Higher bookings in 2002 league

A total of 765 cards were issued to 309 players in the just-ended 2002 Premier League season which was 36 more than last year’s figure of 729.

Out of the 765 cards 716 were yellow while 49 red cards were issued in the 30-match league with Power FC topping list with 70 cards that includes 65 yellow and five red cards for 21 of their players.

African Cup Winners Cup finalists, Kumasi Asante Kotoko received 33 yellow cards without a red card to emerge as the best-behaved club with only 17 of their players being the culprits. League Champions, Accra Hearts of Oak, had 15 players booked to become the club with the lowest number of booked players, while Sekondi Hasaacas had 23 of their players booked, being the team with the highest number of booked players.

Okwawu United also emerged as the club, which receive the highest number of red cards with their defender Eddie Acquaye receiving four out of the ten red cards.

On the player category, Frank Quao of Suhum Maxbees was the most booked player as he received 10 cards with no red card, followed Daniel Coleman of Power FC who got nine cards, while Charles Ampiah (BA United), Ben Adjei (Maxbees) Francis Bossman (Arsenals) received eight cards each.