Lincoln City v Rotherham United – Prepare For Touchline Tantrums

The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Rotherham United in League One.

Lincoln City host Rotherham United on Friday, February 7 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 7.45pm kick-off.

Referee: Martin Coy.
Assistants Refs: Paul Newhouse and George Byrne.
Fourth Official: Andrew Dallison.

Martin Coy has been the man in the middle for 10 matches involving Lincoln City:

07/09/13: Lincoln City 1-0 Salisbury (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
08/02/14: Hyde United 4-3 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
04/01/15: Lincoln City 4-1 Barnet (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
09/01/16: Lincoln City 2-3 Dover Athletic (Conference) – 6 yellow cards
12/03/16: Macclesfield Town 1-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 1 yellow card
10/09/16: Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
12/11/16: Lincoln City 3-3 Aldershot Town (Conference) – 4 yellow cards
30/12/17: Lincoln City 2-1 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
09/10/18: Scunthorpe United 1-1 Lincoln City (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
23/02/19: Morecambe 0-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 10 | Yellow Cards: 32 | Red Cards: 1

He received an average rating of 7.00 following the 2-0 win away at Morecambe last season in League Two. Some of the comments can be found below:

Scotimp: “7/10.

He wasn’t bad at all, I am somewhat bemused by the claims from Morecambe fans about the officials being poor. The only two genuinely poor challenges in the match were given yellow cards (Bostwick and Conlan), and the rest was fair.”

Impalex: “I thought he did a very good job and was mostly inconspicuous, which is very good for refs!

A surprising 7.5 from me.”

hulloutpost: “A couple of baffling line decisions which pale into insignificance when remembering some of the recent losers we have had to ensure but no big calls to have to get right so a competent 7 from me.”

Martin Coy: 2019/20 Stats:

13/08/19: Blackpool 2-2 Macclesfield Town (EFL Cup) – 5 yellow cards
17/08/19: Peterborough United 2-2 Ipswich Town (League One) – 4 yellow cards
24/08/19: Coventry City 1-0 Gillingham (League One) – 2 yellow cards
03/09/19: Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Bradford City (EFL Trophy) – 6 yellow cards
07/09/19: Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Rotherham United (League One) – 3 yellow cards
14/09/19: Stevenage 2-3 Carlisle United (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
25/09/19: Fleetwood Town 1-1 Liverpool U21s (EFL Trophy) – 4 yellow cards
28/09/19: Morecambe 2-2 Northampton Town (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
05/10/19: Accrington Stanley 2-2 Oxford United (League One) – 9 yellow cards
12/10/19: Crawley Town 2-1 Colchester United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
02/11/19: Rochdale 1-2 Bristol Rovers (League One) – 2 yellow cards
09/11/19: Tranmere Rovers 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers (FA Cup) – 1 yellow card
16/11/19: Port Vale 2-1 Carlisle United (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
23/11/19: Crewe Alexandra 5-0 Morecambe (League Two) – 1 red card
14/12/19: Accrington Stanley 4-1 Portsmouth (League One) – 2 yellow cards
21/12/19: Oldham Athletic 2-1 Crawley Town (League Two) – no cards given
26/12/19: Mansfield Town 2-2 Port Vale (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
29/12/19: Northampton Town 1-1 Cheltenham Town (League Two) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
01/01/20: Grimsby Town 1-0 Salford City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
07/01/20: Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Leicester City U21s (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
11/01/20: Carlisle United 0-3 Plymouth Argyle (League Two) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
14/01/20: Burton Albion 1-0 Milton Keynes (League One) – 3 yellow cards
25/01/20: Macclesfield Town 2-1 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 1 yellow card and 1 red card

TOTALS: | Matches: 23 | Yellow Cards: 69 | Red Cards: 4

Martin Coy oversaw a total of 35 matches last season, showing a total of 94 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Mansfield Town and Port Vale (1-0) in League Two when he showed 7 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Martin Coy was the man in the middle for 34 matches during the 2017/18 season. In those matches, he showed a total of 69 yellow cards and 3 red cards.

He showed 7 cards on two occasions during the 17/18 season, both of which were in League One: Oldham Athletic 1-2 Plymouth Argyle (7 yellow cards) and Bradford City 0-1 Wigan Athletic in (7 yellow cards).

Coy took in 25 games in 2016/17, showing 84 yellows cards and 1 red card.

He was most card happy in the match between Barrow and Forest Green Rovers on January 28, with a total of 9 yellow cards and 1 red card being shown.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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