Facts back up Gooch’s belief that black card has led to higher scores

You would imagine it would suit him right down to the ground but Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper has one major reservation about the implementation of the black card.

“Just from watching games on TV, the scoring averages would be up, I would say, and it would have a big impact on it,” he says.

“Any of the National League games I was watching, you’d nearly need 20 points or more to win, whereas before you would have won matches 13-12 or something like that.