Should’ve Gone To Specsavers – Lincoln City v Burton Albion

The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Burton Albion in League One.

Lincoln City host Burton Albion on Saturday, March 7 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.

Referee: Scott Oldham.
Assistants Refs: Geoffrey Liddle and Bhupinder Gill.
Fourth Official: Gareth Mellor.

Scott Oldham has been the man in the middle for 4 matches involving Lincoln City:

17/10/17: Swindon Town 0-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
30/01/18: Lincoln City 3-1 Newport County (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
08/03/19: Lincoln City 1-0 Yeovil Town (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
03/09/19: Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Lincoln City (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 4 | Yellow Cards: 13 | Red Cards: 0

He received an average rating of 7.29 following the 1-0 win at home against Yeovil Town in League Two last season. Some of the comments can be found below:

Gaz_Imp: “8. Very strong, one of the best this season, given the conditions and attempts to time waste he did very well!”

Rasenimp: “For me, it looked much like handball when Andrade skipped through on the left of the penalty box and possibly one on Bolger at the far post (less sure).

He was more consistent than many and let a lot more go, which probably benefitted us as a stronger side.

6.5, as he let the game flow and stopped the time-wasting but I think he potentially missed a penalty.”

berksimps: “Good ref 7.5

As others have said, an early booking of a keeper for time-wasting nips it in the bud and speeds the game up.”

Scott Oldham: 2019/20 Stats:

10/08/19: Portsmouth 2-0 Tranmere Rovers (League One) – 2 yellow cards
13/08/19: Coventry City 4-1 Exeter City (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
20/08/19: Accrington Stanley 2-3 Shrewsbury Town (League One) – 2 yellow cards
24/08/19: Cambridge United 1-2 Oldham Athletic (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
31/08/19: Stevenage 2-2 Macclesfield Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
03/09/19: Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Lincoln City (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
14/09/19: Crawley Town 1-0 Mansfield Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
21/09/19: Plymouth Argyle 0-2 Cheltenham Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
28/09/19: Leyton Orient 3-3 Port Vale (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
19/10/19: Rotherham United 1-2 Oxford United (League One) – 1 yellow card
22/10/19: Carlisle United 0-2 Northampton Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
02/11/19: Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Fleetwood Town (League One) – 5 yellow cards
05/11/19: Rochdale 0-1 Ipswich Town (League One) – 1 yellow card
09/11/19: Cheltenham Town 1-1 Swindon Town (FA Cup) – 4 yellow cards
20/11/19: Darlington 0-1 Walsall (FA Cup) – 3 yellow cards
23/11/19: Sunderland 1-1 Coventry City (League One) – 3 yellow cards
30/11/19: Macclesfield Town 1-1 Bradford City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
03/12/19: Salford City 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
07/12/19: Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Milton Keynes (League One) – 3 yellow cards
10/12/19: Hartlepool United 1-0 Exeter City (FA Cup) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
21/12/19: Tranmere Rovers 1-0 AFC Wimbledon (League One) – 2 yellow cards
29/12/19: Port Vale 2-0 Swindon Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
01/01/20: Bolton Wanderers 3-4 Burton Albion (League One) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
11/01/20: Scunthorpe United 1-2 Newport County (League Two) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
18/01/20: Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Cheltenham Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
25/01/20: Peterborough United 2-1 Rotherham United (League One) – 2 yellow cards
01/02/20: Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Tranmere Rovers (League One) – 1 yellow card
08/02/20: Morecambe 1-1 Mansfield Town (League Two) – 1 yellow card
11/02/20: Coventry City 1-0 Portsmouth (League One) – 2 yellow cards
22/02/20: Ipswich Town 0-1 Oxford United (League One) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
25/02/20: Sunderland 1-1 Fleetwood Town (League One) – 4 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 31 | Yellow Cards: 88 | Red Cards: 5

Scott Oldham was the man in the middle for 34 matches last season. He showed a total of 99 yellow cards and 1 red card.

He showed 6 yellow cards on two occasions during the 2018/19 season: Macclesfield Town 1-2 Swindon Town in Sky Bet League Two and Oxford United 1-1 Sunderland in Sky Bet League One.

During the 2017/18 season, Oldham oversaw 31 matches showing a total of 79 yellow cards and 5 red cards.

Oldham showed 7 cards on two occasions in the 2017/18 season: Milton Keynes 1-4 Bradford City in Sky Bet League One (6 yellow cards and 1 red card) and Notts County 1-2 Crawley Town in Sky Bet League Two (5 yellow cards and 2 red cards).

Matchday referee Oldham took in a total of 18 matches in the 2016/17 season, showing 49 yellow cards and 0 red cards.

During that season, he showed 6 yellow cards on two occasions, both in National League matches: Gateshead 0-1 Tranmere Rovers and Macclesfield Town 1-2 Guiseley AFC.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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