| Referee | Red Cards | Yellow Cards | 95/96 Bookings Per Game | 96/97 Bookings Per Game |
| Paul Alcock of Redhill, Surrey | 1 | 21 | 3.0 | 2.6 |
![](file://localhost/HTTPJ:www.fa-carling.com/graphics/refyel.gif) | Graham Barber of Warwick | - | 36 | - | 6 |
| Martin Bodenham of East Looe, Cornwall | - | 20 | 2.59 | 3.3 |
| Keith Burge of Tonypandy, Mid Glam | - | 19 | 2.77 | 2.7 |
| Paul Danson of Leicester | 2 | 22 | 3.89 | 3.7 |
| Roger Dilkes of Mossley, Lancs | - | 12 | 1.74 | 1.7 |
| Steve Dunn of Bristol | 1 | 41 | 3.0 | 4.6 |
| Paul Durkin of Portland, Dorset | - | 17 | 3.08 | 2.8 |
![](file://localhost/HTTPJ:www.fa-carling.com/graphics/refred.gif) | David Elleray of Harrow on the Hill, Middx | 3 | 18 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| Peter Jones of Loughborough, Leics | - | 22 | 3.39 | 3.1 |
| Steve Lodge of Barnsley, S Yorks | - | 26 | 4.22 | 3.7 |
| Graham Poll of Tring, Herts | 1 | 32 | 3.9 | 4 |
| Mike Reed of Birmingham | 1 | 27 | 3.43 | 4.5 |
![](file://localhost/HTTPJ:www.fa-carling.com/graphics/refred.gif) | Mike Riley of Leeds, W Yorks | 3 | 27 | - | 4.5 |
| Alan Wilkie of Chester le Street, Co Durham | - | 18 | 4.0 | 2.6 |
| Gary Willard of Worthing, West Sussex | 1 | 30 | 3.24 | 3.3 |
| Jeff Winter of Stockton on Tees, Cleveland | 1 | 22 | 3.35 | 3.1 |