Referee David Boyle

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David Boyle

• Most commonly listed as D. C. Boyle; also seen as D. Boyle and D. Doyle.

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	-	David Boyle (Balfron)	30.11.1991 Meadowbank Thistle [h] L0-2 (SFL First Division - game 21)	0	0	-	-	0	0	D0-0
	-	David Boyle (Balfron)	28.12.1991 Stirling Albion [h] L0-1 (SFL First Division - game 26)	0	0	-	-	0		W4-0
	-	David Boyle (Balfron)	15.02.1992 Ayr United [h] W4-1 (SFL First Division - game 33)	0	0	-	-	0	0	D0-0
	-	David Boyle (Balfron)	25.07.1992 Wolverhampton Wanderers [h] D0-0 (Friendly)	0	0	-	-	0	0	D0-0
	-	David Boyle (Balfron)	09.01.1993 Cowdenbeath [h] L0-1 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round)			-	-	0	0	D5-5
	-	David Boyle (Balfron)	16.02.1993 Hibernian [h] L0-3 (SFL Premier Division - game 30)	0	0	-	-	0	0	D0-0
	-	David Boyle (Balfron)	09.09.1995 Motherwell [a] D1-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 2)	0	0	-	-	0	0	D0-0
	-	David Boyle (Balfron)	06.01.1998 Airdrieonians [a] L1-2 (SFL First Division - game 20)	0	0				0	L2-6
	-	David Boyle (Balfron)	31.10.1998 Alloa Athletic [a] L1-3 (SFL Second Division - game 13)	0	0			0	0	D2-2
	-	David Boyle	19.02.2000 Livingston [h] W2-1 (Scottish Cup 4th Round)	0	0			0		W6-1
	-	David Boyle	26.02.2000 Alloa Athletic [a] D1-1 (SFL Second Division - game 24)	0	0	0		0	0	W2-0
11	0	← Totals →	11	1	1	5	8	1	2	W21-14

David Boyle's Summary
Average crime count per game	3.18 pts
The crime count % balance	60-40 in favour of Thistle
Thistle's ppg (@ 3pts per win)	0.818 (W2 D3 L6)
compiled to our All Games criteria @ 21-Jun-2026

Thistle's Historical Summary
Average crime count per game ᵃ	1.454 pts
Average crime count per game ᵇ	4.669 pts
The crime count % balance	48-52 to Thistle's detriment
Thistle's ppg (@ 3pts per win)	1.414 (W2770 D1450 L2683)
ᵃ from 1886-87 to 1996-97 (see crime count notes)
ᵇ from 1997-98 to date (see crime count notes)
compiled to our All Games criteria @ 02-Aug-2026

	Crime Count notes
	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.
	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.
	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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