The Football League have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game against Crystal Palace this Tuesday.
Blackpool travel to Crystal Palace on Tuesday August 23 for the League Cup second round tie at Selhurst Park and the match carries a 7.30pm kick off.
Referee: Andrew Madley
Linesmen: David Avent and Stuart Butler
Fourth Official: Andy Haines
Match Day referee Madley has officiated four games this season, showing 21 yellows cards and zero red cards.
He took in 40 matches in 2015-16 and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a total of 118 yellow cards and three red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Brentford and Reading on August 29 with a total of eight yellows being shown. He also showed eight yellows in the game between Rochdale and Oldham on October 24.
After an injury playing at Huddersfield Town academy Madley took up the whistle in 2002 at the age of 18. His early career saw him appointed as the assistant referee for the League 1 Play-Off final between Millwall and Swindon Town in 2010. He also ran the line on the Premier League before becoming an EFL referee in 2011. He has twice refereed at Wembley, taking charge of the FA Vase Final in 2015 followed shortly afterwards by refereeing the League 1 Play-Off final between Preston North End and Swindon Town.
Source – EFL.
Let`s hope it`s not another repeat and more of our players edge closer to automatic bans.
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