The Football League has now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game between Lincoln City and Grimsby Town on Saturday.
Lincoln City host Grimsby Town on Saturday, January 19 for the game at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 1.00pm kickoff.
Referee: Mike Dean.
Assistants Refs: Darren Cann and Daniel Robathan.
Fourth Official: Scott Oldham.
Mike Dean has been the man in the middle for 4 matches involving Lincoln City:
16/08/97: Lincoln City 1-0 Shrewsbury Town (Division 3) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
13/04/98: Hartlepool United 1-1 Lincoln City (Division 3) – 3 yellow cards
19/12/98: Wycombe Wanderers 4-1 Lincoln City (Division 2) – 1 yellow card
16/05/06: Grimsby Town 2-1 Lincoln City (League Two Playoff 2nd Leg) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
TOTALS: Matches: 4 | Yellow Cards: 8 | Red Cards: 2
Mike Dean: 2018/19 Stats:
11/08/18: Fulham 0-2 Crystal Palace (Premier League) – 3 yellow cards
18/08/18: Leicester City 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Premier League) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
15/09/18: Watford 1-2 Manchester United (Premier League) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
23/09/18: West Ham United 0-0 Chelsea (Premier League) – 3 yellow cards
26/09/18: Arsenal 3-1 Brentford (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
01/10/18: AFC Bournemouth 2-1 Crystal Palace (Premier League) – 7 yellow cards
06/10/18: Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Cardiff City (Premier League) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
20/10/18: Chelsea 2-2 Manchester United (Premier League) – 7 yellow cards
27/10/18: Watford 3-0 Huddersfield Town (Premier League) – 3 yellow cards
03/11/18: Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur (Premier League) – 3 yellow cards
10/11/18: Leicester City 0-0 Burnley (Premier League) – 2 yellow cards
27/11/18: Leeds United 1-0 Reading (Championship) – 5 yellow cards
02/12/18: Arsenal 4-2 Tottenham Hotspur (Premier League) – 7 yellow cards and 1 red card
09/12/18: Newcastle United 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Premier League) – 7 yellow cards and 1 red card
15/12/18: Fulham 0-2 West Ham United (Premier League) – 3 yellow cards
22/12/18: AFC Bournemouth 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion (Premier League) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
26/12/18: Leicester City 2-1 Manchester City (Premier League) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
02/01/19: Huddersfield Town 1-2 Burnley (Premier League) – 5 yellow cards and 2 red cards
05/01/19: Blackpool 0-3 Arsenal (FA Cup) – 1 yellow card
09/01/19: Manchester City 9-0 Burton Albion (EFL Cup) – no cards shown
13/01/19: Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Manchester United (Premier League) – 3 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 21 | Yellow Cards: 80 | Red Cards: 9
Mike Dean was the man in the middle for 30 matches during the 2017/18 season. In those matches, he showed a total of 133 yellow cards and 4 red cards.
During the 2017/18 season, he was most card happy in the match between AFC Bournemouth and Manchester City in the Premier League, which finished 2-1 to the away side. In that match, he showed a total of 10 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Match Day referee Dean took in 36 games in 2016/17, showing 138 yellows cards and five red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland on September 18, when he showed a total of 7 yellow cards and one red card.
Dean took in 41 games during the 2015/16 season, showing 136 yellows cards and twelve red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Chelsea and Arsenal on September 19, when he showed a total of 6 yellow cards and two red cards.
Sources: EFL & Soccer Base.
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