Newcastle United star at risk of Premier League ban after Hull City incident - on one condition
Newcastle United are only five matches into the new Premier League season but already the yellow cards are racking up.
Newcastle United winger Jacob Murphy is at risk of a Premier League suspension after picking up his third booking of the season in Saturday’s 2-1 win over Hull City at St James’ Park.
Murphy was booked for dissent shortly after winning a penalty, which Yoane Wissa saw saved on the stroke of half-time. It followed his bookings against Leeds United and Liverpool.
Now he must avoid picking up a further two bookings in Newcastle’s next 14 league matches. The final league game before the cut-off point is away to Chelsea on January 3.
Given the number of games between now and then, every Newcastle player is still at risk of a yellow card suspension. After Murphy, Wissa is Newcastle’s second most cautioned player in the league this season with two bookings, while Sven Botman, Anthony Elanga, Nico Gonzalez, Lukas Hornicek, Tino Livramento, Lewis Miley and Jacob Ramsey all have one booking each.
The Gazette has launched a WhatsApp NUFC channel to bring the latest news, analysis and team & injury updates directly to your phone. Simply click this link to join our NUFC WhatsApp channel.
What Premier League rules say about bookings
Premier League rules state that any player who accumulates five bookings inside the opening 19 Premier League matches must serve a one-match ban. Any player who receives 10 bookings inside 32 games receives a two-match ban, a punishment handed out to Newcastle midfielder Joelinton last season.
After the 10-booking, 32-game threshold is passed, any player shown 15 bookings over the course of the season is handed a three-match ban. To date, no player has ever been cautioned that many times during a single Premier League campaign.
Do bookings impact cup competitions?
Booking suspensions are competition-specific in England. So a suspension picked up as a result of accumulating yellow cards in the Premier League is served only in the Premier League while a suspension picked up in the cup competitions is served in that specific competition.
But the rules are different for red cards, which do transcend competitions. Newcastle have found that out the hard way on several occasions with Anthony Gordon missing the Carabao Cup final in 2025 due to a red card picked up in the FA Cup.
Nick Pope also missed the 2023 Carabao Cup final due to a red card picked up in the Premier League, while Bruno Guimaraes, who was sent off in the Carabao Cup semi-final win over Southampton in 2023, missed Newcastle’s next three Premier League games but was available for the final.
Players booked twice in the Carabao Cup or FA Cup are handed a one-match suspension. Sean Steur, Ewen Jaouen and Jacob Ramsey are all one booking away from suspension for Newcastle in that competition as they prepare to travel to Everton next month.