Match Officials: Exeter City v Oxford United
Saturday 13th September sees Oxford United visit St James Park for a League 2 fixture. Kick off is at 3pm.
The referee is James Linington, who made himself very unpopular with Exeter fans at Wycombe last season with his inability to deal with the time-wasting tactics employed by Gareth Ainsworth’s side. The Grecians did get a 1-1 draw from that game. Linington, a self-employed plumbing and central heating engineer, is based on the Isle of Wight and this will be his 7th season in the Football League. He made his debut in the Football Conference by refereeing the Exeter City v Crawley Town game, which Exeter won 
2-0.
Of the 7 games that Linington has refereed this season, he has brandished 25 yellow cards and 4 red cards.
Match officials
Referee: JAMES LININGTON
Assistant Referees: Brian Durie and Brett Huxtable
Fourth Official Adam Bromley
Other games that Linington has refereed Exeter games in recent seasons have been:-
- League 2 Sat 22 Mar 2014 Exeter 3 – 0 Fleetwood
- League 2 Tues 26 Nov 2013 Wycombe 1 – 1 Exeter
- League 2 Sat 23 Feb 2013 Burton 4 – 2 Exeter
- League 1 Sat 5 May 2012 Exeter 2 – 2 Sheff Utd
- FA Cup – Sat 12 Nov 2011 Exeter 1 – 1 Walsall
- League 1 – Tues 28 Sep 2010 Bournemouth 3 – 0 Exeter
- JPT – Tues 9 Nov 2010 Plymouth 1 – 2 Exeter
- League – 1 Sat 3 Oct 2009 Exeter 3 – 1 Hartlepool
- League 2 – Sat 23 Aug 2008 Bournemouth 0 – 1 Exeter
- Conference – Tues 14 Aug 2007 Exeter 2 – 0 Crawley
- Conference – Sat 2 Feb 2008 Exeter 4 – 0 Stevenage