Oliver Langford will take charge of Queens Park Rangers’ Thursday night clash with high-flying Reading.
Teams: Reading v Queens Park Rangers
Competition: Football League Championship
Date: Thursday 12th January 2017
Assistant: Steven Meredith (Nottinghamshire)
Assistant: Nick Hopton (Derbyshire)
Fourth Official: Andy Woolmer (Northamptonshire)
Mr Langford from the West Midlands was promoted to the National List of Referees in 2008 before joining the Select Group 2 in the summer of 2016.
He will be assisted by Steven Meredith (Nottinghamshire) and Nick Hopton (Derbyshire) with Andy Woolmer (Northamptonshire) on fourth official duties – here’s to hoping there’s no injuries then.
Meredith ran the line in opening day win over Leeds United (3-0) – where Langford was officiating – and also in the 0-2 home defeat to Preston North End. Hopton meanwhile was linesman in the defeat at Huddersfield Town (1-2).
Fourth official Woolmer has a long protracted history with Queens Park Rangers, but has met Rangers only once this season in the 0-3 defeat at Ipswich Town.
Mr Langford has dished out 83 yellow cards in 26 games, which is quite a jump in terms of last season’s fixtures. He averages of 3.19 yellow cards per game – He also gave out five red cards in the space of six games.
QPR 1-1 Peterborough United – 12.09.2009
Goals: Wayne Routledge 34; Aaron McLean 16
Yellow: Matt Connolly, Gary Borrowdale; Gabriel Zakuani, Shaun Batt
QPR 0-2 Rochdale – 23.08.2011
Goals: John-Louis Akpa-Apro 5, Gary Jones 81
Yellow: Joe Widdowson
Doncaster Rovers 2-1 QPR – 30.11.2013
Goals: Theo Robinson 48, Paul Quinn 89; Charlie Austin 43
Yellow: Ross Turnbull, Richie Wellens; Richard Dunne, Jermaine Jenas
QPR 5-2 Nottingham Forest – 12.04.2014
Goals: Yossi Benayoun 2, Junior Hoilett 43, Nedum Onuoha 84, Bobby Zamora 90, Ravel Morrison 90; Jamaal Lascelles 37, Matt Derbyshire 45.
Yellow: NONE
Yeovil Town 0-3 QPR – 11.08.2015
Goals: Sebastian Polter 16, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas 20, Nedum Onuoha 56
Yellow: James Perch
Hull City 1-1 QPR – 19.09.2015
Goals: Michael Dawson 38; Charlie Austin 26
Yellow: NONE
Nottingham Forest 1-0 QPR – 09.01.2016
Goals: Jamie Ward 24
Yellow: Grant Hall, Michael Doughty
QPR 3-0 Leeds United – 07.08.2016
Goals: Nedum Onuoha 4, Tjaronn Chery 73pen, Seb Polter 90.
Yellow: Jake Bidwell, Ben Gladwin; Matt Grimes
