Cheltenham Town (h): Today’s Match Officials

Lincoln City host Cheltenham Town on Monday, April 18 at Sincil Bank, and the match carries a 15:00 kick-off.

Referee: Simon Mather.
Assistants Refs: Geoffrey Russell and Stephen Wade.
Fourth Official: Wayne Grunnill.

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Today will be the first time that Simon Mather has been the man in the middle for a match involving Lincoln City. The first Football League match he oversaw was in League Two, between Harrogate Town and Colchester United (3-0) last season. He showed two yellow cards.

Simon Mather: 2021/22 Stats:

07/08/21: Northampton Town 1-0 Port Vale (League Two) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
14/08/21: Walsall 1-3 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
28/08/21: Leyton Orient 2-0 Bradford City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
10/09/21: Barrow 2-3 Colchester United (League Two) – 8 yellow cards and 2 red cards
14/09/21: Tranmere Rovers 4-1 Leeds United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 4 yellow cards
25/09/21: Sutton United 4-0 Carlisle United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
05/10/21: Hartlepool United 2-2 Morecambe (EFL Trophy) – 5 yellow cards
16/10/21: Swindon Town 2-2 Rochdale (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
19/10/21: Fleetwood Town 0-1 Burton Albion (League One) – 2 yellow cards
23/10/21: Shrewsbury Town 4-1 Cambridge United (League One) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
02/11/21: Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Doncaster Rovers (League One) – 5 yellow cards
06/11/21: Milton Keynes Dons 2-2 Stevenage (FA Cup) – 2 yellow cards
09/11/21: Sunderland 1-1 Bradford City (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
23/11/21: Port Vale 0-1 Walsall (League Two) – 7 yellow cards and 1 red card
27/11/21: Forest Green Rovers 2-0 Bristol Rovers (League Two) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
04/12/21: Portsmouth 1-2 Harrogate Town (FA Cup) – 7 yellow cards
07/12/21: Accrington Stanley 0-2 AFC Wimbledon (League One) – 2 yellow cards
26/12/21: Mansfield Town 3-2 Hartlepool United (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
22/01/22: Crawley Town 0-1 Tranmere Rovers (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
01/02/22: Salford City 2-1 Carlisle United (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
08/02/22: Tranmere Rovers 3-0 Swindon Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
12/02/22: AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Sunderland (League One) – 12 yellow cards and 1 red card
22/02/22: Rotherham United 2-0 Morecambe (League One) – 2 yellow cards
26/02/22: Sutton United 4-1 Scunthorpe United (League Two) – 1 yellow card
12/03/22: Accrington Stanley 2-1 Charlton Athletic (League One) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
26/03/22: Leyton Orient 2-0 Barrow (League Two) – 7 yellow cards
02/04/22: Harrogate Town 1-2 Colchester United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
09/04/22: Gillingham 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers (League One) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
15/04/22: Newport County 1-2 Crawley Town (League Two) – 1 yellow card

TOTALS: Matches: 29 — Yellow Cards: 122 — Red Cards: 10

Simon Mather was the man in the middle for a total of 23 matches last season. In those matches, he showed 65 yellow cards and 7 red cards.

He showed 7 cards on two occasions, both of which were in the Conference: Barnet 0-2 Chesterfield (6 yellow cards and 1 red card, including a booking for former Imp Adi Yussuf) and Solihull Moors 1-0 Aldershot Town (5 yellow cards and 2 red cards).

Mather oversaw 16 matches during the 2019/20 season, showing a total of 61 yellow cards and 5 red cards.

He was just a little card happy in the Conference encounter between AFC Fylde and Barrow, showing 8 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.