The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Accrington Stanley in League One.
Lincoln City host Accrington Stanley on Saturday 10th, September for the match at Sincil Bank, and the match carries a 15:00 kick-off.
Referee: Ross Joyce.
Assistants Referees: Christopher Ward and Conor Brown.
Fourth Official: Richard Wigglesworth.
You can discuss this refereeing appointment HERE, as well as get involved with our pre-match threads: You can post your score predictions, discuss the starting XI, and predict the attendance!
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Ross Joyce has been the man in the middle for 19 matches involving Lincoln City:
24/09/11: Lincoln City 1-1 Forest Green Rovers (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
26/12/11: Lincoln City 1-2 Grimsby Town (Conference) – 4 yellow cards
24/03/12: Lincoln City 2-0 Newport County (Conference) – 7 yellow cards
25/08/12: Lincoln City 2-3 Macclesfield Town (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
06/10/12: Lincoln City 1-2 Luton Town (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
08/01/13: Southport 4-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
09/02/13: Lincoln City 2-1 Dartford (Conference) – 9 yellow cards and 1 red card
30/03/13: Alfreton Town 0-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
04/01/14: Lincoln City 0-0 Luton Town (Conference) – 4 yellow cards
08/02/14: Alfreton Town 1-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
25/08/14: Halifax 3-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
09/12/14: Lincoln City 3-1 Nuneaton Town (Conference) – 1 red card
18/11/17: Lincoln City 1-2 Coventry City (League Two) – 6 yellow cards
13/01/18: Lincoln City 2-2 Notts County (League Two) – 7 yellow cards
04/09/18: Lincoln City 1-2 Mansfield Town (EFL Trophy) – 8 yellow cards and 1 red card
17/09/19: Rochdale 1-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 3 yellow cards
16/03/21: Lincoln City 0-3 Gillingham (League One) – 5 yellow cards
23/11/21: Lincoln City 0-3 Portsmouth (League One) – 4 yellows cards
26/02/22: Lincoln City 0-2 Gillingham (League One) – 6 yellow cards
TOTALS: Games: 19 — Yellow Cards: 90 — Red Cards: 5
He received an average rating of 6.11 following the 2-0 defeat at home against Gillingham last season. Some of the comments can be found below:
sedgleyimp: “I’ll start with an okay 7.
Probably should have sent Bishop off for that awful challenge first half but otherwise didn’t make any obvious errors.”
Eweimps: “A few strange decisions and indecision with the COOP linesman a couple of times with at least once contradicting each other but we have had a lot worse. He did OK. 7/10.”
Riiiiik: “7.5. Barely noticed he was there and certainly had no effect on the overall result. I don’t recall anyone questioning his parentage either so he can’t have been too bad.”
Ross Joyce: 2022/23 Stats:
06/08/22: Burton Albion 0-4 Bristol Rovers (League One) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
09/08/22: Huddersfield Town 1-4 Preston North End (EFL Cup) – 2 yellow cards
13/08/22: Port Vale 0-0 Bolton Wanderers (League One) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
20/08/22: Fleetwood Town 0-0 Derby County (League One) – 2 yellow cards
23/08/22: Bradford City 1-2 Blackburn Rovers (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
30/08/22: Mansfield Town 3-2 Manchester City U21s (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
TOTALS: Matches: 6 — Yellow Cards: 15 — Red Cards: 2
Ross Joyce was the man in the middle for a total of 37 matches. In those matches, he showed 113 yellow cards and 8 red cards.
He showed 7 cards on three occasions: Barrow 1-1 Bristol Rovers in League Two (6 yellow cards and 1 red card), Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers in League One (7 yellow cards) and Barnsley 5-4 Barrow in the FA Cup (6 yellow cards and 1 red card).
Joyce oversaw 32 matches during the 2020/21 season, showing 130 yellow cards and 4 red cards.
He was just a little card happy in the FA Cup match between Marine and Havant & Waterlooville when he showed 10 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
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— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln) September 6, 2022
