The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Reading at Sincil Bank in League One on Saturday 16th December (15:00).
Referee: Robert Madley.
Assistants Referees: Matthew McGrath and Robert Merchant.
Fourth Official: Martin Coy.
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This will be the ninth time he has been the man in the middle for a match involving Lincoln City, and the fourth for a match involving Reading.
His most recent match involving The Imps was the 2-1 win away at Charlton Athletic in April 2022. In this match he showed 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards, with Alex Gilbey sent off for the hosts for two bookable offences, and Morgan Whittaker given a straight red card. The other player to receive a booking was Lewis Fiorini, in front of a crowd of 10,091 at The Valley.
His most recent match involving Reading was their 0-0 draw away at Cardiff City in May 2018 in the Championship. On that occasion, he showed 3 yellow cards, including bookings for Yann Kermorgant and Tommy Elphick.
Robert Madley was the man in the middle for 24 matches during the 2022/23 season. In those matches, he showed 96 yellow cards (4.00) and 6 red cards. He was most card-happy in the Championship encounter between Middlesbrough and Swansea City (2-1) when he showed 8 yellow cards and 1 red card.
So far this season he has refereed 12 matches, showing 61 yellow cards (5.08) and 4 red cards. In his first match of the season, he brandished 8 yellow cards in the match between Sheffield Wednesday and Southampton (1-2) in the Championship.
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
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