MK Dons (h): Today’s Match Officials

Lincoln City host Milton Keynes Dons on Sunday, December 26 for the match at Sincil Bank, and the match carries a 15:00 kick-off.

Referee: Carl Boyeson.
Assistants Referees: Jonathon Bickerdike and Wayne Grunnill.
Fourth Official: Tom Bishop.

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Carl Boyeson has been the man in the middle for 21 matches involving Lincoln City:

5/10/02: Lincoln City 1-2 AFC Bournemouth (Division Three) – 3 yellow cards
21/1/03: Rochdale 0-1 Lincoln City (Division Three) – 3 yellow cards
1/11/03: Lincoln City 2-0 Carlisle United (Division Three) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
7/2/04: Lincoln City 1-1 Boston United (Division Three) – 5 yellow cards
28/8/04: Lincoln City 1-2 Notts County (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
5/3/05: Lincoln City 2-3 Wycombe Wanderers (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
7/10/05: Lincoln City 0-1 Cheltenham Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
20/1/07: Bury 2-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
4/12/07: Stockport County 1-3 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card and 1 red card
19/4/08: Lincoln City 3-1 Brentford (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
1/11/08: Lincoln City 0-1 Port Vale (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
17/3/09: Lincoln City 0-1 Darlington (League Two) – 1 yellow card
30/9/17: Grimsby Town 0-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
26/12/17: Lincoln City 3-0 Stevenage (League Two) – no cards
24/2/18: Lincoln City 1-4 Crewe Alexandra (League Two) – no cards
18/08/18: Grimsby Town 1-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
29/12/18: Cambridge United 1-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
14/09/19: Lincoln City 0-1 Bristol Rovers (League One) – 4 yellow cards
14/12/19: Lincoln City 1-0 Tranmere Rovers (League One) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
17/11/20: Lincoln City 1-1 Manchester City U21s (EFL Trophy) – 6 yellow cards
20/03/21: Sunderland 1-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 4 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 21 — Yellow Cards: 56 — Red Cards: — 3

He received an average rating of 2.96 following the 1-1 draw away at Sunderland in League One last season. Some of the comments can be found below:

Chesterimp: “A generous 2.

Fussy – that nonsense with the corners! Self-important to Mike Dean level; some odd decisions against both sides.

Most importantly, abject failure of responsibility in not giving Wyke a second yellow, for the foul which laid out Monstma never mind the one he got a ‘talking to’ for and similar to the foul Bridcutt was booked for later.”

hulloutpost: “I’ve seen inept referees before, but struggle to think of one that actually seems to revel in his own ineptitude.

Very fruitful Sunderland tactic – crash into a Lincoln player from any angle, throw self to floor theatrically with arms outstretched and get away with the foul, or as an added bonus pick up a free kick yourself.

Boyeson gets a begrudging 1 for at least causing some drama, by getting me to shout out at the screen on a regular basis throughout the match.”

syimp: “2 Self-important, self-obsessed bottler. Wyke should have walked, end of.

Started with the over-officious marching out to the corner flags and didn’t get much better. He tried to make it all about him, but thankfully, the game didn’t let him.”

Carl Boyeson: 2021/22 Stats:

14/08/21: Cheltenham Town 1-3 Wycombe Wanderers (League One) – 2 yellow cards
21/0/21: Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Portsmouth (League One) – 4 yellow cards
04/09/21: Oldham Athletic 0-3 Barrow (League Two) – 1 yellow card
11/09/21: Burton Albion 1-1 Gillingham (League One) – 2 yellow cards
18/09/21: Mansfield Town 1-1 Rochdale (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
21/09/21: Cambridge United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur U21s (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
25/09/21: Harrogate Town 0-0 Stevenage (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
19/10/21: Crewe Alexandra 0-4 Sunderland (League One) – 3 yellow cards
30/10/21: Sutton United 0-1 Walsall (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
06/11/21: Scunthorpe United 0-1 Doncaster Rovers (FA Cup) – 1 yellow card
16/11/21: Oldham Athletic 1-2 Ipswich Town (FA Cup) – 3 yellow cards
20/11/21: Bradford City 1-1 Northampton Town (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
11/12/21: Leyton Orient 1-2 Crawley Town (League Two) – 9 yellow cards and 1 red card
18/12/21: Rochdale 3-0 Newport County (League Two) – 4 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 14 — Yellow Cards: 45 — Red Cards: — 1

Carl Boyeson was the man in the middle for 29 matches last season. In those matches, he showed 98 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

He showed 7 yellow cards on two occasions: Salford City 3-0 Southend United in League Two and Oxford United 1-2 Swindon Town in League One.

Boyeson oversaw a total of 24 matches during the 2019/20 season, showing 69 yellow cards and 5 red cards.

He was just a little card happy in the match between Fleetwood Town and Ipswich Town (0-1) when he showed 9 yellow cards and 1 red card, including former Imps player James Wilson being sent off following two bookable offences, and a yellow card for another former Lincoln City player, Jon Nolan.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

Have a go at our Lincoln City versus Milton Keynes Dons Quiz, published last season (they were all correct at the time they were published):

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