The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Bristol Rovers and Lincoln City in League One.
Bristol Rovers host Lincoln City on Saturday, September 17 for the match at the Memorial Stadium and the match carries a 15:00 kick-off.
Referee: Tom Nield.
Assistants Referees: Christopher Husband and Christopher Wade.
Fourth Official: Kevin Howick.
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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Tom Nield has been the man in the middle for 13 matches involving Lincoln City:
10/10/15: Chester 2-3 Lincoln City (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
16/01/16: Lincoln City 0-1 Forest Green Rovers (Conference) – 7 yellow cards and 1 red card
16/04/16: Southport 2-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – no cards shown
13/09/16: Lincoln City 0-0 Solihull Moors (Conference) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
22/10/16: Lincoln City 0-0 Eastleigh (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
22/04/17: Lincoln City 2-1 Macclesfield Town (Conference) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
02/09/17: Lincoln City 0-0 Luton Town (League Two) – 1 yellow card
07/11/17: Lincoln City 2-1 Notts County (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
20/01/18: Barnet 1-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
30/03/18: Lincoln City 3-2 Exeter City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
22/10/19: Portsmouth 1-0 Lincoln City (League One) – 2 yellow cards
22/02/20: Lincoln City 0-0 Gillingham (League One) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
11/12/21: Cheltenham Town 2-2 Lincoln City (League One) – 7 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 13 — Yellow Cards: 44 — Red Cards: 4
He received an average rating of 5.4 following the 2-2 draw away at Cheltenham Town last season. Some of the comments can be found below:
PerthImp: “5 – came close to losing control in the second half. Could have been more decisive with cards – there were two or three missed opportunities (unfortunately including Bridcutt).”
PWould: “6.
I thought he was pretty good. My only quibble, was it should have been 6 Cheltenham bookings. How did the Cheltenham player get away with the wrestle to Bishops face in the first half.
Brids certainly walks a fine line with referees. He’s always in their face.”
Chimpimp: “Tom Nield is another for who you are always only a second away from a bizarre or wrong decision.
The players and management of both sides were exasperated by some of his decisions.
Slightly better than Declan Bourne but that’s about it.
How pulling back Bishop round the neck from behind was not considered a yellow card is bizarre. But then that’s Mr Neild.
4/10.”
Tom Nield: 2022/23 Stats:
30/07/22: Cheltenham Town 2-3 Peterborough United (League One) – 4 yellow cards
09/08/22: Northampton Town 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers (EFL Cup) – 1 yellow card
13/08/22: Harrogate Town 0-0 Crawley Town (League Two) – no cards
16/08/22: Milton Keynes Dons 2-1 Port Vale (League One) – 2 yellow cards
20/08/22: Newport County 2-1 Tranmere Rovers (League Two) – 1 yellow card
30/08/22: Oxford United 5-0 Leyton Orient (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
03/09/22: Crewe Alexandra 1-2 Stevenage (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 7 — Yellow Cards: 14 — Red Cards: 0
Tom Nield was the man in the middle for 28 matches last season. In those matches, he showed 112 yellow cards and 3 red cards.
He was just a little card happy in the League Two encounter between Mansfield Town and Barrow (0-1) when he showed 9 yellow cards and 1 red card, including bookings for former Imps loanees George Maris (Mansfield Town) and Robbie Gotts (Barrow).
Nield oversaw 32 matches during the 2020/21 season, showing 109 yellow cards and 3 red cards.
He showed 7 yellow cards on three occasions: Mansfield Town 0-3 Manchester City U21s (EFL Trophy), Leyton Orient 2-1 Newport County (League Two), including bookings for former Imps Lee Angol and Aaron Lewis, and also in the fixture between Milton Keynes Dons and Sunderland in League One, which finished 2-2.
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
