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AFC Wimbledon (a): Who Will We Be Shouting At This Week?

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

AFC Wimbledon host Lincoln City on Saturday, January 2 for the match at Plough Lane and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.

Referee: Lee Swabey.
Assistants Refs: Paul Lister and Paul Yates.
Fourth Official: Michael Webb.

You can discuss this refereeing appointment HERE, as well as many other topics on our 100% Imps forum! We have also published a Lincoln City v AFC Wimbledon Quiz, which can be found just below. Every page view helps raise money for Lincoln City Football Club!

Have a go at our Lincoln City v AFC Wimbledon Quiz below:

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Where did the newly formed AFC Wimbledon hold their initial player trials in June 2002?

Lee Swabey has been the man in the middle for 8 matches involving Lincoln City:

18/8/12: Newport County 2-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
26/3/13: Braintree Town 0-3 Lincoln City (Conference) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
31/8/13: Dartford 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
7/2/15: Bristol Rovers 2-0 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
12/9/17: Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 4 yellow cards.
04/08/18: Northampton Town 0-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
10/08/19: Rotherham United 0-2 Lincoln City (League One) – 6 yellow cards
25/01/20: Ipswich Town 1-0 Lincoln City (League One) – 5 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 8 Yellow Cards: 27 Red Cards: 1

He received an average rating of 3.50 following the 1-0 defeat away at Ipswich Town in January 2020. Some of the comments can be found below:

Norfolk Imp: “Not great, a bit of a homer to be honest, nowhere near the key decision re: the handball first half, but had no help from the linesman either 4/10.”

PerthImp: “4/10 – inconsistent and a homer. How many times were the Imps fouled and nothing given whereas anyone in a blue shirt got a free-kick even when the wind blew them over (ok, slight exaggeration, but…)”

Snats: “I thought he was terrible. Bought everything that was sold to him and didn’t even try to stamp down on time-wasting. I also thought it was a handball first half and the Ipswich player could easily have been sent off if it was. Don’t think the home fans were particularly enamoured with him either. 2.”

Lee Swabey: 2020/21 Stats:

05/09/20: Oxford United 1-1 AFC Wimbledon (EFL Cup) – 1 yellow card
12/09/20: Walsall 1-0 Grimsby Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
15/09/20: Newport County 1-0 Cambridge United (EFL Cup) – 1 yellow card
26/09/20: Gillingham 2-0 Blackpool (League One) – 3 yellow cards
30/09/20: Charlton Athletic 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion U21s (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
10/10/20: Portsmouth 2-1 Milton Keynes Dons (League One) – 3 yellow cards
20/10/20: Stevenage 0-1 Newport County (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
24/10/20: Cambridge United 1-1 Bolton Wanderers (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
03/11/20: Bristol Rovers 0-2 Peterborough United (League One) – 3 yellow cards
10/11/20: Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Swindon Town (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
14/11/20: Oldham Athletic 0-2 Scunthorpe United (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
24/11/20: Ipswich Town 0-3 Hull City (League One) – 1 yellow card
29/11/20: Mansfield Town 2-1 Dagenham & Redbridge (FA Cup) – 1 yellow card
05/12/20: Colchester United 2-1 Grimsby Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
15/12/20: Exeter City 1-2 Harrogate Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 15 Yellow Cards: 32 Red Cards: 0

Lee Swabey oversaw a total of 27 matches last season, showing 88 yellow cards and 5 red cards.

He was just a little card happy in the League One encounter between Oxford United and Wycombe Wanderers (1-0), when he showed 8 yellow cards and 1 red card, including a booking for former Imps loanee Rob Dickie.

Swabey was the man in the middle for 30 matches during the 2018/19 season, showing a total of 110 yellow cards and 8 red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Wycombe Wanderers and Sunderland in League One (1-1) when he showed 6 yellow cards and 3 red cards.

Matchday referee Swabey took in 18 matches during the 2017/18 season, showing a total of 57 yellow cards and one red card.

During the 2017/18 season, he was most card happy in the match between Charlton Athletic and Oldham Athletic (1-0), when he showed a total of 6 yellow cards.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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