The English Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Fleetwood Town in League One.
Lincoln City host Fleetwood Town on Saturday, August 14 for the match at Sincil Bank, and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.
Referee: James Oldham.
Assistants Refs: Graeme Fyvie and Ivan Stankovic.
Fourth Official: Christopher Ward.
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James Oldham has been the man in the middle for 4 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
TOTALS: Matches: 4 — Yellow Cards: 13 — Red Cards: 0
He received an average rating of 6.733 following the 1-1 draw away at Ipswich Town last season. Some of the comments can be found below:
kettrin imp: “I thought that he was ok. It looked like he was going to book Edun for a second time but changed his mind when he realised it would mean a red. No howlers, so an 8 from me.”
Chesterimp: “Too many soft free-kicks, too many soft yellows for both sides. Disagree with the above, 3.”
hulloutpost: “Generally OK. Personally, I don’t think he did draw too many cheap freekicks and probably let one or two go. If they can’t get it right all the time I would rather it was that way around so a 6.5.”
James Oldham: 2021/22 Stats:
07/08/21: Stevenage 1-0 Barrow (League Two) – 10 yellow cards
10/08/21: Sheffield United 1-0 Carlisle United (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 2 — Yellow Cards: 13 — Red Cards: 0
James Oldham was in charge of 29 matches last 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
Oldham was the man in the middle for 26 matches during the 2019/20 season. He showed a total of 82 yellow cards and 5 red cards.
He showed 6 cards on two occasions, both in League Two fixtures: Scunthorpe United 2-1 Port Vale (4 yellow cards and 2 red cards) and Mansfield Town 0-1 Grimsby Town (5 yellow cards and 1 red card, including a red card for former Imp Luke Waterfall).
Oldham oversaw 19 matches during the 2018/19 season, showing a total of 55 yellow cards and 3 red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Ebbsfleet United and Bromley (1-2) in the Conference when he showed a total of 7 yellow cards.
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
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