The Football League have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game against Morecambe this Saturday.
Blackpool travel to Morecambe on Saturday August 13 for the game at the Globe Arena and the match carries a 3pm kick off.
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
Linesmen: Barry Gordon and Helen Byrne
Fourth Official: Peter Bankes
Match Day referee Eltringham has officiated two games in 2016/17 with a return of three yellow cards and one red card.
He took charge of 37 matches last season and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a total of 93 yellow cards and eight red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Bolton and Birmingham on October 20 with a total of seven yellow cards shown. On January 2 between Chesterfield and Shrewsbury he also showed six yellow cards and one red card.
A talented footballer in his youth, Eltringham started refereeing aged 16. He was appointed to the EFL Referees List in 2009/10, and was the fourth official in the League Two Play-Off Final between Bradford City and Northampton Town 2013.
Source – EFL.
Let`s hope it`s not another repeat and more of our players edge closer to automatic bans.
