Burton Albion (h): Match Officials

The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Burton Albion at Sincil Bank in League One on Saturday 14th October (15:00).

Referee: Rebecca Welch.
Assistants Referees: James Wilson and Robert Merchant.
Fourth Official: Jacob Miles.

QUIZ: How much can you remember last season’s match between Lincoln City and Burton Albion at Sincil Bank? Have a go at the quiz at the bottom of the page!

You can discuss this refereeing appointment here, or in the comments section at the bottom, as well as get involved with the pre-match discussion on the forum!

This will be the second time Rebecca Welch has refereed a match involving Lincoln City and the second time for a match involving Burton Albion.

Her first match involving The Imps was versus Peterborough United at London Road last season when the hosts won comfortably 4-0. In this match, Welch showed 3 yellow cards (Paudie O’Connor and Jordan Garrick for City).

In her first match involving tomorrow’s visitors Burton Albion, which was at The Valley, which Charlton Athletic won 2-0, she showed 6 yellow cards, all of which were to Brewers players: Thomas Hamer, Adedeji Oshilaja, Ciaran Gilligan, Conor Shaughnessy, Harrison Chapman and Oumar Niasse.

Rebecca Welch received an average rating of 7.6 following the 4-0 defeat away at Peterborough United last season. Some of the comments can be found below:

syimp: “She was fine. No fuss, no poor decisions either way. A refreshing change from Busby, 8.”

APHLCFC: “I thought she gave them free kicks for stuff she wasn’t giving to us in the first half. The second half was a non-event. She didn’t affect the outcome of the game. I’d give her 7.”

abebaby: “7/10. Like others, I thought she was inconsistent between the teams in the first half. Although the penalty decision was correct, I did think that Ward seemed to pull O’Connor back initially. I think she was fortunate that we were as poor as we were.”

Welch oversaw a total of 26 matches last season, including 3 in the Women’s World Cup. In those 26 matches, she showed 87 yellow cards (3.35) and no red cards. She showed 6 yellow cards on two occasions: Fleetwood Town 1-0 Milton Keynes Dons in League One and Portugal Women 0-0 USA Women at the Women’s World Cup.

So far this season, Welch has refereed 2 matches, showing 10 (5.00) yellow cards and no red cards. 6 of the yellow cards came in the League One encounter between Derby County and Portsmouth (1-1) at Pride Park, including a booking for former Imp Regan Poole.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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