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The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Accrington Stanley and Lincoln City in League One.

Accrington Stanley host Lincoln City on Saturday, February 4 for the game at the Wham Stadium and the match carries a 15:00 kick-off.

Referee: Sam Purkiss (article discussion link).
Assistants Referees: Ivan Stankovic and Simon Clayton.
Fourth Official: Thomas Parsons.

We have also published a quiz about the last time the two sides met at the Wham Stadium, which can be found HERE, and there is also another 15-question quiz at the bottom of this article! Have a go at both and share your results on Twitter if you’re on there!

Sam Purkiss has been the man in the middle for 4 matches involving The Imps:

01/12/20: Lincoln City 2-1 Wigan Athletic (League One) – 2 yellow cards
26/01/21: Portsmouth 0-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
24/04/21: Lincoln City 1-2 Hull City (League One) – 5 yellow cards
11/09/21: Cambridge United 1-5 Lincoln City (League One) – 3 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 4 Yellow Cards: 15 Red Cards: 1

He received an average rating of 6.8 following the 5-1 win away at Cambridge United in September 2021. Some of the comments can be found below:

sedgleyimp: “Personally I thought he did okay. Didn’t fall for a Cambridge try to get an early penalty flop to the floor in the first half and overall no real issues. Probably should have booked TJ for a foul mid-way through that first half. Handicapped by having a shockingly inept linesman on the terraced side.

Slightly above par 6.5 for me.”

PerthImp: “6.5. He was Ok.”

Norfolk Imp: “7/10. Pretty anonymous, which is a good thing.”

Sam Purkiss: 2022/23 Stats:

30/07/22: Sutton United 1-1 Newport County (League Two) – 6 yellow cards
06/08/22: Crawley Town 0-1 Leyton Orient (League Two) – no cards
09/08/22: Ipswich Town 0-1 Colchester United (EFL Cup) – 5 yellow cards
13/08/22: Cambridge United 2-1 Exeter City (League One) – 5 yellow cards
16/08/22: Charlton Athletic 5-1 Plymouth Argyle (League One) – 1 red card
27/08/22: Bristol Rovers 1-1 Shrewsbury Town (League One) – 2 yellow cards
17/09/22: Northampton Town 3-0 Rochdale (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
20/09/22: AFC Wimbledon 3-2 Crawley Town (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
01/10/22: Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Barrow (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
04/10/22: Gillingham 3-2 Brighton & Hove Albion U21s (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
15/10/22: Mansfield Town 2-1 Walsall (League Two) – 1 yellow card
25/10/22: Portsmouth 1-1 Oxford United (League One) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
05/11/22: Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Leyton Orient (FA Cup) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
12/11/22: Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Wycombe Wanderers (League One) – 7 yellow cards
15/11/22: Derby County 5-0 Torquay United (FA Cup) – 3 yellow cards
22/11/22: AFC Wimbledon 1-0 Sutton United (EFL Trophy) – 5 yellow cards
26/11/22: Hartlepool United 3-1 Harrogate Town (FA Cup) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
02/12/22: Ipswich Town 1-1 Fleetwood Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
26/12/22: Gillingham 0-1 Colchester United (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
29/12/22: Shrewsbury Town 0-1 Cheltenham Town (League One) – 5 yellow cards and 2 red cards
14/01/23: Swindon Town 5-0 Grimsby Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card

TOTALS: Matches: 21 Yellow Cards: 72 Red Cards: 9

Sam Purkiss was the man in the middle for a total of 31 matches last season, showing 112 yellow cards and 5 red cards.

He was just a little card happy in the League One match between Wigan Athletic and Sunderland (0-3) when he showed 10 yellow cards.

Purkiss oversaw 33 matches during the 2020/21 season. In those matches, he gave 82 yellow cards and 8 red cards.

He was most card happy in the League One encounter between Peterborough United and Charlton Athletic (2-1) when he showed 7 yellow cards.

Sources: The Football League & Soccer Base.

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