The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Liverpool in the Third Round of the League Cup.
Lincoln City host Liverpool on Thursday, September 24 at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 7.45pm kick-off.
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Referee: Tony Harrington.
Assistants Refs: Akil Howson and Shaun Hudson.
Fourth Official: Geoff Eltringham.
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Tony Harrington began refereeing in the Teesside Junior Football Alliance at the age of 14 after completing a basic refereeing course whilst at school as part of the Duke of Edinburgh award.
Following four years as a Football League assistant referee and four years as a National League referee, he was appointed to the Football League’s Referees List in 2012/13.
Tony Harrington has been the man in the middle for 3 matches involving Lincoln City:
12/03/12: Lincoln City 0-1 Alfreton Town (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
21/04/12: Lincoln City 0-1 Hayes & Yeading (Conference) – 1 red card
03/08/19: Lincoln City 2-0 Accrington Stanley (League One) – 3 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 3 — Yellow Cards: 5 — Red Cards: 1
He received an average rating of 8.23 following the 2-0 win at home against Accrington Stanley last season. Some of the comments can be found below:
Huntsward: “Very good. He let the game flow. I think he got the penalty shouts about right. I wouldn’t be up in uproar had he not given the penalty, though I expect my view may differ had we not been 1-0 up at the time. I’d be very satisfied if all officials are up to his standard this season but I know I won’t.
8.5.”
Luke Imp: “Agree with everyone else, he was a good ref. Hopefully, we haven’t got the best early doors!
The only minor point was not booking their CB in the first half who dived but had a long chat with him.
9/10.”
Gaz_Imp: “9. Tried to let the game flow and treated both sides consistently the same. Be delighted if they are all of this standard in league 1.”
Tony Harrington: 2020/21 Stats:
12/09/20: Birmingham City 1-0 Brentford (Championship) – 5 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 1 — Yellow Cards: 5 — Red Cards: 0
Tony Harrington took in a total of 34 matches last season, showing 89 yellow cards and 7 red cards.
During the 2018/19 season, Tony Harrington was the man in the middle for a total of 31 matches, showing a total of 103 yellow cards and 3 red cards.
He showed 6 cards on two occasions, both in the Championship: Cardiff City 0-0 Swansea City (6 yellow cards) and Leeds United 3-0 Fulham (5 yellow cards and 1 red card).
He was most card happy in the match between Leeds United and Preston North End in the EFL Cup (0-2) when he showed 8 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Match Day referee Harrington took in 35 matches in 2017/18, showing 118 yellows cards and 6 red cards.
His highest card count that year was 8 yellow cards and 1 red card in the match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bristol Rovers in the EFL Cup (1-0).
Sources: English Football Club & Soccer Base.
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