Harrington in charge of Ipswich match - Referee
Sunday, 1st Jan 2017 20:56 by Clive Whittingham

Tony Harrington, who had his first ever QPR appointment when they played Swindon in the cup earlier this season, is back at Loftus Road for Monday’s game with Ipswich.

Referee >>> Tony Harrington (Cleveland)

Assistants >>> Darren Blunden (Kent) and Geoffrey Russell (Northants)

Fourth Official >>> Charles Breakspear (Surrey)

History

QPR 2 Swindon 2, League Cup First Round, Wednesday August 10, 2016

Referee Tony Harrington exacerbated matters, stopping the play unnecessarily frequently - including the very generous award of a free kick on the halfway line to QPR who might have liked him not to bother and allow them to streak away in a three v one attack instead. Several yellow cards were awarded completely at random. On three separate occasions play was brought back because a restart was adjudged to have been executed with a moving ball. It was the very definition of ball ache.
Regular time ended with Swindon booting Chery up in the air by the dugouts, then surrounding him and screaming in his face like a Terry family Christmas. Referee Harrington booked Karl Henry for the incident. Hasselbaink did his fellow Dutchman a favour, wrestling him away from the incident and off down the tunnel until things calmed.
The farce dragged on, with scant regard for local last orders regulations. Referee Harrington had a prolonged discussion with Swindon manager Williams before taking no action.

QPR: Ingram 7; Furlong 6, Onuoha 6, Lynch 5 (Polter 78, 7), Perch 5; Ngabakoto 6 (Kpekawa 71, 5), Henry 6, Cousins 6, Shodipo 6 (Chery 58, 7); El Khayati 5; Washington 5

Subs not used: Smithies, Hall, Gladwin, Kakay

Goals: Ngabakoto 58 (assisted El Khayati), Washington 93 (assisted Chery)

Bookings: Perch 57 (foul), Henry 90+2 (unsporting), Polter 103 (foul)

Swindon: Vigouroux 7; Jones 5, Thomas 6, Thompson 6 (Iandolo 61, 6), Sendles-White 6; Brophy 6, Rogers 6, Kasim 7 (Smith 65, 6), Barry 6; Hylton 6 (Stewart 65, 7), Norris 6

Subs not used: Goddard, Henry, Evans, Young

Goals: Stewart 72 (unassisted), Brophy 107 (unassisted)

Bookings; Barry 90+2 (unsporting), Stewart 112 (foul)

Referee — Tony Harrington (Cleveland) 5 A right pedantic arsehole.

Stats

A fairly standard 88 yellows, and a fairly low two reds, from Harrington’s 19 matches so far this season. Totals given a healthy top up recently when he booked nine at Reading v Sheff Wed, easily his biggest haul of the season so far. His previous Ipswich appointment was their 0-0 draw with Aston Villa at Portman Road in September.

Harrington joined the league list from the National League in 2012/13 and this is his first year of regular Championship action.

Last season his numbers were low, just 72 yellows and three reds in 30 appointments of which 11 were in the Championship. There were 91 yellows and just a single red in 32 appointments the season before, which included his last Swindon date — a 2-1 win at Doncaster when he awarded them a second half penalty.