The Match Officials

On the 1^st of March this Saturday, Notts County will be taking on Rotherham United. They've risen from League Two and are currently one of the top teams on form in this league. If we based the league on the last six games they would be positioned 2^nd. However, if we stretched to four games making it 10, they would be one position lower at 3rd.

Notts will be seeking to pick themselves up after back to back defeats.

The Match Officials for Saturday's at the New York Stadium will be referee Tim Robinson, with his two assistants Jason Whiteley and Ollie Yates. The fourth official will be David Richardson.

Match Officials;

Referee; Tim Robinson has taken control of eighteen games, he's been the referee in one F.A cup tie, one Capital One Cup game and one JPT encounter. During these games he's issued a total of 66 yellow cards, whilst he's only sent off three players. The majority of them have been League Two standard, a total of 8 games. He's featured seven times in League One and three times in the Championship.

Interesting Fact – Mark Cooper, Swindon Town's manager hit out with regards to the level of referring standards when Tim Robinson took charge in a game back at the start of this month (February), however this could be due to the fact his side was beaten by Oldham Athletic and Tim Robinson red carded Swindon's Archibald-Henville after a second bookable offence - Make up your own mind by reading this.

Assistant Referees; Jason Whiteley has been the 1^st assistant once so far. He's been the referee five times within the Conference Division and the 2^nd assistant four times. During the games he's been the referee, he has yellow carded a number of 12 players and has only sent off one player.

Oliver 'Ollie' Yates has been the 2^nd assistant eight times so far, these games feature four within the Championship, two in League One, three in League Two and one F.A Cup game. Oliver Yates has been the fourth official twice.

Interesting Fact – Jason Whiteley was the 2^nd assistant in Rochdale's win over Mansfield 3-0, while Oliver Yates was the fourth official in Mansfield's 1-0 narrow win over Fleetwood Town.

Fourth Official; David Richardson has been the fourth official twice, once within the Championship as Leeds United draw 1-1 to Ipswich Town and again in League Two Rochdale beat Bristol Rovers 2-0. He's featured as the 2^nd assistant three times and the 1^st assistant once. These range from the Championship, Leagues One/Two and the Conference N/S.

Interesting Fact – 27 goals have been scored within the games David Richardson's officiated. The most amount of goals is 9, as Gainsborough Trinity beat Altrincham FC 5-4. The second highest game was when Sheffield Wednesday saw off Macclesfield Town 4-1 in the F.A Cup. The least was 1-0, Burton Albion winning away from home against Morecambe.

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