Gillingham (h): Match Officials

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

Lincoln City host Gillingham on Saturday 26th, February for the match at Sincil Bank, and the match carries a 15:00 kick-off.

Referee: Ross Joyce.
Assistants Refs: Stephen Wade and Richard Woodward.
Fourth Official: Lee Freeman.

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Ross Joyce has been the man in the middle for 18 matches involving Lincoln City:

24/09/11: Lincoln City 1-1 Forest Green Rovers (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
26/12/11: Lincoln City 1-2 Grimsby Town (Conference) – 4 yellow cards
24/03/12: Lincoln City 2-0 Newport County (Conference) – 7 yellow cards
25/08/12: Lincoln City 2-3 Macclesfield Town (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
06/10/12: Lincoln City 1-2 Luton Town (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
08/01/13: Southport 4-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
09/02/13: Lincoln City 2-1 Dartford (Conference) – 9 yellow cards and 1 red card
30/03/13: Alfreton Town 0-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
04/01/14: Lincoln City 0-0 Luton Town (Conference) – 4 yellow cards
08/02/14: Alfreton Town 1-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
25/08/14: Halifax 3-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
09/12/14: Lincoln City 3-1 Nuneaton Town (Conference) – 1 red card
18/11/17: Lincoln City 1-2 Coventry City (League Two) – 6 yellow cards
13/01/18: Lincoln City 2-2 Notts County (League Two) – 7 yellow cards
04/09/18: Lincoln City 1-2 Mansfield Town (EFL Trophy) – 8 yellow cards and 1 red card
17/09/19: Rochdale 1-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 3 yellow cards
16/03/21: Lincoln City 0-3 Gillingham (League One) – 5 yellow cards
23/11/21: Lincoln City 0-3 Portsmouth (League One) – 4 yellows cards

TOTALS: Games: 18 — Yellow Cards: 84 — Red Cards: 5

He received an average rating of 5.5 following the 3-0 defeat at home against Portsmouth this season. Some of the comments can be found below:

sedgleyimp: “I’m going for a 4 based solely on that absolute joke of a decision not to play advantage when Bishop was lining up a shot when the score was 0-0. What might have been.

Otherwise pretty par but loses 2 whole points for that one decision for me.”

Chesterimp: “3. An experienced ref but seemed not to understand the rhythm of the game nor really allow it to flow and looked in danger of losing control at one point. Sedge has highlighted one big mistake, the FK for the 3rd was soft.”

berksimps: “Ok he made the mistake already highlighted but he also played some good advantages for both sides. Thought he let the game flow and wasn’t fooled by any histrionics. A decent 7.”

Ross Joyce: 2021/22 Stats:

10/08/21: Mansfield Town 0-3 Preston North End (EFL Cup) – 1 yellow card
14/08/21: Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Doncaster Rovers (League One) – 3 yellow cards
21/08/21: Scunthorpe United 1-1 Sutton United (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
24/08/21: Northampton Town 0-1 AFC Wimbledon (EFL Cup) – 4 yellow cards
28/08/21: Barrow 1-1 Bristol Rovers (League Two) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
18/09/21: Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Burton Albion (League One) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
28/09/21: Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers (League One) – 7 yellow cards
13/10/21: Sunderland 2-1 Manchester United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
19/10/21: Oldham Athletic 1-3 Walsall (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
23/10/21: Swindon Town 1-3 Bradford City (League Two) – 6 yellow cards
02/11/21: Fleetwood Town 2-3 Wigan Athletic (League One) – 5 yellow cards
07/11/21: Rochdale 1-1 Notts County (FA Cup) – 3 yellow cards
09/11/21: Morecambe 0-2 Carlisle United (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
23/11/21: Lincoln City 0-3 Portsmouth (League One) – 4 yellows cards
27/11/21: Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Cheltenham Town (League One) – 2 yellow cards
01/12/21: Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Doncaster Rovers (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
05/12/21: Salford City 0-2 Chesterfield (FA Cup) – 1 yellow card
07/12/21: Rotherham United 5-1 Gillingham (League One) – 1 yellow card and 1 red card
04/01/22: Oldham Athletic 0-6 Wigan Athletic (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
08/01/22: Barnsley 5-4 Barrow (FA Cup) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
11/01/22: Salford City 1-1 Tranmere Rovers (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
15/01/22: Mansfield Town 2-0 Walsall (League Two) – 1 yellow card
05/02/22: Morecambe 1-1 Bolton Wanderers (League One) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
12/02/22: Bradford City 0-1 Exeter City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 24 — Yellow Cards: 77 — Red Cards: 5

Ross Joyce was the man in the middle for 32 matches, showing 130 yellow cards and 4 red cards.

He was just a little card happy in the FA Cup match between Marine and Havant & Waterlooville when he showed 10 yellow cards and 1 red card.

During 2019/20, Joyce oversaw 27 matches. In those matches, he showed 115 yellow cards and 3 red cards.

He showed 9 cards on two occasions during the 2019/20 season: Tranmere Rovers 3-2 Manchester United U21s (8 yellow cards and 1 red card) in the EFL Trophy and Bradford City 2-0 Mansfield Town (9 yellow cards) in League Two.

Joyce was the man in the middle for a total of 44 matches during the 2018/19 season, showing a total of 157 yellow cards and 5 red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Lincoln City and Mansfield Town (1-2) in the EFL Trophy when he showed 8 yellow cards and 1 red card. Michael Bostwick and Jamie McCombe received bookings that night, and Michael O’Connor was sent off. The following Mansfield Town players were booked: Hayden White, Matt Preston, Timi Max Elsnik, Malvind Benning, Alex MacDonald, and Danny Rose.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

Have a go at our Lincoln City versus Gillingham Quizzes, published last season (they were all correct at the time they were published).

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