Wanderers, runaway leaders in the league, are also streets ahead in the race for a 'fair play' award ... despite their poor disciplinary record.

The barnstorming Burnden boys are top of the FA Fair Play charts on the strength of their amazing goal power and appear to be on course for a £10,000 bonus.

They currently stand on 131 points, a lead of 16 over Crystal Palace with Barnsley (111), West Brom (107) and QPR (95) struggling to keep pace. And they would be even further ahead if they weren't docked points for their high number of bookings - 49 in the first six months of the season, far more than any of the other top teams.

But the FA, who award two points for a goal scored at home and four for an away goal, have blundered in their calculations. They list Wanderers as having had four players sent off and have deducted two points in each case. But two of the red cards - Jimmy Phillips' at Birmingham and Nathan Blake's at Stoke - were later cancelled out.

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