The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the game between Lincoln City and Doncaster Rovers in League One.
Lincoln City host Doncaster Rovers on Saturday, January 30 for the game at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.
Referee: Darren Bond.
Assistants Refs: George Byrne and Mark Jones.
Fourth Official: Akil Howson.
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Darren Bond was appointed to the English Football League Referee list in 2012 and more recently added to the Select Group 2 Referees list in 2016.
After serving a year as an assistant referee in the Premier League, Bond recently reached the 200 games milestone as Referee in the English Football League.
Darren Bond has been the man in the middle for 3 matches involving Lincoln City:
21/01/12: Gateshead 3-3 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards
07/04/12: Stockport County 4-0 Lincoln City (Conference) – 1 yellow card
28/08/19: Lincoln City 2-4 Everton (EFL Cup) – 7 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 3 — Yellow Cards: 11 — Red Cards: 2
He received an average rating of 7.68 following the 4-2 defeat at home against Everton last season. Some of the comments can be found below:
Chesterimp: “Could be argued both the FK for the first Everton goal and the penalty were soft, but justified. As things got spicier he managed things reasonable well, not least booking Pickford when he fetched up in our box.
8.”
Scotimp: “9: very good, got the big calls right. Possibly a bit card happy but fair to both teams. The game flowed pretty well, and that is how a good referee should be judged.”
hulloutpost: “8 – Sadly it was a penalty. I was directly in line with the incident and MOC stepped right across and took him out from the side. Can’t blame him for missing the sneaky rabbit punch on Shack in the mele. Basically kept the lid on a competitive game that could have got tasty which allowed it to play out nicely.”
Darren Bond: 2020/21 Stats:
12/09/20: Derby County 0-2 Reading (Championship) – 5 yellow cards
23/09/20: Chelsea 6-0 Barnsley (EFL Cup) – 1 yellow card
03/10/20: Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Cardiff City (Championship) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
17/10/20: Middlesbrough 0-0 Reading (Championship) – 5 yellow cards
21/10/20: Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Brentford (Championship) – 1 yellow card
28/10/20: Preston North End 0-2 Millwall (Championship) – 2 yellow cards
31/10/20: Stoke City 1-0 Rotherham United (Championship) – 3 yellow cards
21/11/20: AFC Bournemouth 4-2 Reading (Championship) – 4 yellow cards
24/11/20: Barnsley 0-1 Brentford (Championship) – 1 yellow card
02/12/20: Wycombe Wanderers 0-1 Stoke City (Championship) – 6 yellow cards
09/12/20: Norwich City 2-1 Nottingham Forest (Championship) – 5 yellow cards
12/12/20: Middlesbrough 3-0 Millwall (Championship) – 2 yellow cards
15/12/20: Ipswich Town 2-1 Burton Albion (League One) – 7 yellow cards
26/12/20: Derby County 0-1 Preston North End (Championship) – 1 yellow card and 1 red card
02/01/21: Swansea City 2-1 Watford (Championship) – 5 yellow cards
09/01/21: Luton Town 1-0 Reading (FA Cup) – 1 yellow card
20/01/21: Cardiff City 0-1 Queens Park Rangers (Championship) – 3 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 17 — Yellow Cards: 57 — Red Cards: 2
Darren Bond oversaw a total of 35 matches last season, most of which were in the Championship. In those matches, he showed a total of 116 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
He was just a little card happy in the Championship match between West Bromwich Albion and Barnsley (2-2) when he showed 11 yellow cards.
Bond was the man in the middle for 37 matches during the 2018/19 season. He showed a total of 114 yellow cards and 7 red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Barnsley and Charlton Athletic (2-1) in Sky Bet League One when he showed a total of 8 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Bond was in charge of 40 matches during the 2017/18 season when he showed a total of 135 yellow cards and 8 red cards.
He showed 8 cards on two occasions during the 2017/18 season: Middlesbrough 3-2 Queens Park Rangers in the Sky Bet Championship (8 yellow cards) and Accrington Stanley 2-1 Swindon Town in Sky Bet League One (7 yellow cards and 1 red card).
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
Doncaster Rovers (h):
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— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln) January 29, 2021
