Eighteen walking tightrope, five banned: SPL disciplinary watch

SPL disciplinary: February 2©SNS Group

Eighteen players are just a booking away from picking up a one-game suspension in the Scottish Premier League, while five players are currently scheduled to miss their team's next league fixture.

The SPL will take a break this weekend for the Scottish Cup, before league fixtures return with Dunfermline v Kilmarnock on Tuesday and Hearts v Celtic on Wednesday.

Hibernian have accumulated the most discipline points this season, picking up 51 yellows and one red card.

You can keep up-to-date here throughout the season with all of the current SPL suspensions, the disciplinary league table and a club-by-club breakdown of who has received cards and which players are nearing a ban.

All suspensions are valid up to and including Tuesday, February 7.

BOOKING COUNT

All of the below players are one yellow card away from a suspension.

Player Club
Paul Dixon Dundee United
Paul Burns Dunfermline Athletic
Martin Hardie Dunfermline Athletic
Jamie Hamill Hearts
Andy Webster Hearts
Marius Zaliukas Hearts
Isaiah Osbourne Hibernian
Ivan Sproule Hibernian
Dean Shiels Kilmarnock
Tim Clancy Motherwell
Keith Lasley Motherwell
Shaun Hutchinson Motherwell
Carlos Bocanegra Rangers
Maurice Edu Rangers
Dorin Goian Rangers
Kyle Lafferty Rangers
Liam Craig St Johnstone
Stephen Thompson St Mirren


CURRENT SPL SUSPENSIONS

Player Club Ban duration (remaining)
Ian Black Hearts One match
Leigh Griffiths Hibernian One match (effective 4/2/12)
Paul Hanlon Hibernian One match (effective 4/2/12)
James McPake Hibernian One match
Stephen Craigan Motherwell One match


SPL DISCIPLINARY LEAGUE TABLE

Each club's current card count is used to form the SPL disciplinary league table. One point is given for every yellow card, while two points are attributed to each red card.

Club Yellow Red Total
Hibernian 51 1 53
Aberdeen 41 5 51
Rangers 43 4 51
Hearts 42 3 48
Inverness CT 42 3 48
St Johnstone 44 0 44
St Mirren 38 1 40
Dunfermline 35 2 39
Motherwell 31 2 35
Dundee United 31 1 33
Kilmarnock 31 0 31
Celtic 22 2 26


CLUB BY CLUB

Every yellow and red card given to a player in SPL competition in the 2011/12 season is listed. If you spot an error, send us a tweet @STVSport or e-mail sport@stv.tv.

Players recieve an automatic one-match suspension in the SPL when they reach six yellow cards.

If a player is sent off for a second bookable offence, neither yellow card is listed below, as per Scottish FA guidance on the recording of bookings.

  Yellow Red
Kari Arnason 6 0
Richard Foster 4 0
Youl Mawene 4 0
Issac Osbourne 4 0
Rory Fallon 3 1
Josh Magennis 3 0
Peter Pawlett 3 0
Fraser Fyvie 4 1
Scott Vernon 2 0
Darren Mackie 2 0
Andrew Considine 2 1
Clark Robertson 2 0
Robert Milsom 1 0
Chris Clark 1 0
Rory McArdle 1 0
Ryan Jack 0 2

 

  Yellow Red
Beram Kayal 4 0
Ki Sung-Yeung 3 0
Daniel Majstorovic 2 0
Anthony Stokes 2 0
Charlie Mulgrew 1 1
Gary Hooper 1 0
Mark Wilson 1 0
Victor Wanyama 1 0
James Forrest 1 0
Badr El Kaddouri 1 0
Glenn Loovens 1 0
Fraser Forster 1 0
Georgios Samaras 1 0
Cha Du-Ri 1 0
Thomas Rogne 1 0
Kris Commons 0 1

 

  Yellow Red
Paul Dixon 5 0
Willo Flood 4 0
Gary Mackay Steven 3 0
Jon Daly 2 0
Scott Robertson 2 0
Danny Swanson 2 0
Keith Watson 2 0
Garry Kenneth 2 0
John Rankin 3 0
Robbie Neilson 3 0
Sean Dillon 3 0
Lauri Dalla Valle 1 0
Gavin Gunning 1 0
Johnny Russell 0 1

 

