Ekotto 4; Henry 6, O’Neil 5; Benayoun 6 (Wright-Phillips 46, 5), Kranjcar 7 (Morrison 82, -), Suk-Young 6; Maiga 4 (Zamora 72, 6)

Subs not used: Dunne, Keane, Murphy, Donaldson

Red Cards: Assou-Ekotto 77 (two yellows)

Bookings: Assou-Ekotto 38 (foul), Kranjcar 44 (foul), O’Neil 56 (foul), Assou-Ekotto 77 (foul)

Referee — Scott Duncan (Northumberland) 7 I liked him. QPR could certainly have no complaints about the Assou-Ekotto sending off, and in fact he was very generous with Niko Kranjcar who could also have been red carded so a point off for that. He was calm, not swayed by player reaction, gave himself time to think, got the big decisions right.

Stats

Nice round average for Mr Duncan this season — 21 yellows in seven matches, just the one red so far. Seven of those yellows came in Brentford’s surprise away win at Brighton in the Championship.

Last season he finished with 97 yellows and four reds in 37 games — two of those reds coming in his penultimate game at Rochdale v Swindon in League One. He refereed Burton’s 1-0 win at Swindon, his last Brewers appointment, as they moved towards a second successive promotion in September.

Low averages again the season before with 83 yellows and just three reds shown across 36 games. In fact he showed a single card or fewer in five of his last seven games of the season. His last MK Dons appointment was their 5-1 thrashing of Yeovil in May.

Other Listings

Championship >>> Stuart Attwell has Huddersfield v Rotherham.

League One >>> Trevor Kettle, in vintage form at the moment, has Chesterfield v Gillingham.

League Two >>> Gavin Ward, fresh from a couple of red cards at the weekend, resurfaces at Barnet v Morecambe.

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