The Football League has now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the match between Forest Green Rovers and Lincoln City in Sky Bet League Two.
Forest Green Rovers host Lincoln City on Saturday, March 2 for the match at The New Lawn and the match carries a 3.00pm kickoff.
Referee: Andy Davies.
Assistants Refs: Geoffrey Russell and Daniel Leach.
Fourth Official: Andrew Fox.
From efl.com “A former player with a number of clubs at youth level, Davies capitalised on this experience to make a rapid rise through the refereeing ranks. He was appointed to the EFL Referees List in 2012/13 and since then has refereed over 100 EFL matches.”
Andy Davies: 2018/19 Stats:
04/08/18: Ipswich Town 2-2 Blackburn Rovers (Championship) – 5 yellow cards
11/08/18: Stoke City 1-1 Brentford (Championship) – 2 yellow cards
14/08/18: Cambridge United 1-4 Newport County (EFL Cup) – 1 yellow card
21/08/18: Swansea City 2-2 Leeds United (Championship) – 4 yellow cards
25/08/18: Forest Green Rovers 1-1 Swindon Town (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
29/08/18: Reading 0-2 Watford (EFL Cup) – 2 yellow cards
01/09/18: Preston North End 2-2 Bolton Wanderers (Championship) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
18/09/18: Aston Villa 2-0 Rotherham United (Championship) – 4 yellow cards
29/09/18: Millwall 2-3 Sheffield United (Championship) – 5 yellow cards
02/10/18: Reading 0-1 Queens Park Rangers (Championship) – 3 yellow cards
07/10/18: Bristol City 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday (Championship) – 6 yellow cards
24/10/18: Bolton Wanderers 0-3 Nottingham Forest (Championship) – 3 yellow cards
27/10/18: AFC Wimbledon 0-2 Luton Town (League One) – 1 yellow card
04/11/18: Wigan Athletic 1-2 Leeds United (Championship) – 4 yellow cards
24/11/18: Stoke City 2-2 Queens Park Rangers (Championship) – 5 yellow cards
27/11/18: Newport County 3-1 Northampton Town (League Two) – no cards shown
01/12/18: Middlesbrough 0-3 Aston Villa (Championship) – 1 yellow card
15/12/18: Hull City 2-0 Brentford (Championship) – 1 yellow card
26/12/18: Millwall 1-0 Reading (Championship) – 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards
29/12/18: West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday (Championship) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
01/01/19: Crawley Town 2-0 Colchester United (League Two) – 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards
06/01/19: Preston North End 1-3 Doncaster Rovers (FA Cup) – 5 yellow cards
11/01/19: Leeds United 2-0 Derby County (Championship) – 5 yellow cards
26/01/19: Nottingham Forest 3-1 Wigan Athletic (Championship) – 6 yellow cards
02/02/19: Brentford 5-2 Blackburn Rovers (Championship) – 2 yellow cards
09/02/19: Luton Town 3-0 Wycombe Wanderers (League One) – 3 yellow cards
12/02/19: Birmingham City 0-1 Bolton Wanderers (Championship) – 3 yellow cards
26/02/19: Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Leeds United (Championship) – 5 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 28 | Yellow Cards: 95 | Red Cards: 6
Andy Davies was the man in the middle for 31 matches during the 2017/18 season. In those matches, he showed a total of 104 yellow cards and 6 red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Brentford and Derby County in the Championship, which finished 1-1. He showed a total of 8 yellow cards.
Match Day referee Davies took in 38 matches in 2016/17, showing 136 yellows cards and 4 red cards.
He handed out 8 cards on two occasions during the 16/17 season, both in the Championship: Ipswich Town 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion (7 yellow cards and 1 red card) and Cardiff City 1-0 Aston Villa (8 yellow cards).
Davies took in 36 matches during the 2015/16 season and in those matches, he handed out a total of 127 yellow cards and 5 red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Charlton Athletic and Leeds United in the Championship, which finished 0-0. He showed a total of 8 yellow cards.
Sources: The Football League & Soccer Base.
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