The Top 10 Dirtiest Premier League Players

Ollie Irish

8th, October 2010

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By Ollie Irish

This list is based as much on hard stats (fouls conceded and cards received) as subjective musing – so don’t shoot the messenger unless you really got beef.

In reverse order then, here are the ten dirtiest players in the Premier League so far this season:

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3. Nigel De Jong (Man City midfielder) - 14 fouls, 2 yellow cards, 0 red cards. Not the worst rap sheet, but it's the brutal nature of De Jong's tackling that sees him so high on the list.

Who did we miss? Agree/disagree with the order? As always, Pies thrives on your feedback…

PS. If you’re wondering what happened to the thumbnail gallery format, we haven’t ditched it. Far from it. For ordered lists, a clickthrough gallery makes much more sense, so for Top 10s and other lists, we’ll use that. But for all other pics – WAGs, match photos etc. – we’ll use thumbnails. Thanks for listening