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Bradford City (a): Recently Promoted Referee Appointed

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The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Bradford City and Lincoln City in the EFL Trophy.

Bradford City host Lincoln City on Tuesday, August 31 for the match at Valley Parade, and the match carries a 19:00 kick-off.

Referee: Andrew Kitchen.
Assistants Refs: Peter Gooch and Declan Ford.
Fourth Official: Lucy May.

You can discuss this refereeing appointment HERE, as well as getting involved with our Bradford City v Lincoln City Match Thread!

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This will be the first time that Andrew Kitchen has been the man in the middle for a match involving Lincoln City, having only been promoted to the National List of Referees ahead of the current season.

His first match in the Football League was on Saturday 7th August in League Two, when Salford City hosted Leyton Orient (1-1). He showed two yellow cards.

Andrew Kitchen: 2021/22 Stats:

07/08/21: Salford City 1-1 Leyton Orient (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
17/08/21: Barrow 0-0 Exeter City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
28/08/21: Walsall 1-0 Stevenage (League Two) – 2 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 3 –– Yellow Cards: 9 –– Red Cards: 0

Andrew Kitchen was the man in the middle for a total of 13 matches last season, showing 27 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Hartlepool United and Eastleigh (0-0) when he showed 7 yellow cards and 1 red card.

During the 2019/20 season, Kitchen oversaw 12 matches. In those matches, he showed 32 yellow cards and no red cards.

He showed 6 yellow cards on two occasions: Barnet 2-2 Torquay United and Stockport County 1-2 Aldershot Town

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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