The Football League have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game against Bristol City this Saturday.
Aston Villa travel to Bristol City on Saturday August 27 for the game at Ashton Gate and the match carries a 3pm kick off.
Referee: James Linington
Linesmen: Neil Davies and Steven Meredith
Fourth Official: Robert Massey-Ellis
Match Day referee Linington has officiated four games in 2016/17 with a return of 17 yellow cards and zero red cards.
He took in 26 matches in 2015-16 and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a total of 74 yellow cards and four red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Middlesbrough on October 24 with seven yellow cards shown.
Linington is required to make the short trip over from his home on the Isle of Wight when appointed to EFL fixtures. He is a very experienced official having refereed in the EFL for nine seasons. In 2010, he was named fourth official for the FA Trophy Final at Wembley, and returned to the same stadium two weeks later to referee the League Two Play-Off Final between Dagenham and Redbridge and Rotherham United.
Source – EFL.
Let`s hope it`s not another repeat and more of our players edge closer to automatic bans.
