The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Charlton Athletic in League One.
Lincoln City host Charlton Athletic on Saturday, October 8 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 15:00 kick-off.
Referee: Robert Lewis.
Assistants Referees: Richard Woodward and Bradley Hall.
Fourth Official: Abbas Khan.
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!
Charlton Athletic (h - 08/10/22): Will The Imps Win, Lose or Draw?
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Robert Lewis has been the made in the middle for eight matches involving Lincoln City:
4/2/06: Stockport County 2-3 Lincoln City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
1/1/07: Macclesfield Town 2-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 8 yellow cards
19/2/11: Lincoln City 0-2 Chesterfield (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
2/4/18: Carlisle United 0-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
14/08/18: Port Vale 0-4 Lincoln City (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
01/10/19: Lincoln City 0-1 Manchester United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
19/12/20: Northampton Town 0-4 Lincoln City (League One) – 4 yellow cards
20/11/21: Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Lincoln City (League One) – 3 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 8 — Yellow Cards: 41 — Red Cards: 1
Robert Lewis received an average rating of 6 following the 0-0 draw away at Doncaster Rovers last season. Some of the comments can be found below:
hulloutpost: “He should have booked at least one more of their players but didn’t get any decisions obviously wrong. 7.5.”
plumbob: “Did alright, none of the screams for penalties were remotely close to being one! However, he did irk me late on. With less than 10 to go and a bit of football actually being played, he decided to stop the game to have a long chat with 2 players for little apparent reason.
7/10.”
sedgleyimp: “I’m going for a 7. Neither of our penalty appeals were justified and he didn’t fall for either. No issues with any decision made in all honesty.”
Robert Lewis 2022/23 Stats:
30/07/22: Bristol Rovers 1-2 Forest Green Rovers (League One) – 5 yellow cards
06/08/22: Fleetwood Town 2-1 Plymouth Argyle (League One) – 5 yellow cards
09/08/22: Accrington Stanley 2-2 Tranmere Rovers (EFL Cup) – 1 yellow card
16/08/22: Swindon Town 1-1 Leyton Orient (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
20/08/22: Exeter City 0-1 Cheltenham Town (League One) – 4 yellow cards
30/08/22: Peterborough United 1-2 Stevenage (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
13/09/22: Burton Albion 0-2 Portsmouth (League One) – 3 yellow cards
24/09/22: Sutton United 1-2 Salford City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
04/10/22: Ipswich Town 3-0 Cambridge United (League One) – 1 yellow card
TOTALS: Matches: 9 | Yellow Cards: 30 | Red Cards: 1
Robert Lewis was the man in the middle for a total of 31 matches last season, showing 98 yellow cards and 3 yellow cards.
He was just a little card happy in the League One encounter between Wycombe Wanderers and Milton Keynes Dons (0-1) when he showed 8 yellow cards, including a booking for former Imps loanee Conor Coventry.
Lewis oversaw 30 matches’ during the 2020/21 season. In those matches, he showed 82 yellow cards and 4 red cards.
He brandished the yellow card on 7 occasions during the 1-1 draw between Gillingham and Charlton Athletic in League One.
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
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— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln) October 7, 2022
