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The dirtiest teams in League One and how Northampton Town's fair play record compares to Lincoln City, Carlisle United, Oxford United, Stevenage and Derby County - picture gallery

Northampton Town have avoided red card trouble so far this season. (Photo: Pete Norton)
Northampton Town have avoided red card trouble so far this season. (Photo: Pete Norton)

It’s not impossible to win with 10 men of course but it certainly makes things more difficult than it needs to be.

Around the league there has been 435 yellow cards, just seven double bookings and 11 straight red cards.

So how does Northampton’s discipline compare to the rest of the league? Here we have the answers in this League One fair play table, courtesy of the transfermarkt.co.uk website.

Y 27DB: 0R: 1 (Photo: Alex Pantling)
Y 27DB: 0R: 1 (Photo: Alex Pantling)

A yellow card counts one point, a double booking three points and a red card five points. The table runs from worst to best discipline.

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Y: 19DB: 2R:1 (Photo: Dan Mullan)
Y: 19DB: 2R:1 (Photo: Dan Mullan)
Y: 19DB: 0R: 2 (Photo: Ross Kinnaird)
Y: 19DB: 0R: 2 (Photo: Ross Kinnaird)
Y: 29DB: 0R:0 (Photo: Jacques Feeney)
Y: 29DB: 0R:0 (Photo: Jacques Feeney)
Y: 21DB: 1R: 1 (Photo: Shaun Botterill)
Y: 21DB: 1R: 1 (Photo: Shaun Botterill)
Y: 19DB:1	R: 1 (Photo: Pete Norton)
Y: 19DB:1 R: 1 (Photo: Pete Norton)
Y: 19DB:0R:1 (Photo: Tony Marshall)
Y: 19DB:0R:1 (Photo: Tony Marshall)
Y: 19	DB: 0	R: 1 (Photo: Charlotte Tattersall)
Y: 19 DB: 0 R: 1 (Photo: Charlotte Tattersall)
Y15	DB: 1	R: 1 (Photo: George Wood)
Y15 DB: 1 R: 1 (Photo: George Wood)
Y: 20DB:1R:0 (Photo: Pete Norton)
Y: 20DB:1R:0 (Photo: Pete Norton)
Y: 22DB:0R:0 (Photo: Warren Little)
Y: 22DB:0R:0 (Photo: Warren Little)
Y: 22DB:0R: 0 (Photo: Mike Hewitt)
Y: 22DB:0R: 0 (Photo: Mike Hewitt)
Y: 21DB:0R:0 (Photo: Ross Kinnaird)
Y: 21DB:0R:0 (Photo: Ross Kinnaird)
Y: 20DB: 0R: 0 (Photo: Pete Norton)
Y: 20DB: 0R: 0 (Photo: Pete Norton)
Y: 19DB: 0R:0 (Photo: Pete Norton)
Y: 19DB: 0R:0 (Photo: Pete Norton)
Y:17DB:0R:0 (Photo: Pete Norton)
Y:17DB:0R:0 (Photo: Pete Norton)
Y: 9DB: 1R:1 (Photo: Lewis Storey)
Y: 9DB: 1R:1 (Photo: Lewis Storey)
Y: 19DB: 0R:0 (Photo: Michael Steele)
Y: 19DB: 0R:0 (Photo: Michael Steele)
Y: 11DB:0R: 6 (Photo: Charlotte Tattersall)
Y: 11DB:0R: 6 (Photo: Charlotte Tattersall)
Y: 16DB: 0R:0 (Photo: Joe Portlock)
Y: 16DB: 0R:0 (Photo: Joe Portlock)
Y: 15DB:0R: (Photo: Alex Pantling)
Y: 15DB:0R: (Photo: Alex Pantling)
Y: 14DB: 0R:0 (Photo: Charlie Crowhurst)
Y: 14DB: 0R:0 (Photo: Charlie Crowhurst)
Y:13DB:0R:0 (Photo: Julian Finney)
Y:13DB:0R:0 (Photo: Julian Finney)
Y: 10DB: 0R:0 (Photo: Pete Norton)
Y: 10DB: 0R:0 (Photo: Pete Norton)