A well behaved weekend, the 43 yellow cards and two reds the lowest tally of the season to date. One of the red cards was for Getafe manager Bernd Schuster, who said he didn't know why he had been sent off as he didn't do anything. The referee's report though said it was for repeated protests, and that he had been advised by the referee himself, the fourth official, a nearby policeman, the minister for internal affairs, George Bush and the United Nations (alright, we made that last bit up). Mallorca's Pereyra was the only player to be given his marching orders, the young Argentinian midfielder picking up two bookings in the first half of the match at Cádiz. He will be joined on the sidelines in a fortnight's time by four players who reached the five yellow card threshold, Orbaiz (Athletic Bilbao), Duscher (Deportivo), Puñal (Osasuna) and Toledo (Zaragoza). (08.11.05)

P.S. In the end Toledo was not suspended as a previous sending off for two bookable offences is still on hold awaiting appeal.