Lincoln City v Leyton Orient (h): Match Officials Confirmed

The match officials have now been confirmed for the League One tie between Lincoln City and Leyton Orient at Sincil Bank on Friday 29th March (15:00).

Referee: Carl Brook.
Assistant Referee: Daniel Cook.
Assistant Referee: Danny Guest.
Fourth Official: Marc Wilson.

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This will be the fifth time Carl Brook has been the man in the middle for a match involving Lincoln City and the thirteenth for a match involving Leyton Orient.

His most recent match involving The Imps was the 1-0 defeat away at Chippenham Town in the First Round of the FA Cup last season. He brandished 5 yellow cards, including bookings for Regan Poole and Paudie O’Connor.

His most recent match involving Leyton Orient was their 2-0 win away at Cambridge United on New Year’s Day when he showed 6 yellow cards, 5 of which were for Orient players: Ethan Galbraith, Omar Beckles, Tom James, Shaq Forde and former Imp Theo Archibald.

Carl Brook oversaw a total of 37 matches during the 2022/23 season, showing 138 yellow cards (3.23) and 3 red cards. He showed 7 cards on three occasions: Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Peterborough United in League One (7 yellow cards, including bookings for former Orient loanee Kieran Sadlier and former Orient midfielder Hector Kyprianou), Mansfield Town 2-5 Swindon Town in League Two (6 yellow cards and 1 red card, including a booking for former Imps loanee George Maris) and Exeter City 3-2 Morecambe in League One (7 yellow cards, including a booking for former Imps and Leyton Orient defender Jake Caprice).

Brook has been the man with the whistle on 31 occasions so far this season, showing 129 yellow cards (4.16) and 2 red cards. He was most card-happy in the League Two match between Colchester United and Milton Keynes Dons (2-3) when he showed 9 yellow cards.

Sources: English Football League and Soccerbase.

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