The Football League have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game against Preston North End this Tuesday.
Birmingham City host Preston North End on Tuesday September 27 for the game at St Andrew’s Stadium and the match carries a 7.45pm kick off.
Referee: Andy Woolmer
Linesmen: Akil Howson and Philip Dermott
Fourth Official: Christopher Kavanagh
Match Day referee Woolmer has officiated ten games in 2016/17 with a return of 21 yellow cards and zero red cards.
He took charge of 37 matches last season and in those games, across all competitions and Football divisions, he handed out a total of 109 yellow cards and two red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Boreham Wood and Northwick in the FA Cup on November 16 with a total of eight yellows shown.
Woolmer was appointed to the Referees List in 2004 and has refereed more than 300 EFL matches. Prior to that, he served as a Premier League assistant referee for three years and ran the line in the 2003 League Cup Final and the FA Community Shield in the same year. He was the referee for last season`s thrilling EFL Trophy Final between Barnsley and Oxford United.
Source – EFL.
Let`s hope it`s not another repeat and more of our players edge closer to automatic bans.
