The English Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Barnsley and Lincoln City in League One.
Barnsley host Lincoln City on Tuesday, October 25 for the match at Oakwell and the match carries a 19:45 kick-off.
Referee: James Oldham.
Assistants Refs: Hristo Karaivanov and Daniel Woodward.
Fourth Official: Garreth Rhodes.
You can discuss this refereeing appointment HERE, as well as get involved with our pre-match threads: You can post your score predictions, discuss the starting XI, and predict the attendance!
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James Oldham has been the man in the middle for 5 matches involving Lincoln City:
12/11/19: Lincoln City 3-0 Rotherham United (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
29/12/19: Lincoln City 5-3 Ipswich Town (League One) – 5 yellow cards
08/09/20: Lincoln City 1-1 Scunthorpe United (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
09/03/21: Ipswich Town 1-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 4 yellow cards
14/08/21: Lincoln City 2-1 Fleetwood Town (League One) – 6 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 5 — Yellow Cards: 19 — Red Cards: 0
He received an average rating of 6.35 following the 2-1 win at home against Fleetwood Town last season. Some of the comments can be found below:
sedgleyimp: “Personally I thought he was quite pernickety. He didn’t allow the game to flow especially when we had a very clear advantage in the second half and he brought it back for a free kick. Also didn’t seem to be getting to grips with Fleetwood’s time-wasting, though he did add 6 minutes so had been noting it.
5/10 for me.”
hulloutpost: “No mistakes and in control (+) but did slow things down occasionally and blow up several times when we had a good advantage (-). 6.”
Impish: “6.5, he let them take throw-ins miles away from where the ball went out and didn’t really get on top of their time wasting for a while. Some odd decision-making in general but that’s to be expected with the fast nature of the games. Overall we will see a hell of a lot worse.”
James Oldham: 2022/23 Stats:
06/08/22: Colchester United 1-1 Carlisle United (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
09/08/22: Forest Green Rovers 2-0 Leyton Orient (EFL Cup) – 4 yellow cards
16/08/22: Peterborough United 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday (League One) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
20/08/22: Crawley Town 0-2 AFC Wimbledon (League Two) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
30/08/22: Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Newcastle United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
03/09/22: Fleetwood Town 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers (League One) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
17/09/22: Newport County 0-2 Barrow (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
20/09/22: Ipswich Town 2-0 Arsenal U21s (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
01/10/22: Accrington Stanley 3-1 Morecambe (League One) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
04/10/22: Bristol Rovers 2-0 Crystal Palace U21s (EFL Trophy) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
08/10/22: Portsmouth 1-1 Fleetwood Town (League One) – 7 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 11 — Yellow Cards: 40 — Red Cards: 5
James Oldham was the man in the middle for 30 matches last season. In those matches, he showed 119 yellow cards and 4 red cards.
He was just a little card happy in his opening match of the season between Stevenage and Barrow in League Two (1-0) when he showed 10 yellow cards.
Oldham oversaw 29 matches during the 2020/21 season, showing 83 yellow cards and 4 red cards.
He was most card happy in his final match of the season between Bristol Rovers and Milton Keynes Dons, which finished 2-0 to the visitors. In this match, he showed 7 yellow cards
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
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— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln) October 24, 2022
