Referee Ian Wales

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Ian Wales

• Most commonly listed as J. A. R. Wales, with press variants including I. Wales, J. Wales & J. A. R. Walls.

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	-	Ian Wales (Cumbernauld)	31.01.1976 Dumbarton [h] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 23)	0	0	-	-	0	0	D0-0
-		Ian Wales (Cumbernauld)	28.11.1979 Dundee United [h] D1-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 15)	0	0	-	-	0	0	D0-0
-		Ian Wales (Cumbernauld)	02.04.1980 Morton [h] L0-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 27)	0	0	-	-	0	0	D0-0
-		Ian Wales (Cumbernauld)	23.08.1980 Kilmarnock [h] L0-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 3)	0	0	-	-	0	0	D0-0
-		Ian Wales (Cumbernauld)	28.02.1981 Heart of Midlothian [a] D1-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 26)	0	0	-	-	0	0	D0-0
	-	Ian Wales (Cumbernauld)	19.09.1981 Morton [a] L0-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 4)	0	0	-	-	0	0	D0-0
	-	Ian Wales (Cumbernauld)	20.02.1982 Celtic [a] D2-2 (SFL Premier Division - game 21)		0	-	-	0	0	W5-0
	-	Ian Wales (Cumbernauld)	04.09.1982 Dunfermline Athletic [h] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 1)		0	-	-	0	0	W5-0
	-	Ian Wales (Cumbernauld)	29.01.1983 Kilmarnock [h] D1-1 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round)	0	0	-	-	0	0	D0-0
	-	Ian Wales (Cumbernauld)	02.02.1983 Kilmarnock [a] D0-0 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round replay) aet	0	0	-	-	0	0	D0-0
	-	Ian Wales (Cumbernauld)	07.02.1983 Kilmarnock [h] D2-2 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round 2nd replay) aet	0	0	-	-	0	0	D0-0
	-	Ian Wales (Cumbernauld)	09.02.1983 Kilmarnock [a] W1-0 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round 3rd replay)	0	0	-	-	0	0	D0-0
	-	Ian Wales (Cumbernauld)	19.11.1983 Raith Rovers [a] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 15)			-	-	0	0	D5-5
	-	Ian Wales (Cumbernauld)	06.04.1985 Ayr United [h] W3-2 (SFL First Division - game 33)	0	0	-	-	0	0	D0-0
10	4	← Totals →	14	3	1	0	0	0	0	W15-5

Ian Wales's Summary
Average crime count per game	1.43 pts
The crime count % balance	75-25 in favour of Thistle
Thistle's ppg (@ 3pts per win)	1.214 (W3 D8 L3)
compiled to our All Games criteria @ 18-Apr-2026

Thistle's Historical Summary
Average crime count per game ᵃ	1.454 pts
Average crime count per game ᵇ	4.671 pts
The crime count % balance	48-52 to Thistle's detriment
Thistle's ppg (@ 3pts per win)	1.414 (W2766 D1446 L2681)
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 @ 16-May-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.