Tomorrow evening the Saddlers travel to Prenton Park for our Carabao Cup First Round tie with Tranmere Rovers
The match officials for tomorrows game have been announced and its a bad omen for the Saddlers with the news that Michael Salisbury is in the middle.
Match officials are as follows
Referee – MICHAEL SALISBURY
Linesmen – Mark Griffiths and David Benton
Fourth Official : Wade Smith
Salisbury has officiated four games involving the Saddlers with the reds yet to taste victory – losing three and drawing one.
He officiated one game involving the Saddlers last season – he officiated our 2-1 EFL Trophy defeat to Bury.
Salisbury awarded a penalty in our 4-1 home defeat to Scunthorpe in 2016. Salisbury has dished out eight yellow cards involving the Saddlers with the reds only receiving two of them – both yellow cards were given to Andreas Makris.
Last season Salisbury officiated thirty-one games, dishing out one hundred and seven yellow cards, nine reds and awarding nine penalties.
