Everton ‘dirtiest’ EPL team in history
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EVERTON has been handed the dubious distinction of being the ‘dirtiest’ English Premier League team after a study on the all-time cards and fouls by www.dirtyteams.co.uk.
The website used a points system to rate clubs for transgressions on the pitch since the start of the EPL in 1992. Teams collected 25 points for a red card, five for a yellow card and one for each foul.
The Merseyside club has accumulated 21,211 points in 962 games to top the list while Swindon Town is at the bottom with 486 points, although its tally is calculated after 42 games in the inaugural season which featured 22 teams.
Everton is one of only six teams to have contested every season of the EPL along with Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. All six teams were in the top ten for total ‘dirty’ points.
Derby County is the dirtiest team on average with nearly 26 points per game. It also has more yellow cards (2.02) and fouls per game (14.28) than any other team.
Blackburn Rovers’ 1998-99 season was the dirtiest in EPL history as the club racked up eight red cards and 80 yellow cards with 725 fouls while Coventry City had the cleanest campaign in 1993-94 with only 12 yellow cards.
The study also revealed that the overall number of fouls has fallen since the league began and last season saw the fewest dismissals since 1993-94.
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