The match officials have now been confirmed for the League One tie between Lincoln City and Cambridge United at Sincil Bank on Tuesday 12th March (19:45).
Referee: Scott Oldham.
Assistant Referee: Bradley Hall.
Assistant Referee: William Cavanagh.
Fourth Official: Ryan Williams.
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This will be the thirteenth time Scott Oldham has been the man in the middle for a match involving Lincoln City and the sixth for a match involving Cambridge United.
His most recent match involving The Imps was the 1-1 draw away at Wycombe Wanderers in League One back in January, when he showed just 3 yellow cards, including a booking for Ethan Hamilton. Following this match, he received an average rating of just 3.50 from some of the members of our forum. You can see some of the comments below.
sedgleyimp: “Mixed bag for me…
Thought the two given yellows to their player and Hamilton were soft. Their player actually made a terrific tackle getting the ball cleanly. The linesman ruled out that corner goal which I’ll have to see again, but if Taylor either got last touch or blocked off one of their defenders it probably was right. Let some robust challenges go, which is fine by me. Big positive was adding time to the added on time and not falling for Wycombe’s time wasting there.
Probably about a 5.”
PerthImp: “2 – bloody awful and seemed to be the epitome of what refs are told to do these days. Let so much illegal physical stuff go in the first half (from both teams) and the bookings were soft considering the physicality of the game and what was actually going on. No idea why the goal was disallowed. Watched one-Follow and still can’t figure it out. Second half marginally better but still inconsistent with his decision making.
johnolbe: “6. Bit inconsistent in his decisions but not a disaster. Looks like the goal was ruled out for offside against Taylor, probably correct if judged that he made to play the ball so close to the goal line. No complaints about letting all the grappling go without free kicks, Jacko v Vokes was a tough battle but nothing malicious so letting them challenge was just fine. Played overtime in extra time rightly so due to the time wasting so no complaints. Their sub laid down faking an injury to waste at least a minute in the 6 minutes so Karma rightly bit them fully on the arse.”
His most recent match involving Cambridge United was their 5-0 defeat away at Peterborough United in League One back in November. He brandished no cards whatsoever in front of the 11,641 crowd at London Road.
Scott Oldham oversaw a total of 37 matches during the 2022/23 season, showing 122 yellow cards (3.30) and 2 red cards. One of his red cards came in City’s match against Derby County (1-1) at Pride Park when he sent off Ben House after two bookable offences.
Oldham has been the man with the whistle on 29 occasions so far this season, showing 86 yellow cards (2.97) and 5 red cards. He was most card-happy in the League Cup match between Sunderland and Crewe Alexandra (1-1) when he showed 8 yellow cards.
Sources: English Football League and Soccerbase.
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