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Officials – Norwich v Ipswich (26/2/17)

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The Football League have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game between Norwich City and Ipswich Town this Sunday.

Norwich City host Ipswich Town on Sunday February 26 for the game at Carrow Road and the match carries a 12pm kick off.

Referee: Oliver Langford
Linesmen: Neil Davies and Matt Foley
Fourth Official: Simon Hooper

Match Day referee Langford has officiated 32 games in 2016/17 with a return of 106 yellows and five red cards.

His highest card count this season was nine yellows in the game between Swindon Town and Bristol Rovers.

He took in 41 matches in 2015-16 and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a total of 99 yellow cards and four red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Burton Albion and Millwall on December 1 with a total of seven yellows being shown, along with one red.

Langford is a very experienced match official, with eight seasons as an EFL referee under his belt. As part of the PGMO development programme, he has officiated in the Dallas Cup and Algarve Cup. He has now refereed nearly 200 EFL matches.

Source – EFL.

Let`s hope it`s not another repeat and more of the players edge closer to automatic bans.

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