Ipswich Town v Lincoln City – Prepare For Touchline Tantrums

The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Ipswich Town and Lincoln City on Saturday afternoon.

Ipswich Town host Lincoln City on Saturday, January 25 for the match at Portman Road and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.

Referee: Lee Swabey.
Assistants Refs: Marvyn Amphlett and Dean Treleaven.
Fourth Official: Conor Farrell.

Lee Swabey has been the man in the middle for 7 matches involving Lincoln City:

18/8/12: Newport County 2-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
26/3/13: Braintree Town 0-3 Lincoln City (Conference) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
31/8/13: Dartford 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
7/2/15: Bristol Rovers 2-0 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
12/9/17: Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 4 yellow cards.
04/08/18: Northampton Town 0-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
10/08/19: Rotherham United 0-2 Lincoln City (League One) – 6 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 7 | Yellow Cards: 22 | Red Cards: 1

He received an average rating of 7.08 following the 2-0 win away at Rotherham United earlier this season. Some of the comments can be found below:

bbh 11: “9/10. Had a good game for me in what was not an easy match to referee, the lineswoman got an obvious corner wrong in the first half, but I thought his cards and decisions were pretty much spot on.”

sedgleyimp: “I’ll concur with an 8. Got to grips with some meaty challenges and had decent control of the game including giving us some fair warnings over time-wasting before booking Harry for this in the second half.”

Snats: “9 from me as well. It threatened to get feisty at times and the ref managed it brilliantly. Showed cards when he needed to as well. We’re only two weeks in but the quality of officiating does seem better in this league.”

Lee Swabey: 2019/20 Stats:

10/08/19: Rotherham United 0-2 Lincoln City (League One) – 6 yellow cards
13/08/19: Brentford 1-1 Cambridge United (EFL Cup) – 2 yellow cards
17/08/19: Leyton Orient 0-0 Stevenage (League Two) – 1 yellow card
24/08/19: Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Burton Albion (League One) – 2 yellow cards
31/08/19: Southend United 0-3 Rochdale (League One) – 3 yellow cards
03/09/19: AFC Wimbledon 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion U21s (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
14/09/19: Accrington Stanley 1-3 Sunderland (League One) – 2 yellow cards
17/09/19: Milton Keynes 0-1 Ipswich Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
28/09/19: Cheltenham Town 1-1 Crewe Alexandra (League Two) – 7 yellow cards and 1 red card
08/10/19: Newport County 0-2 Exeter City (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
12/10/19: Mansfield Town 6-1 Oldham Athletic (League Two) – 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards
19/10/19: Northampton Town 2-0 Salford City (League Two) – 6 yellow cards
02/11/19: Gillingham 0-3 Rotherham United (League One) – 1 yellow card
05/11/19: Portsmouth 4-1 Southend United (League One) – 2 yellow cards
09/11/19: Crawley Town 4-1 Scunthorpe United (FA Cup) – 2 yellow cards
23/11/19: Walsall 0-0 Stevenage (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
30/11/19: Kingstonian 0-2 Fylde (FA Cup) – 4 yellow cards
21/12/19: Oxford United 1-0 Wycombe Wanderers (League One) – 8 yellow cards and 1 red card
29/12/19: Newport County 1-1 Leyton Orient (League Two) – 6 yellow cards
01/01/20: Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Exeter City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
11/01/20: Stevenage 0-1 Port Vale (League Two) – 3 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 21 | Yellow Cards: 71 | Red Cards: 5

Lee Swabey was the man in the middle for 30 matches during the 2018/19 season, showing a total of 110 yellow cards and 8 red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Wycombe Wanderers and Sunderland in Sky Bet League One (1-1) when he showed 6 yellow cards and 3 red cards.

Matchday referee Swabey took in 18 matches during the 2017/18 season, showing a total of 57 yellow cards and one red card.

During the 2017/18 season, he was most card happy in the match between Charlton Athletic and Oldham Athletic, when he showed a total of 6 yellow cards.

Swabey took in 14 matches in 2016/17, showing 59 yellows cards and three red cards.

His highest card count that year was in the match between Mansfield Town and Portsmouth in League Two, where he showed a total of 9 yellow cards.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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