The Football Association has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Bowers & Pitsea in the First Round of The FA Cup.
Lincoln City host Bowers & Pitsea on Saturday, 6 November for the match at Sincil Bank, and the match carries a 15:00 kick-off.
Referee: Marc Edwards.
Assistants Refs: Darren Wilding and Geoffrey Russell.
Fourth Official: Robert Massey-Ellis.
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Marc Edwards has been the man in the middle for 3 matches involving Lincoln City:
12/10/19: Peterborough United 2-0 Lincoln City (League One) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
27/09/20: Lincoln City 2-0 Charlton Athletic (League One) – 7 yellow cards
10/04/21: Lincoln City 2-2 Blackpool (League One) – 4 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 3 — Yellow Cards: 16 — Red Cards: 1
He received an average rating of 4.14 following the 2-2 draw at home against Blackpool last season. Some of the comments can be found below:
Woodis: “ 3. Wildly inconsistent. Seemed a Lincoln foul was a yellow but the same thing by Blackpool went unpunished. Foul on McGrandles for the first goal, and one on Morton for the second. Gave Morton nothing all game even went taken out off the ball. A poor performance from a referee who did much better earlier in the season.”
Scotimp: “ Mr Edwards gave a lot of soft fouls, a couple of soft yellow cards, and was easily conned by any player tumbling to the pitch with a yelp. I find it hard to believe he booked four of our players in what was essentially a clean game; on that basis, he needed to apply the same rules to both sides, and he did not. He also appeared unsure over which team should be given a throw-in on various occasions.
In other words, a pretty bog-standard performance by a referee. 4.5.”
PerthImp: “ 4 – very inconsistent – protected Blackpool but punished our guys, especially Morton. (As for the long Blackpool throw in the last few minutes (prior to TJ’s ‘handball’), the Lino failed to spot that the guy taking the throw-in had both feet a foot over the line as he released the ball, yet wasn’t penalised.)”
Marc Edwards: 2021/22 Stats:
21/08/21: Rotherham United 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday (League One) – 5 yellow cards
24/08/21: Stoke City 2-0 Doncaster Rovers (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
31/08/21: Wigan Athletic 0-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
04/09/21: Port Vale 2-3 Rochdale (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
11/09/21: Milton Keynes Dons 1-0 Portsmouth (League One) – 3 yellow cards
25/09/21: Morecambe 3-3 Accrington Stanley (League One) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
02/10/21: Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Shrewsbury Town (League One) – 2 yellow cards
16/10/21: Fleetwood Town 3-0 Crewe Alexandra (League One) – 6 yellow cards
23/10/21: Morecambe 1-1 Plymouth Argyle (League One) – 3 yellow cards
30/10/21: Bradford City 1-1 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 6 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 10 — Yellow Cards: 35 — Red Cards: 1
Marc Edwards was the man in the middle for 32 matches. In those matches, he showed 100 yellow cards and 1 red card.
He was most card happy in The Imps match at home against Charlton Athletic (2-0), when he showed 7 yellow cards, including bookings for TJ Eyoma, Conor McGrandles, and Brennan Johnson.
Edwards oversaw 25 matches during the 2019/20 season, showing 62 yellow cards and 1 red card.
His cards came out of his pocket on 6 occasions during The Imps match away at Peterborough United (2-0) in League One, when he showed 5 yellow cards and 1 red card, including bookings for Jason Shackell, Michael O’Connor, and Tom Pett.
Edwards took in 22 matches during the 2018/19 season, showing a total of 72 yellow cards and 1 red card.
He showed 7 yellow cards on two occasions, both in the Conference: Barrow 0-1 Dagenham & Redbridge and Maidstone United 0-1 Bromley.
Sources: The Football Association & Soccer Base.
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— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln) November 4, 2021