  Yellow Red
Paul Burns 5 0
Martin Hardie 5 0
Austin McCann 3 0
Ryan Thomson 3 0
Alex Keddie 3 0
Andy Dowie 2 0
Paul Willis 2 0
Jason Thomson 2 0
Patrick Boyle 2 0
Andy Barrowman 2 0
Joe Cardle 1 0
Andy Kirk 1 0
Gary Mason 1 1
David Graham 1 0
John Potter 2 1
Mark Kerr 1 0

 

  Yellow Red
Ian Black 7 2
Marius Zaliukas 5 1
Jamie Hamill 5 0
Andy Webster 5 0
Rudi Skacel 4 0
Medhi Taouil 3 0
Danny Grainger 3 0
Ryan Stevenson 2 0
David Templeton 2 0
Adrian Mrowiec 1 0
Eggert Jonsson 1 0
Ryan McGowan 2 0
Scott Robinson 1 0
Darren Barr 1 0

 

  Yellow Red
Sean O'Hanlon 6 0
Garry O'Connor 6 0
Paul Hanlon 6 0
Victor Palsson 5 0
Isaiah Osbourne 5 0
Ivan Sproule 5 0
Ian Murray 3 0
David Wotherspoon 3 0
Leigh Griffiths 4 0
Calum Booth 2 0
David Stephens 3 0
Lewis Stevenson 3 0
Akpo Sodje 1 0
Martin Scott 2 0
Graham Stack 1 0

 

  Yellow Red
Richie Foran 7 0
Thomas Piermayr 6 0
Ross Tokely 4 1
Greg Tansey 4 0
David Davis 3 1
Graeme Shinnie 3 0
Chris Hogg 2 1
Roman Golobart 2 0
Kenny Gillet 2 0
Gregory Tade 2 0
David Proctor 1 0
Andrew Shinnie 1 0
Lee Cox 1 0
Josh Meekings 1 0
Nick Ross 1 0
Shane Sutherland 1 0
Claude Gnapka 1 0

 

  Yellow Red
James Fowler 6 0
Dean Shiels 5 0
Manuel Pascali 4 0
Mo Sissoko 4 0
Liam Kelly 3 0
Gary Fisher 2 0
James Dayton 2 0
Garry Hay 3 0
Alex Pursehouse 1 0
David Silva 1 0

 

  Yellow Red
Keith Lasley 5 1
Shaun Hutchinson 5 0
Steve Jennings 4 0
Tim Clancy 5 1
Steven Hammell 3 0
Stephen Craigan 3 1
Michael Higdon 3 0
Jamie Murphy 2 0
Omar Daley 1 0
Ross Forbes 1 0
Stephen Hughes 1 0
Henrik Ojamaa 1 0

 

  Yellow Red
Kyle Lafferty 5 0
Maurice Edu 5 1
Carlos Bocanegra 5 0
Dorin Goian 5 1
Kirk Broadfoot 3 0
Steven Whittaker 3 0
Kyle Bartley 3 0
Sasa Papac 2 0
Steven Davis 2 0
Nikica Jelavic 2 0
Lee McCulloch 2 1
Jordan McMillan 2 0
Juan Manuel Ortiz 1 0
Steven Naismith 1 0
David Healy 1 0
Gregg Wylde 0 1
Salim Kerkar 1 0

 

  Yellow Red
Liam Craig 5 0
Jamie Adams 3 0
Frazer Wright 3 0
Murray Davidson 4 0
Steven Anderson 4 0
Chris Millar 2 0
Carl Finnigan 2 0
Alan Maybury 2 0
Francisco Sandaza 4 0
Dave Mackay 2 0
David McCracken 2 0
Jody Morris 4 0
Kevin Moon 2 0
Callum Davidson 2 0
Cillian Sheridan 1 0
David Robertson 1 0
Lee Croft 1 0

 

  Yellow Red
Jim Goodwin 6 0
Steven Thompson 5 0
Nigel Hasselbaink 4 1
Paul McGowan 4 0
Illias Haddad 2 0
Lee Mair 3 0
David van Zanten 3 0
Kenny McLean 2 0
Graham Carey 3 0
Marc McAusland 2 0
Darren McGregor 1 0
Steven Thomson 1 0
David Barron 1 0
Jeroen Tesselaar 1 0

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