The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the game between Doncaster Rovers and Lincoln City in Sky Bet League One.
Doncaster Rovers host Lincoln City on Saturday, August 24 for the game at the Keepmoat Stadium and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.
Referee: Craig Hicks.
Assistants Refs: Gareth Mellor and Barry Gordon.
Fourth Official: Joseph Johnson.
Craig Hicks has been the man in the middle for 9 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
TOTALS: Matches: 9 | Yellow Cards: 24 | Red Cards: 0
He received an average rating of 7.21 following the 3-0 win away at Crawley Town in League Two last season. Some of the comments can be found below:
PerthImp: “7/10. Surprisingly, Thommo didn’t rate him but I actually thought he had a good game. He tried to let things flow most of the time, missed a couple of things but overall got the important stuff right.”
impsimps: “One of the better ones, did not want to get his cards out, Harry got taken out two or three times but nothing given apart from free kicks, he did well in my opinion overall. Not fooled by Andrade falling over either. His lino far side to us seemed ‘safe’ as well. 7.5 /10.”
berksimps: “Tried to make it an open game. Noticeably less acting than earlier in the season and no time out, which made it easier for him. Good display.
8/10.”
Craig Hicks: 2019/20 Stats:
03/08/19: Coventry City 1-0 Southend United (League One) – 2 yellow cards
13/08/19: AFC Wimbledon 2-2 Milton Keynes (EFL Cup) – 1 yellow card
20/08/19: Swindon Town 0-1 Northampton Town (League Two) 4 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 3 | Yellow Cards: 7 | Red Cards: 0
Matchday referee Hicks was in charge of 40 matches last 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) and Portsmouth 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers (7 yellow cards).
Hicks was the man in the middle for 38 matches during the 2017/18 season. He showed a total of 124 yellow cards and 6 red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Chesterfield and Accrington Stanley (1-2) in Sky Bet League Two. He gave a total of 9 yellow cards and 1 red card in this match.
During the 2016/17 season, Hicks took in a total of 27 matches, showing 70 yellow cards and 6 red cards.
His highest card count that year was 7 yellow cards and one red card in the game between Bromley and Solihull Moors.
Sources: EFL & Soccer Base.
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