The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Bristol Rovers in Sky Bet League One.
Lincoln City host Bristol Rovers on Saturday, September 14 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.
Referee: Carl Boyeson.
Assistants Refs: David Benton and Andrew Dallison.
Fourth Official: Robert Atkin.
Carl Boyeson has been the man in the middle for 17 matches involving Lincoln City:
5/10/02: Lincoln City 1-2 AFC Bournemouth (Division Three) – 3 yellow cards
21/1/03: Rochdale 0-1 Lincoln City (Division Three) – 3 yellow cards
1/11/03: Lincoln City 2-0 Carlisle United (Division Three) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
7/2/04: Lincoln City 1-1 Boston United (Division Three) – 5 yellow cards
28/8/04: Lincoln City 1-2 Notts County (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
5/3/05: Lincoln City 2-3 Wycombe Wanderers (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
7/10/05: Lincoln City 0-1 Cheltenham Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
20/1/07: Bury 2-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
4/12/07: Stockport County 1-3 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card and 1 red card
19/4/08: Lincoln City 3-1 Brentford (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
1/11/08: Lincoln City 0-1 Port Vale (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
17/3/09: Lincoln City 0-1 Darlington (League Two) – 1 yellow card
30/9/17: Grimsby Town 0-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
26/12/17: Lincoln City 3-0 Stevenage (League Two) – no cards
24/2/18: Lincoln City 1-4 Crewe Alexandra (League Two) – no cards
18/08/18: Grimsby Town 1-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
29/12/18: Cambridge United 1-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 17 | Yellow Cards: 38 | Red Cards: | 2
He received an average rating of 4.54 following the 2-1 win away at Cambridge United last season. Some of the comments can be found below:
Impalex: “I thought he was overly fussy, was clearly in the pocket of the home side (e.g. giving Rhead absolutely nothing but everything against him) and at one point gave us a throw-in, then gave it to them, then back again! 4.5 max from me.”
Stevie_imp: “No major complaints from me. Took early command and got the major decisions right. A little inconsistent at times but then he is human and watching in real-time from whatever position he is in. 6/10.”
gijsbert_bos: “He should have booked their midfielder early on for a late challenge on Freck. Generally too whistle-happy, which may have been more a reflection of how niggly the game was. I felt we were a bit lucky with the Harry incident, but otherwise, he tended to favour Cambridge for the pulling/climbing/niggling stuff. Lots of bizarre and infuriating decisions, not serious ones but just killed the flow of an already disjointed game.
4/10.”
Carl Boyeson: 2019/20 Stats:
10/08/19: Oldham Athletic 1-2 Crewe Alexandra (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
13/08/19: Walsall 2-3 Crawley Town (EFL Cup) – 1 yellow card
17/08/19: Carlisle United 0-2 Mansfield Town (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
24/08/19: Rochdale 0-0 Blackpool (League One) – 2 yellow cards
07/09/19: Cheltenham Town 4-2 Stevenage (League Two) – no cards shown
TOTALS: Matches: 5 | Yellow Cards: 10 | Red Cards: | 0
Carl Boyeson was the man in the middle for 36 matches last season, showing a total of 115 yellow cards and 6 red cards.
He showed 7 yellow cards and 1 red card on two occasions during the 2018/19 season: Barnsley 2-1 Bradford City in the EFL Trophy and Bradford City 2-0 Scunthorpe United in Sky Bet League One.
Boyeson took in a total of 37 matches during the 2017/18 season, showing a total of 100 yellow cards and 10 red cards.
During the 2017/18 season, Boyeson gave seven cards on three occasions: Mansfield Town 2-0 Forest Green Rovers (7 yellow cards), Notts County 2-2 Accrington Stanley (5 yellow cards and 2 red cards) and Mansfield Town 1-1 Port Vale (7 yellow cards).
Match Day referee Boyeson took in 36 matches in 2016/17, showing 139 yellows cards and ten red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between AFC Wimbledon and Charlton Athletic on February 11, with a total of 7 yellow cards and one red card being shown. He also showed 6 yellow cards and two red cards in the match between Milton Keynes Dons and Gillingham on April 1.
Sources: EFL & Soccer Base.
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