The Football League has now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Stevenage on Saturday afternoon.
Lincoln City host Stevenage on Saturday, February 16 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 3.00pm kickoff.
Referee: Jeremy Simpson.
Assistants Refs: Michael George and Shaun Hudson.
Fourth Official: Carl Boyeson.
From efl.com: “Simpson is a former international assistant referee, who officiated in many Champions League matches and other international fixtures. He opted for a career with the whistle after refereeing the 2012 National League Play-Off Final between York City and Luton Town. He was then appointed to the EFL Referees List in 2012/13 and in his five years on the list has refereed over 100 matches.”
Jeremy Simpson has been the man in the middle for 1 match involving Lincoln City:
03/04/12: Lincoln City 0-1 Cambridge United (Conference) – 1 yellow card
TOTALS: Matches: 1 | Yellow Cards: 1 | Red Cards: 0
Jeremy Simpson: 2018/19 Stats:
04/08/18: Sheffield United 1-2 Swansea City (Championship) – no cards shown
11/08/18: Aston Villa 3-2 Wigan Athletic (Championship) – 5 yellow cards
14/08/18: Macclesfield Town 1-1 Bradford City (EFL Cup) – 4 yellow cards
21/08/18: Rotherham United 2-3 Hull City (Championship) – 2 yellow cards
25/08/18: Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Ipswich Town (Championship) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
29/08/18: Nottingham Forest 3-1 Newcastle United (EFL Cup) – 6 yellow cards
01/09/18: Birmingham City 0-0 Queens Park Rangers (Championship) – 2 yellow cards
15/09/18: Bradford City 0-2 Charlton Athletic (League One) – 6 yellow cards
18/09/18: West Bromwich Albion 4-2 Bristol City (Championship) – 5 yellow cards
22/09/18: Reading 3-0 Hull City (Championship) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
25/09/18: Wycombe Wanderers 3-4 Norwich City (EFL Cup) – 4 yellow cards
02/10/18: Stoke City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers (Championship) – 3 yellow cards
06/10/18: Leeds United 1-1 Brentford (Championship) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
20/10/18: Wigan Athletic 1-0 West Bromwich Albion (Championship) – 8 yellow cards and 1 red card
23/10/18: Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Sunderland (League One) – 10 yellow cards
27/10/18: Preston North End 1-1 Rotherham United (Championship) – 2 yellow cards
07/11/18: Burton Albion 0-1 Middlesbrough U21s (EFL Trophy) – no cards shown
10/11/18: Norwich City 4-3 Millwall (Championship) – 7 yellow cards
24/11/18: Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Derby County (Championship) – 3 yellow cards
01/12/18: Queens Park Rangers 2-3 Hull City (Championship) – 4 yellow cards
08/12/18: Mansfield Town 2-0 Notts County (League Two) – 6 yellow cards
14/12/18: Sheffield United 1-2 West Bromwich Albion (Championship) – 1 yellow card
26/12/18: Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Rotherham United (Championship) – 3 yellow cards
29/12/18: Middlesbrough 2-0 Ipswich Town (Championship) – 3 yellow cards
05/01/19: Brentford 1-0 Oxford United (FA Cup) – 4 yellow cards
12/01/19: Barnsley 3-0 Bradford City (League One) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
19/01/19: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Bristol City (Championship) – 2 yellow cards
26/01/19: Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Hull City (Championship) – 2 yellow cards
09/02/19: Stoke City 0-1 West Bromwich Albion (Championship) – 3 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 29 | Yellow Cards: 114 | Red Cards: 5
Jeremy Simpson was the man in the middle for 42 matches during the 2017/18 season, during which he showed 167 yellow cards and 10 red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Aston Villa and Cardiff City in the Championship, which finished 1-0 to the home side. He showed 9 yellow cards during this match.
Matchday referee Simpson took in 40 matches in 2016/17, showing 166 yellows cards and 6 red cards.
He showed 9 yellow cards on two occasions during the 2016/17 season: Coventry City 1-1 Northampton Town in League One and Reading 2-1 Ipswich Town in the Championship.
Simpson took in 35 matches in 2015-16 and in those matches he handed out a total of 115 yellow cards and 5 red cards.
He showed 7 cards on 4 occasions during that season: Bradford City 1-0 Port Vale (League One, 7 yellow cards), Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Nottingham Forest (Championship, 7 yellow cards), Leeds United 1-1 Milton Keynes Dons (Championship, 7 yellow cards) and Accrington Stanley 1-1 Carlisle United (League Two, 5 yellow cards and 2 red cards).
Sources: EFL & Soccer Base.
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