The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Bristol Rovers in League One.
Lincoln City host Bristol Rovers on Saturday, February 11 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 15:00 kick-off.
Referee: Tom Reeves (article discussion link).
Assistants Referees: Paul Newhouse and Conor Farrell.
Fourth Official: Steven Rushton.
Pre-Match Threads: You can post your score predictions, discuss the starting XI, and predict the attendance!
NEW QUIZ: Bristol Rovers (h): Last Time At Sincil Bank: We have also published a quiz about the last time the two sides met at Sincil Bank, which can be found HERE, or at the bottom of the page!
Tom Reeves has been the man in the middle for 1 match involving The Imps:
He received an average rating of 4.00 following the 2-0 defeat away at Ipswich Town last season. Some of the comments can be found below:
berksimps: “Complete homer first half when it mattered. The second half was like a practice game for him. Not responsible for us losing to a better team though. 5”
Chesterimp: “Annoyingly home-biased, though he at least ignored some stupid penalty appeals.
Not great, National League standard at best on that performance but nothing match-changing, 5.”
hulloutpost: “Before the game I noted his inexperience and this was the biggest crowd he would have ‘ref’d’ in front of by some margin. I feared he may be a homer and so it proved. Only wanted to book our players and gave them the 50/50s throughout.
When Scully had his achilles/ankle raked from behind right under his nose and he didn’t even give the foul that summed his performance up. 3”
Tom Reeves: 2022/23 Stats:
Tom Reeves was the man in the middle for a total of 34 matches last season, showing 121 yellow cards and 7 red cards.
He showed 7 cards on two occasions: Bradford City 1-1 Barrow in League Two (7 yellow cards, including a booking for former Imps loanee Robbie Gotts) and Cambridge United 2-2 Cheltenham Town in League One (6 yellow cards and 1 red card, including a booking for former Imps player Sean Long).
Reeves oversaw 16 matches during the 2020/21 season. In those matches, he showed 53 yellow cards and 3 red cards.
He showed 6 yellow cards and 1 red card in the Conference match between Torquay United and Boreham Wood, which finished 1-1, including a booking for former Imp Matt Rhead.
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
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— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln) February 8, 2023
