The Football League have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game between Preston North End and Brighton this Saturday.
Preston North End host Brighton on Saturday January 14 for the game at Deepdale and the match carries a 3pm kick off.
Referee: Simon Hooper
Linesmen: Nick Greenhalgh and Jonathan Hunt
Fourth Official: Eddie Ilderton
Match Day referee Hooper has officiated 24 games in 2016/17 with a return of 80 yellow cards and one red card.
Highest card count so far this season was nine yellows and one red in the game between Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest.
He took charge of 42 games last season and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a total of 100 yellow cards and two red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Burton and Wigan in April with six yellows being shown.
An EFL referee for eight years, Hooper has refereed over 100 Championship games. He took charge of the League Two Play-Off Final between Wycombe Wanderers and Southend United in May 2015.
Source – EFL.
Let`s hope it`s not another repeat and more of the players edge closer to automatic bans.
