Oxford United (h): Experienced Championship Referee Appointed

The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Oxford United (managed by Karl Robinson) in League One.

Lincoln City host Oxford United on Saturday, September 12 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.

Referee: Andy Davies.
Assistants Referees: Mark Dwyer and Steven Meredith.
Fourth Official: Matthew McGrath.

Andy Davies was promoted to the English Football League as a Referee in the 2012/13 season. His first match refereeing in the Football League was between Exeter City and Morecambe (0-3) in League Two on Saturday, August 18 2012.

He started refereeing in 2004/05 and quickly moved through the promotion pyramid, reaching the Football League in just eight seasons. He was appointed Assistant Referee for the League Two Play-Off Final between Rotherham United and Dagenham Redbridge (2-3) at Wembley Stadium in the 2009/10 season.

Andy Davies has been the man in the middle for 1 match involving Lincoln City:

02/03/19: Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card

TOTALS: Matches: 1 — Yellow Cards: 1 — Red Cards: 0

He received an average rating of 6.87 following the 2-1 win away at Forest Green Rovers in League Two during the 2018/19 season. Some of the comments can be found below:

sedgleyimp: “I’ll give him 6.5.

He was largely anonymous and was inclined to have a quiet word with players rather than make a big thing out of it which is no bad thing.

He was however whistle happy on all our corners and the farce that ensued after our penalty was awarded was almost Pythonesque and should not have been permitted.

Fortunately, their gamesmanship had no affect”

berksimps: “Thought he was good, certainly not whistle or card happy, didn’t notice him much. Allowed hard tackles so long as they appeared fair, wasn’t fooled by players falling over too easily. Did allow an inordinate time before Akinde was allowed to take the penalty though.

7/10.”

evenstephen: “Definitely not card happy but was a bit inconsistent on what was classed as a foul. Seemed to pay more attention to our tactics than FGR. Wasn’t helped by the assistants especially the one our side who was awful. Did give us the penalty but missed one. 6.”

Andy Davies: 2020/21 Stats:

08/09/20: Plymouth Argyle 2-3 Norwich City U21s (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card

TOTALS: Matches: 1 — Yellow Cards: 1 — Red Cards: 0

The experienced Championship Referee was the man in the middle for 29 matches last season.

He showed 6 cards on two occasions during that season, both in the Championship: Huddersfield Town 2-1 Nottingham Forest (6 yellow cards) and Luton Town 3-2 Derby County (5 yellow cards and 1 red card).

Andy Davies oversaw a total of 37 matches during the 2018/19 season, showing a total of 124 yellow cards and 6 red cards.

Davies showed 6 cards on four occasions during that season, all in the Championship: Bristol City 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday (6 yellow cards), Millwall 1-0 Reading (4 yellow cards and 2 red cards), Nottingham Forest 3-1 Wigan Athletic (6 yellow cards) and Reading 3-2 Wigan Athletic (6 yellow cards).

Andy Davies took in 31 matches during the 2017/18 season. In those matches, he showed a total of 104 yellow cards and 6 red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Brentford and Derby County in the Championship, which finished 1-1. He showed a total of 8 yellow cards.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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