Accrington Stanley (h): Match Officials

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

Lincoln City host Accrington Stanley on Saturday, November 27 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 15:00 kick-off.

Referee: Craig Hicks.
Assistants Refs: Nicholas Cooper and Simon Shaw.
Fourth Official: Samuel Barrott.

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Craig Hicks has been the man in the middle for 13 matches involving Lincoln City:

12/04/14: Salisbury City 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 1 yellow card
16/08/14: Barnet 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
11/10/14: Lincoln City 2-0 AFC Telford United (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
14/11/15: Lincoln City 1-0 Tranmere Rovers (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
03/09/16: Torquay United 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
04/03/17: Aldershot Town 0-0 Lincoln City (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
19/08/17: Exeter City 1-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
11/11/17: Crewe Alexandra 1-4 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
23/03/19: Crawley Town 0-3 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
24/08/19: Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 5 yellow cards
15/12/20: Lincoln City 0-1 Shrewsbury Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
19/05/21: Lincoln City 2-0 Sunderland (League One Play-Off Semi-Final) – 3 yellow cards
25/09/21: Burton Albion 1-2 Lincoln City (League One) – 3 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 13 — Yellow Cards: 37 — Red Cards: 0

He received an average rating of 6.93 following the 2-1 win away at Burton Albion earlier this season. Some of the comments can be found below:

Woodis: “5.5. Below average. What was that drop ball all about in the first half? Bossie – should have had a second yellow for a pull back, the ref bottled it. Couple of times gave free kicks when advantage could have been played. Really poor decision to give a free kick against Lewis who was so incensed he got booked. Ran into one of our players on the edge of the box when we were defending, he made a significant difference to the play so should have been a drop ball. Luckily it came to nothing but he would have had problems if they scored from it.”

plumbob: “Thought he did alright, other than the obstruction that could have led to them scoring.

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PerthImp: “7/10: One or two downers (Bossie could have been sent off & thought the FK decision on Lewis was wrong) but overall was reasonably good.”

Craig Hicks: 2021/22 Stats:

07/08/21: Ipswich Town 2-2 Morecambe (League One) – 5 yellow cards
11/08/21: Leyton Orient 1-1 Queens Park Rangers (EFL Cup) – 2 yellow cards
17/08/21: Walsall 1-1 Scunthorpe United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
21/08/21: Charlton Athletic 0-2 Wigan Athletic (League One) – 4 yellow cards
11/09/21: Rotherham United 2-4 Fleetwood Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
14/09/21: Newport County 0-1 Northampton Town (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
25/09/21: Burton Albion 1-2 Lincoln City (League One) – 3 yellow cards
02/10/21: Colchester United 0-2 Salford City (League Two) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
05/10/21: Cheltenham Town 2-2 Exeter City (EFL Trophy) – no cards
09/10/21: Mansfield Town 0-0 Oldham Athletic (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
19/10/21: Oxford United 2-0 Shrewsbury Town (League One) – no cards
26/10/21: Gillingham 0-2 West Ham United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
30/10/21: Portsmouth 1-0 Bolton Wanderers (League One) – no cards
02/11/21: Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Sunderland (League One) – 2 yellow cards
23/11/21: AFC Wimbledon 3-2 Crewe Alexandra (League One) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card

TOTALS: Matches: 15 — Yellow Cards: 42 — Red Cards: 2

Craig Hicks was the man in the middle for 34 matches, showing 95 yellow cards and 4 red cards.

He was just a little card happy in the League One match between Burton Albion and Sunderland, which finished 3-0 to the visitors. He showed 8 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Hicks oversaw a total of 28 matches during the 2019/20 season, showing a total of 90 yellow cards and 4 red cards.

He showed 7 cards on two occasions: Peterborough United 3-0 Sunderland (5 yellow cards and 2 red cards) in League One and Cheltenham Town 2-1 Northampton Town (7 yellow cards, including former Imps Callum Morton and Scott Wharton) in League Two.

Hicks was in charge of 40 matches during the 2018/19 season when he showed a total of 114 yellow cards and 5 red cards.

He showed 7 cards on two occasions during the 2018/19 season, both of which were League One matches: Southend United 2-3 Doncaster Rovers (7 yellow cards, including one for current Imps player Tom Hopper) and Portsmouth 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers (7 yellow cards).

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.