Football trivia question...

[DLB]

I work with a bloke who is an assistance ref in the Barclays Premiership and he asked a good trivia question a while ago.

"What is the maximum number of cards that a referee can show in a professional football match and the match still continue".

Any guesses...?

 

[chris42]

36

 

[Paulus]

I think it is something like 22 yellow cards, one for each player, that could be 28 if the subs are booked as well, plus 7 more second yellow cards and then 7 red cards as the game has to be stopped when one team gets down to 7 players. So 42 in total. Am I right?

 

[simon_adams_uk]

What about the touchline staff? Do they get shown a card as such?

If you exclude them then is it 34 (all players (22) yellow, all subs (6) yellow, 6 red cards (3 on each team))?

S

 

[DLB]

all wrong so far...

 

[chris42]

2
1 red 1 yellow card is all he has in his pocket?
without these the game cannot go on?

 

[DLB]

2
1 red 1 yellow card is all he has in his pocket?
without these the game cannot go on?

Nice lateral thinking answer Chris but not correct

 

[Cab]

all wrong so far...

I make it 46.

11 yellows per side, converted to 10 reds each (42), then yellow and red for manager of each (46).

 

[trustysteed]

35

 

[mosschops2]

Going on from Paulus:

1 yellow card all round - 28

Then teams to get down to 8 vs 8: 6 more yellow followed by red cards therefore 40?? (as in - for the play not to stop)...

 

[DLB]

still not correct...

 

[trustysteed]

41

 

[DLB]

41

no

 

[DLB]

going out for a couple of hours. will check your new answers when i return. All of the answers so far have been too low.

 

[trustysteed]

43