Meet The Ref - Latics v AFC Wimbledon

The games are coming thick and fast at the moment, next up is AFC Wimbledon at the DW Stadium, an important game with both clubs desperate for the points for very different reasons, the referee for the game will be West Midlands based official, Oliver Langford.

 

Oliver Langford

Langford joined the National List of referees in the 2008/09 season. His first game, coming on the 16^th August, it was a League Two affair at Spotland, Rochdale running out 2:1 winners over Barnet.

 

Since that first game, Langford has clocked up an impressive 488 games, issuing 1,329 yellow and 72 red cards. He certainly hasn’t mellowed has he’s got older, in his first season he took charge of 26 games issuing 58 cautions, so far this campaign he has 26 games under his belt with 102 yellows dished out.

 

Previous Latics Games

This will be Langford’s 13^th Latics game, his last one came in February 2020 a 2:2 draw against Middlesbrough at the DW Stadium, a horror show from Langford booking 6 Latics players, 4 Boro and sending off Chey Dunkley on 62 minutes.

 

Part of the Select Group 2, Langford now mainly officiates in the Championship, his 26 games so far this campaign, 17 have come in the Championship, 4 in League One and 3 in League Two and 2 in the EFL Cup.

 

Oliver Langford’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
11 Feb 2020	Championship	Latics 2:2 Middlesbrough	6 Y & 1 Red
09 Feb 2019	Championship	Rotherham 1:1 Latics	3 Y
24 Nov 2018	Championship	Latics 0:0 Reading	0
21 Sep 2018	Championship	Latics 1:0 Bristol City	2 Y
13 Aug 2017	League One	Latics 4:1 Bury	2 Y
22 Apr 2017	Championship	Latics 0:0 Cardiff City	0
07 Jan 2017	FA Cup	Latics 2:0 Nottm Forest	4 Y
29 Oct 2016	Championship	Cardiff City 0:1 Latics	0
23 Sep 2016	Championship	Preston 1:0 Latics	2 Y
20 Oct 2015	League One	Peterborough 2:3 Latics	1 Y
11 Feb 2015	Championship	Nottm Forest 3:0 Latics	0
06 Dec 2014	Championship	Latics 0:1 Norwich City	0

This referee has a ©Latics Love Factor of 65%

 

Oliver Langford Card Watch 2021/22

Games – 26

Yellows – 102

Reds – 2

Penalty Awards – 4

 

Wigan Athletic v AFC Wimbledon
Referee – Oliver Langford
Assistants – Richard Wild and Nik Barnard
Fourth Official – Robert Lewis