The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Hull City in League One.
Lincoln City host Hull City on Saturday, April 24 for the game at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.
Referee: Sam Purkiss.
Assistants Referees: Geoffrey Liddle and Michael Chard.
Fourth Official: Sebastian Stockbridge.
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Sam Purkiss has been the man in the middle for two matches involving The Imps:
01/12/20: Lincoln City 2-1 Wigan Athletic (League One) – 2 yellow cards
26/01/21: Portsmouth 0-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
TOTALS: Matches: 2 — Yellow Cards: 7 — Red Cards: 1
He received an average rating of 6.36 following the 1-0 win away at Portsmouth in January. Some of the comments can be found below:
plumbob: “I’m going 5. Generally, OK. Didn’t think it was a red. Definitely thought he would send someone off at some point though.”
PerthImp: “5.5 – not at all sure. The first half I think he intended to stamp his authority to allow a football match to break out. A bit inconsistent as if he booked the Pompey players he should have booked Bridcutt. Not convinced with the red card – think it looked worse than it was but a better angle might have shown it clearer. Second half he eased up and was slightly better.”
berksimps: “He made a decision on the spur of the moment for the red card, which many refs might have bottled. He allowed some beautiful football at times while trying to play the advantage. The free-kicks given to Portsmouth towards the end were fair enough and both sides had half a shout for a penalty.
Gets a decent 7 from me, we’ve had far worse.”
Sam Purkiss: 2020/21 Stats:
29/08/20: Stevenage 3-3 Portsmouth (EFL Cup) – 1 yellow card
08/09/20: Leyton Orient 3-2 Brighton & Hove Albion U21s (EFL Trophy) – no cards
19/09/20: Exeter City 0-2 Port Vale (League Two) – no cards
26/09/20: Cambridge United 0-0 Tranmere Rovers (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
29/09/20: Colchester United 0-1 West Ham United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
03/10/20: Bristol Rovers 2-0 Northampton Town (League One) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
20/10/20: Burton Albion 0-1 Rochdale (League One) – 2 yellow cards
27/10/20: AFC Wimbledon 1-0 Blackpool (League One) – 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards
31/10/20: Gillingham 0-2 Sunderland (League One) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
03/11/20: Charlton Athletic 3-2 Fleetwood Town (League One) – 2 yellow cards
08/11/20: Hampton & Richmond 2-3 Oldham Athletic (FA Cup) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
10/11/20: Crawley Town 2-0 Ipswich Town (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
21/11/20: Cheltenham Town 3-0 Walsall (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
01/12/20: Lincoln City 2-1 Wigan Athletic (League One) – 2 yellow cards
05/12/20: Newport County 2-1 Morecambe (League Two) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
15/12/20: Crawley Town 1-1 Bradford City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
26/12/20: Oxford United 2-1 AFC Wimbledon (League One) – 4 yellow cards
29/12/20: Swindon Town 1-4 Milton Keynes Dons (League One) – 1 red card
19/01/21: Peterborough United 2-1 Charlton Athletic (League One) – 7 yellow cards
26/01/21: Portsmouth 0-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
30/01/21: Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Leyton Orient (League Two) – no cards
20/02/21: Mansfield Town 0-3 Cambridge United (League Two) – 1 yellow card
02/03/21: Gillingham 3-2 Milton Keynes Dons (League One) – 1 yellow card
06/03/21: Hull City 2-0 Bristol Rovers (League One) – 5 yellow cards
13/03/21: Ipswich Town 1-0 Plymouth Argyle (League One) – no cards
23/03/21: Oldham Athletic 2-1 Exeter City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
27/03/21: Peterborough United 7-0 Accrington Stanley (League One) – 2 yellow cards
05/04/21: Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Salford City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
13/04/21: Oxford United 4-1 Shrewsbury Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
16/04/21: Crawley Town 1-0 Cheltenham Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
20/04/21: Plymouth Argyle 0-6 Charlton Athletic (League One) – 1 yellow card
TOTALS: Matches: 31 — Yellow Cards: 72 — Red Cards: 8
Sam Purkiss was the man in the middle for 28 matches last season, showing a total of 83 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
He showed seven cards on two occasions during the 2019/20 season, both of which were in League Two: Scunthorpe United 0-1 Carlisle United (7 yellow cards) and Colchester United 0-2 Cheltenham Town (6 yellow cards and 1 red card).
Purkiss oversaw 19 matches in the 2018/19 season. In those matches, he showed 39 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
During the 18/19 season, he was most card happy in the Conference match between Aldershot Town and Salford City (0-1) when he showed 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Purkiss took in 21 matches during the 2017/18 season. He showed a total of 59 yellow cards and 6 red cards during that season.
He was most card happy in the Conference encounter between Aldershot Town and AFC Fylde (2-1) when he showed 6 yellow cards and 2 red cards. One of the red cards was for former Lincoln City player Jack Muldoon.
Sources: The Football League & Soccer Base.
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