Dude, Where’s Your Card? – Oxford United v Lincoln City

The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Oxford United and Lincoln City in League One.

Oxford United host Lincoln City on Thursday, December 26 for the match at the Kassam Stadium and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.

Referee: Will Finnie.
Assistants Refs: Joe Clark and David Hunt.
Fourth Official: Gareth Viccars.

This will be the first time Will Finnie has been the man in the middle for a match involving Lincoln City.

Finnie qualified as a match official in February 2009 and he quickly made it to Level Four by the age of 18 in 2013.

He was promoted to the National List of Referees ahead of the start of this season after just one season in the National League. During last season, he oversaw 22 matches, showing a total of 80 yellow cards and 9 red cards.

Will Finnie: 2019/20 Stats:

03/08/19: Scunthorpe United 0-2 Swindon Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
20/08/19: Cheltenham Town 2-0 Carlisle United (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
24/08/19: Grimsby Town 5-2 Port Vale (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
03/09/19: Coventry City 0-0 Walsall (EFL Trophy) – 4 yellow cards
07/09/19: Plymouth Argyle 2-2 Oldham Athletic (League Two) – 9 yellow cards
14/09/19: Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Colchester United (League Two) – 6 yellow cards
21/09/19: Crewe Alexandra 4-1 Salford City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
28/09/19: Stevenage 1-1 Cambridge United (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
05/10/19: Wycombe Wanderers 3-3 Peterborough United (League One) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
08/10/19: Oxford United 2-2 Portsmouth (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
19/10/19: Bradford City 2-1 Crawley Town (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
22/10/19: Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Gillingham (League One) – 7 yellow cards
02/11/19: Newport County 1-2 Salford City (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
10/11/19: Macclesfield Town 0-4 Kingstonian (FA Cup) – 2 yellow cards
13/11/19: Southend United 3-1 AFC Wimbledon (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
23/11/19: Peterborough United 1-0 Burton Albion (League One) – 3 yellow cards
01/12/19: Bristol Rovers 1-1 Plymouth Argyle (FA Cup) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
03/12/19: Portsmouth 2-1 Northampton Town (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
14/12/19: Crawley Town 0-0 Port Vale (League Two) – 2 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 19 | Yellow Cards: 74 | Red Cards: 2

Will Finnie was the man in the middle for a total of 22 matches during last season, all in the National League, showing a total of 80 yellow cards and 9 red cards.

He showed 9 cards on two occasions last season: Boreham Wood 1-0 Barnet (9 yellow cards) and Bromley 2-1 Leyton Orient (8 yellow cards and 1 red card).

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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