The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Premier League side Everton in the Second Road of the Carabao Cup.
Lincoln City host Everton on Wednesday, August 28 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 7.45pm kick-off.
Referee: Darren Bond.
Assistants Refs: Shaun Hudson and James Wilson.
Fourth Official: James Adcock.
Darren Bond was appointed to the English Football League Referee list in 2012 and more recently added to the Select Group 2 Referees list in 2016.
After serving a year as an assistant referee in the Premier League, Bond recently reached the 200 games milestone as Referee in the English Football League.
Darren Bond has been the man in the middle for 2 matches involving Lincoln City:
21/01/12: Gateshead 3-3 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards
07/04/12: Stockport County 4-0 Lincoln City (Conference) – 1 yellow card
TOTALS: Matches: 2 | Yellow Cards: 4 | Red Cards: 2
Darren Bond: 2019/20 Stats:
03/08/19: Stoke City 1-2 Queens Park Rangers (Championship) – 4 yellow cards
10/08/19: Cardiff City 2-1 Luton Town (Championship) – 4 yellow cards
21/08/19: Fulham 4-0 Millwall (Championship) – 3 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 3 | Yellow Cards: 11 | Red Cards: 0
Darren Bond was the man in the middle for 37 matches last season. He showed a total of 114 yellow cards and 7 red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Barnsley and Charlton Athletic (2-1) in Sky Bet League One when he showed a total of 8 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Matchday referee Bond was in charge of 40 matches during the 2017/18 season when he showed a total of 135 yellow cards and 8 red cards.
He showed 8 cards on two occasions during the 2017/18 season: Middlesbrough 3-2 Queens Park Rangers in the Sky Bet Championship (8 yellow cards) and Accrington Stanley 2-1 Swindon Town in Sky Bet League One (7 yellow cards and 1 red card).
During the 2016/17 season, Bond took in a total of 40 matches, showing 117 yellow cards and 6 red cards.
Bond showed 7 yellow cards on two occasions during the 16/17 season, both of which were matches in the Sky Bet Championship: Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-4 Fulham on 10th December 2016 and Huddersfield Town 1-0 Aston Villa on 7th March 2017.
Sources: EFL & Soccer Base.
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