Burton Albion (a): Who Will We Be Shouting At This Week?

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

Burton Albion host Lincoln City on Saturday, September 25 for the match at the Pirelli Stadium, and the match carries a 15:00 kick-off.

Referee: Craig Hicks.
Assistants Refs: Ian Smedley and Danny Gratton.
Fourth Official: Hristo Karaivanov.

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Craig Hicks has been the man in the middle for 12 matches involving Lincoln City:

12/04/14: Salisbury City 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 1 yellow card
16/08/14: Barnet 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
11/10/14: Lincoln City 2-0 AFC Telford United (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
14/11/15: Lincoln City 1-0 Tranmere Rovers (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
03/09/16: Torquay United 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
04/03/17: Aldershot Town 0-0 Lincoln City (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
19/08/17: Exeter City 1-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
11/11/17: Crewe Alexandra 1-4 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
23/03/19: Crawley Town 0-3 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
24/08/19: Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 5 yellow cards
15/12/20: Lincoln City 0-1 Shrewsbury Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
19/05/21: Lincoln City 2-0 Sunderland (League One Play-Off Semi-Final) – 3 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 12 — Yellow Cards: 34 — Red Cards: 0

He received an average rating of 7.558 following the 2-0 win at home against Sunderland in the League One Play-Off Semi-Final 1st leg last season. Some of the comments can be found below:

Chesterimp: “5.

No game-changing errors but too many mistakes and inconsistencies for me to mark higher. From Scully’s saved shot being a goal kick, to over tolerance of O’Nien, and several points in between.”

Rasenimp: “7, did pretty well. I thought him and his assistants seemed like they got a few throw-ins/goal kicks wrong and a couple of times he could have let the play flow or not give the foul when either side still had the ball in a decent place.

Having said that, he was probably right to avoid a couple of bookings for both sides (even when I was screaming for O’Nien to be booked earlier than he was, for example).”

berksimps: “Thought he let things flow when he could and was happy with reasonably hard tackling and contact. Although in the later stages Hopper should have had a penalty when he was wrestled to the ground. 8/10.”

Craig Hicks: 2020/21 Stats:

07/08/21: Ipswich Town 2-2 Morecambe (League One) – 5 yellow cards
11/08/21: Leyton Orient 1-1 Queens Park Rangers (EFL Cup) – 2 yellow cards
17/08/21: Walsall 1-1 Scunthorpe United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
21/08/21: Charlton Athletic 0-2 Wigan Athletic (League One) – 4 yellow cards
11/09/21: Rotherham United 2-4 Fleetwood Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
14/09/21: Newport County 0-1 Northampton Town (League Two) – 4 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 6 — Yellow Cards: 21 — Red Cards: 0

Craig Hicks was the man in the middle for 34 matches, showing 95 yellow cards and 4 red cards.

He was just a little card happy in the League One match between Burton Albion and Sunderland, which finished 3-0 to the visitors. He showed 8 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Hicks oversaw a total of 28 matches during the 2019/20 season, showing a total of 90 yellow cards and 4 red cards.

He showed 7 cards on two occasions: Peterborough United 3-0 Sunderland (5 yellow cards and 2 red cards) in League One and Cheltenham Town 2-1 Northampton Town (7 yellow cards, including former Imps Callum Morton and Scott Wharton) in League Two.

Hicks was in charge of 40 matches during the 2018/19 season when he showed a total of 114 yellow cards and 5 red cards.

He showed 7 cards on two occasions during the 2018/19 season, both of which were League One matches: Southend United 2-3 Doncaster Rovers (7 yellow cards, including one for current Imps player Tom Hopper) and Portsmouth 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers (7 yellow cards).

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln) September 23, 2021