The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Shrewsbury Town and Lincoln City in League One.
Shrewsbury Town host Lincoln City on Tuesday, April 27 for the match at New Meadow and the match carries a 7.00pm kick-off.
Referee: Ollie Yates.
Assistants Referees: Abbas Khan and Darren Wilding.
Fourth Official: Anthony Moore.
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Ollie Yates has been the man in the middle for 5 matches involving Lincoln City:
22/09/15: Lincoln City 1-1 Altrincham (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
28/03/16: Lincoln City 1-1 Gateshead (Conference) – 4 yellow cards
22/01/19: Yeovil Town 0-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
27/09/19: Blackpool 2-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 6 yellow cards
18/01/20: Lincoln City 1-0 Blackpool (League One) – 1 yellow card
TOTALS: Matches: 5 — Yellow Cards: 18 — Red Cards: 0
He received an average rating of 8.75 following the 1-0 win at home against Blackpool last season. Some of the comments can be found below:
sedgleyimp: “9/10 for me. Played the advantage rule really well including when offsides had been flagged but no need to call the play back. The only booking was deserved and decisive on the penalty.
Two good ones on the bounce. Can’t last!!!”
Luke Imp: “If I’m being hypercritical, he played a poor advantage in the first half where our advantage was a pass backwards and to our LB. Not sure about the penalty either.
That said, you didn’t notice him, which is always a good sign. 9.5/10.”
syimp: “9.5. Hardly noticed him and neither did the 617, which is telling in itself. No questioning of his parentage, even when Max was rightly booked.”
Ollie Yates: 2020/21 Stats:
05/09/20: Derby County 0-0 Barrow (EFL Cup) – 2 yellow cards
12/09/20: Northampton Town 2-2 AFC Wimbledon (League One) – 2 yellow cards
26/09/20: Bradford City 2-1 Stevenage (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
06/10/20: Burton Albion 2-4 Cambridge United (EFL Trophy) – 4 yellow cards
09/10/20: Fleetwood Town 4-1 Hull City (League One) – 1 yellow card
17/10/20: Charlton Athletic 1-0 Wigan Athletic (League One) – 7 yellow cards
03/11/20: Morecambe 2-2 Exeter City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
08/11/20: Hayes & Yeading United 2-2 Carlisle United (FA Cup) – 6 yellow cards
10/11/20: Cheltenham Town 1-0 Norwich City U21s (EFL Trophy) – 4 yellow cards
17/11/20: Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Newcastle United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 5 yellow cards
21/11/20: Peterborough United 1-2 Blackpool (League One) – 5 yellow cards
24/11/20: Burton Albion 4-2 Charlton Athletic (League One) – 6 yellow cards
30/11/20: Canvey Island 0-3 Boreham Wood (FA Cup) – 1 yellow card
05/12/20: Plymouth Argyle 1-2 Ipswich Town (League One) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
12/12/20: Morecambe 1-0 Harrogate Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
19/12/20: Rochdale 1-4 Gillingham (League One) – 1 yellow card
02/01/21: Bristol Rovers 2-1 Blackpool (League One) – 2 yellow cards
16/01/21: Swindon Town 1-2 Doncaster Rovers (League One) – 8 yellow cards
23/01/21: Scunthorpe United 3-0 Grimsby Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
30/01/21: Forest Green Rovers 0-0 Cheltenham Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
09/02/21: Salford City 4-1 Cambridge United (League Two) – no cards
06/03/21: Oldham Athletic 0-0 Southend United (League Two) – 1 yellow card
13/03/21: Carlisle United 3-1 Bradford City (League Two) – 8 yellow cards
27/03/21: Bristol Rovers 0-1 Sunderland (League One) – 4 yellow cards
02/04/21: Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Colchester United (League Two) – no cards
05/04/21: Oxford United 1-2 Accrington Stanley (League One) – 4 yellow cards
13/04/21: Walsall 1-0 Tranmere Rovers (League Two) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
17/04/21: Hull City 2-1 Fleetwood Town (League One) – 1 yellow card
24/04/21: Ipswich Town 0-0 AFC Wimbledon (League One) – 1 yellow card
TOTALS: Matches: 29 — Yellow Cards: 92 — Red Cards: 3
Ollie Yates was the man in the middle for 30 matches last season, showing a total of 105 yellow cards and 7 red cards.
He was just a little card happy in the League One encounter between Fleetwood Town and Coventry City, when he showed 8 yellow cards.
Yates oversaw 37 matches for the 2019/20 season. In those matches, he showed a total of 140 yellow cards and 5 red cards.
Yates showed 7 yellow cards on four occasions during the 2018/19 season: Northampton Town 2-1 Forest Green in Sky Bet League Two and Peterborough United 0-2 Scunthorpe United (including a booking for former Imps loanee Kyle Wootton), Southend United 1-2 Bristol Rovers and Bradford City 0-1 Fleetwood Town in Sky Bet League One.
During the 2017/18 season, Yates oversaw 7 matches, showing a total of 24 yellow cards and no red cards.
He showed 5 cards on two occasions, of which both matches were in League One: Blackpool 1-2 Doncaster Rovers (5 yellow cards) and Rochdale 1-1 Bradford City (5 yellow cards).
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
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— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln) April 26, 2021
