Keith Stroud from Hampshire will be the man in the middle as QPR host neighbours Fulham
Teams: Queens Park Rangers v Fulham
Competition: Football League Championship
Date: Saturday 21st January 2017
Assistant: Matt Foley (Hertfordshire)
Assistant: Mark Pottage (Dorset)
Fourth Official: Dean Whitestone (Northamptonshire)
Here we are again – Keith Stroud once again appears in a QPR fixture. This will be the fourth time this season he has officiated a QPR game. A strict official, he has never been far from controversy – even this season alone – as he prepares for another Rangers clash this weekend.
Mr Stroud started his refereeing career in 1988 before progressing into the football league in 2000 as an assistant referee. He then subsequently joined the referee’s list in 2002. He was promoted to the national list of referees in 2004 and also was appointed a FIFA assistant in the same year. Mr Stroud has also spent time a Premier League official.
He has already overseen a home draw with Blackburn Rovers (1-1), the away day card festival that was Nottingham Forest in Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink’s last game in charge, sending off a player from either side in an otherwise non-eventful game. More recently he gave Brighton & Hove Albion a spot kick and sent off Nedum Onuoha in a 0-3 defeat.
For those keeping count – three games; 14 yellows, three reds and a penalty.
He has been fourth official for Rangers away win over Cardiff City (2-0) and a home defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-2). He also was the fourth official in the reverse fixture at Craven Cottage.
He will be assisted by Matt Foley (Hertfordshire) and Mark Pottage (Dorset) with fellow referee Dean Whitestone (Northamptonshire) on fourth official duties.
Pottage ran the line for Mr Stroud in the aforementioned Blackburn draw and Brighton & Hove Albion defeat as well as being the assistant in the reverse fixture – the win over Fulham at Craven Cottage. Foley meanwhile was assistant in home defeats to Sunderland (1-2) and Aston Villa (0-1)
Fourth official Mr Whitestone took charge of Rangers’ EFL Cup win over Rochdale (2-1).
28 games have passed with a staggering 136 yellow cards being handed out – an average of 4.86 cards per game, even higher than it was when they last had the misfortune of meeting this official. A phenomenal 11 red cards have also been handed out this term.
QPR 2-1 Ipswich Town – 09.08.2005
Goals: Kevin Gallen 37, Martin Rowlands 45; Sam Parkin 54.
Yellow: Tommy Doherty, Martin Rowlands, Danny Shittu; Kevin Horlock, Matt Richards.
QPR 1-1 Burnley – 02.01.2006
Goals: Gareth Ainsworth 45; Chris McCann 10.
Yellow: John McGreal, Frank Sinclair.
QPR 1-1 Leicester City – 28.10.2006
Goals: Martin Rowlands 68pen; Patrick Kisnorbo 7.
Yellow: Steve Lomas, Jimmy Smith; Iain Hume.
Red: Gareth McAuley.
QPR 1-0 Preston North End – 03.04.2007.
Goals: Dexter Blackstock 51.
Yellow: Adam Bolder, Danny Cullip; Sean St Ledger.
Bristol City 2-2 QPR – 11.08.2007.
Goals: Lee Johnson 33, Scott Murray 90; Dexter Blackstock 34, Damion Stewart 90.
Yellow: Daniel Nardiello, Martin Rowlands, Damion Stewart.
QPR 2-1 Charlton Athletic – 25.11.2008.
Goals: Dexter Blackstock 17, 80; Therry Racon 30.
Yellow: Damien Delaney, Hogan Ephraim, Mikele Leigertwood; Mark Hudson.
QPR 1-1 Coventry City – 10.01.2009
Goals: Dexter Blackstock 87; Dan Fox 73
Yellow: Heidar Helguson, Wayne Routledge; Dan Fox, Aron Gunnarsson, Kieran Westwood, Stephen Wright
Red: Stephen Wright
Ipswich Town 0-3 QPR – 14.09.2010
Goals: Jamie Mackie 31, 42, Heidar Helguson 68pen
Yellow: Tommy Smith, Grant Leadbitter, Jason Scotland
Middlesbrough 0-3 QPR – 26.02.2011
Goals: Heidar Helguson 41, 61, Adel Taarabt 68pen
Yellow: Barry Robson; Fitz Hall, Alejandro Faurlín
QPR 3-0 Sheffield United – 04.04.2011
Goals: Wayne Routledge 29, 66, Ale Faurlin 52
Yellow: Clint Hill; Nick Montgomery, Mark Yeates
Nottingham Forest 2-0 QPR – 26.12.2013
Goals: Greg Halford 25, Andy Reid 80
Yellow: Karl Darlow; Benoit Assou-Ekotto
Derby County 1-0 QPR – 03.11.2015
Goals: Andreas Weimann 51
Yellow: Cyrus Christie, Bradley Johnson, Johnny Russell, Andreas Weimann; Yun Suk Young, James Perch, Charlie Austin, Leroy Fer
Red: James Perch
QPR 1-2 Hull City – 01.01.2016
Goals: Sebastian Polter 86; Abel Hernandez 61, Adama Diomande 90
Yellow: Gabriele Angella, Junior Hoilett; Harry Maguire
MK Dons 0-2 QPR – 05.03.2016
Goals: Dean Lewington 49, Ben Reeves 90
Yellow: Jake Forster-Caskey, Josh Murphy, Samir Carruthers; Karl Henry
QPR 1-1 Blackburn Rovers – 10.09.2016
Goals: Tjaronn Chery 65; Sam Gallagher 73
Yellow: James Perch, Olamide Shodipo; Derrick Williams, Jason Lowe, Hope Akpan.
Nottingham Forest 1-1 QPR – 05.11.2016
Goals: Britt Assombalonga 38; Idrissa Sylla 85
Yellow: Vladimir Stojkovic, Eric Lichaj, Hildeberto Pereira, Joe Worrall, Chris Cohen; Jack Robinson, Karl Henry, Idrissa Sylla.
Red: Hildeberto Pereira; Karl Henry
Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 QPR – 27.12.2016
Goals: Sam Baldock 11, Glenn Murray 53pen, Anthony Knockaert 69
Yellow: Idrissa Sylla
Red: Nedum Onuoha
