Oliver Langford started refereeing in 1995 at age of 15 in the Midlands progressing through the Midland Combination and Midland Football Association leagues. He was part of the team that refereed in the Dallas Cup 2008 after three seasons as an assistant he was promoted to the National List at the start of the 2008/09 season. His debut match being a 3-1 home win for Rochdale against Barnet on 16 August 2008
This will be his first match as referee for either Preston or Barnsley, his last match was the FA Cup tie between Bury and Exeter which the Shakers won 2-0 on 6 November. This will be his third Championship match of the season.
Season’s record:
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Season: |
Matches: |
Yellow Cards: |
Red Cards: |
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2010/11 |
12 |
34 |
2 |
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2009/10 |
31 |
94 |
6 |
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2008/09 |
26 |
58 |
3 |
His assistants are Steven Martin from Staffordshire and Andrew Scregg from Liverpool. The fourth official , also from Staffordshire is Daniel Meeson.