Meet The Ref - Latics v Shrewsbury Town

The games are coming thick and fast for the Latics, Shrewsbury Town are in town on Wednesday for a Pizza Trophy game, the man keeping order on the field of play will be Poulton-le-Fylde referee, Scott Oldham.

 

Scott Oldham

This will be the 39 year olds second Latics game of his career, his first was last season's 1:1 draw with Plymouth at the DW Stadium, Curtis Tilt finding his way into the notebook with both sides picking up a booking apiece as well as a goal each.

 

A qualified joiner by trade, Oldham will be hoping that it will be ‘plane’ sailing on Wednesday.

 

Oldham broke into the big time at the start of the 2017/18 season, his first game was a League 2 encounter between Cheltenham and Crawley which finished 1:0 to the home side, since then he has gone on to take charge of 145 games with a ratio of 3 yellows per game and just 13 reds in total, in fact last season he was redless across 33 games.

 

Of Scott Oldham’s 15 games so far this season, five have come in League 1, five in League 2 and the other five spread across the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the Football League Trophy.

 

Scott Oldham’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
24 Oct 2020	League 1	Latics 1:1 Plymouth	1 Y

This referee has a ©Latics Love Factor of 50%

 

Scott Oldham Card Watch 2021/22

Games – 15

Yellows – 38

Reds – 2

Penalty Awards - 2

 

Wigan Athletic v Shrewsbury Town
Referee – Scott Oldham
Assistants – Richard Woodward and Paul Graham
Fourth Official – Scott Simpson