The Football League has now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Northampton Town on Saturday afternoon.
Lincoln City host Northampton Town on Saturday, February 9 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 3.00pm kickoff.
Referee: Michael Salisbury.
Assistants Refs: Stephen Wade and Richard Wigglesworth.
Fourth Official: Joe Simpson.
This will be Michael’s third season as a Football League referee after being promoted in 2016. His Father, Graham Salisbury, was the man in the middle the last time The Imps faced Northampton Town at Sincil Bank, on Saturday 10th November in the First Round of The Emirates FA Cup. City won 3-2 that day.
Michael Salisbury has been the man in the middle for four matches involving Lincoln City:
31/10/15: Lincoln City 0-1 Bromley (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
28/1/18: Lincoln City 4-2 Peterborough United (Checkatrade Trophy) – no cards shown
28/4/18: Accrington Stanley 1-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
11/08/18: Lincoln City 4-1 Swindon Town (League Two) – 1 yellow card
TOTALS: Matches: 4 | Yellow Cards: 8 | Red Cards: 0
Michael Salisbury 2018/19 Stats:
11/08/18: Lincoln City 4-1 Swindon Town (League Two) – 1 yellow card
14/08/18: Tranmere Rovers 1-3 Walsall (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
18/08/18: Mansfield Town 1-1 Colchester United (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
21/08/18: Rochdale 0-4 Barnsley (League One) – 1 yellow card
25/08/18: Gillingham 1-1 Coventry City (League One) – 3 yellow cards
01/09/18: Oldham Athletic 2-1 Crawley Town (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
08/09/18: Bristol Rovers 0-0 Plymouth Argyle (League One) – 2 yellow cards
15/09/18: Fleetwood Town 1-1 Accrington Stanley (League One) – 2 yellow cards
22/09/18: Exeter City 3-1 Cheltenham Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
29/09/18: Coventry City 1-1 Sunderland (League One) – 2 yellow cards
02/10/18: Oxford United 1-2 Luton Town (League One) – 7 yellow cards and 1 red card
09/10/18: Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Grimsby Town (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
20/10/18: Macclesfield Town 2-1 Carlisle United (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
23/10/18: Milton Keynes Dons 2-1 Notts County (League Two) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
03/11/18: Coventry City 1-1 Accrington Stanley (League One) – no cards shown
09/11/18: Haringey Borough 0-1 AFC Wimbledon (FA Cup) – 1 yellow card
13/11/18: Crewe Alexandra 1-2 Shrewsbury Town (EFL Trophy) – 5 yellow cards
17/11/18: Sunderland 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers (League One) – 2 yellow cards
24/11/18: Barnsley 1-1 Doncaster Rovers (League One) – 2 yellow cards
02/12/18: Chesterfield 0-2 Grimsby Town (FA Cup) – 1 yellow card
08/12/18: Yeovil Town 1-2 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
11/12/18: Sunderland 0-1 Walsall (FA Cup) – 4 yellow cards
15/12/18: Shrewsbury Town 2-2 Peterborough United (League One) – 2 yellow cards
26/12/18: Burton Albion 3-1 Wycombe Wanderers (League One) – 4 yellow cards
01/01/19: Macclesfield Town 1-1 Tranmere Rovers (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
19/01/19: Bradford City 0-4 Southend United (League One) – 3 yellow cards
22/01/19: Sunderland 2-0 Manchester City U21s (EFL Trophy) – 4 yellow cards
26/01/19: Exeter City 1-0 Cambridge United (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
02/02/19: Mansfield Town 3-1 Macclesfield Town (League Two) – 1 yellow card
When I was going through the matches he has been the man in the middle for this season, I noticed that he was for the match between Sunderland and Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday 17th November. I attended this match because The Imps weren’t playing that day. One thing that stood out for me during that match was the fact he allowed Wycombe to get away with far worse than what we witnessed from them at Sincil Bank last season, with the Sunderland supporters around me constantly shouting at Michael Salisbury and Gareth Ainsworth about their time-wasting tactics.
TOTALS: Matches: 29 | Yellow Cards: 82 | Red Cards: 3
Michael Salisbury was the man in the middle for 38 matches during the 2017/18 season, during which he showed 98 yellow cards and 7 red cards.
He was most card happy in the game between Peterborough United and Northampton Town on Monday, April 2, when he showed a total of 7 yellow cards and one red card.
Matchday referee Salisbury took in 31 matches in 2016/17, showing 107 yellows cards and nine red cards.
His highest card count that year was in the game between Stevenage and Portsmouth in League Two, where he showed a total of 7 yellow cards and one red card.
Salisbury took in 20 matches in the National League in 2015-16 and in those matches he handed out a total of 25 yellow cards and three red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Barrow and Bromley on March 19, with a total of 4 yellow cards being shown.
Sources: EFL & Soccer Base.
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