Referee Ross Nelson
Ross Nelson
  • Currently a Specialist Assistant Referee (development group).
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mh-assistant-referees.png - Ross Nelson 21.01.2023 Dunfermline Athletic [h] W*1-1 (Scottish Cup 4th Round) * W5-4 pens 0 1-penalty.png 3-yellow-cards.png 1-yellow-card.png 0 0 L1-8
mh-assistant-referees.png - Ross Nelson 30.09.2023 Dunfermline Athletic [h] W3-0 (SPFL Championship - game 7) 0 0 3-yellow-cards.png 1-yellow-card.png 0 0 L1-3
mh-assistant-referees.png - Ross Nelson 31.10.2023 Ayr United [h] D2-2 (SPFL Championship - game 11) 0 1-penalty.png 1-yellow-card.png 0 0 0 L0-6
mh-assistant-referees.png - Ross Nelson 02.01.2024 Queen's Park [h] W3-2 (SPFL Championship - game 19) 0 0 3-yellow-cards.png 3-yellow-cards.png 0 0 D3-3
mh-assistant-referees.png - Ross Nelson 17.02.2024 Inverness Caledonian Thistle [a] D3-3 (SPFL Championship - game 23) 1-penalty.png 0 2-yellow-cards.png 1-yellow-card.png 0 1-red-card.png W10-2
mh-assistant-referees.png - Ross Nelson 02.11.2024 Dunfermline Athletic [a] W1-0 (SPFL Championship - game 12) 0 0 2-yellow-cards.png 2-yellow-cards.png 0 0 D2-2
mh-assistant-referees.png - Ross Nelson 15.02.2025 Raith Rovers [a] L0-3 (SPFL Championship - game 25) 0 1-penalty.png 4-yellow-cards.png 2-yellow-cards.png 0 0 L2-9
mh-assistant-referees.png - Ross Nelson 13.05.2025 Livingston [h] L0-2 (SPFL Premiership play-off Semi Final, 1st leg) 0 0 3-yellow-cards.png 1-yellow-card.png 0 0 L1-3
8 0 ← Totals → 8 1 3 21 11 0 1 L20-36
Ross Nelson's Summary
Average crime count per game 7 pts
The crime count % balance 36-64 to Thistle's detriment
Thistle's ppg (@ 3pts per win) 1.75 (W4 D2 L2)
compiled to our All Games criteria @ 14-May-2025
Thistle's Historical Summary
Average crime count per game ᵃ 1.451 pts
Average crime count per game ᵇ 5.765 pts
The crime count % balance 48-52 to Thistle's detriment
Thistle's ppg (@ 3pts per win) 1.409 (W2732 D1430 L2671)
from 1886-87 to 1996-97 (see crime count notes)
from 1997-98 to date (see crime count notes)
compiled to our All Games criteria @ 17-May-2025

crime-count.png Crime Count notes
penalty.png 5 pts are allocated for a penalty, in favour of whichever team is awarded the kick. Our data is comprehensive from 1891-92 (the season of introduction) to date.
yellow-card.png 1 pt is allocated for any given player's first yellow card, the point being in Thistle's favour when an opponent is booked and vice-versa. Second yellows are always ignored as superfluous. We introduce the yellow card count from season 1997-98 onwards as our records are comprehensive and meaningful from that season onwards. Official cautions began in the 1940s and we continue to (casually) build such data with a view to, perhaps, setting an earlier date for our yellow card analysis. Incidentally, the actual yellow card was first introduced to the Scottish domestic game in season 1979-80.
red-card.png 4 pts are allocated for sending offs, the points being in Thistle's favour when an opponent is sent-off and vice-versa. Our crime count database is 'open for business' from 1886-87 onwards as this was the first season that the English FA decreed that the referee had the power to send a player off, although the first known in a Scottish game wasn't until a season later and the first known in a Thistle game wasn't until 1891. Our data is comprehensive from then to the present day. As per the yellow, the actual red card was first introduced to the Scottish domestic game in season 1979-80.
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