The Football Association has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Forest Green Rovers in the First Round of The FA Cup.
Lincoln City host Forest Green Rovers on Saturday, November 7 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.
Referee: Samuel Barrott.
Assistants Refs: Wayne Grunnill and Conor Brown.
Fourth Official: Daniel Middleton.
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This will be the first time Samuel Barrott has been the man in the middle for a match involving Lincoln City, though he has been to Sincil Bank as the fourth official in the past.
Barrott was one of several officials that were promoted to the Football League during the summer.
His Football League debut came in September when he refereed the EFL Trophy match between Morecambe and Rochdale (1-2).
Have a go at our Lincoln City v Forest Green Rovers Quiz below:
Samuel Barrott: 2020/21 Stats:
08/09/20: Morecambe 1-2 Rochdale (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
12/09/20: Salford City 2-2 Exeter City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
26/09/20: Barrow 1-1 Colchester United (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
06/10/20: Wigan Athletic 1-3 Port Vale (EFL Trophy) – no cards
10/10/20: Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Grimsby Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
20/10/20: Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Leyton Orient (League Two) – no cards
24/10/20: Burton Albion 1-1 AFC Wimbledon (League One) – 2 yellow cards
03/11/20: Walsall 1-0 Crawley Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 8 — Yellow Cards: 15 — Red Cards: 0
Samuel Barrott was the man in the middle for 17 matches’ last season. In those matches, he showed 44 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
He showed 5 yellow cards on three occasions, all of which were National League matches: Chesterfield 1-2 Woking, Notts County 1-1 Woking and Sutton United 2-2 Barrow.
Sources: The Football Association & Soccer Base.
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