Morecambe (h): Tonight’s Match Officials

Lincoln City host Morecambe on Tuesday, February 8 for the match at Sincil Bank, and the match carries a 19:45 kick-off.

Referee: Anthony Backhouse.
Assistants Refs: Matthew Smith and Gareth Viccars.
Fourth Official: Lisa Rashid.

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Anthony Backhouse has been the man in the middle for 14 matches involving Lincoln City:

13/04/13: Lincoln City 2-1 Tamworth (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
28/12/13: FC Halifax Town 5-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
04/10/16: Wrexham 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
17/12/16: Lincoln City 2-1 Tranmere Rovers (Conference) – 6 yellow cards
20/01/17: Lincoln City 2-0 Dover Athletic (Conference) – 1 yellow card
14/03/17: York City 2-1 Lincoln City (FA Trophy SF1) – 3 yellow cards
03/04/17: Lincoln City 2-0 Dagenham & Redbridge (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
09/09/18: Stevenage 1-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 6 yellow cards and 2 red cards
03/11/18: Lincoln City 2-1 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
04/12/18: Accrington Stanley 2-2 Lincoln City (EFL Trophy) – 7 yellow cards
22/04/19: Lincoln City 0-0 Tranmere Rovers (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
21/09/19: Lincoln City 0-6 Oxford United (League One) – 6 yellow cards
17/10/20: Fleetwood Town 0-0 Lincoln City (League One) – 2 yellow cards
23/01/21: Lincoln City 2-1 Northampton Town (League One) – 2 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 14 — Yellow Cards: 53 — Red Cards: 3

He received an average rating of 5.575 following the 2-1 win at home against Northampton Town last season. Some of the comments can be found below:

sedgleyimp: “Bit of a mixed bag for me. Just a bit too fussy in general but probably (with Lincoln goggles on) got the penalty shout right and generally okay but slightly annoying.

5.5 for me.”

Chesterimp: “5 reffed us a lot in recent years, improved from his early “I’m the star” performances to be a solid L1 ref. This was a bit of a relapse, too fussy and drove the match thread nuts in the first half blowing for petty fouls, breaking up the rhythm of the game when he could have let the game flow.

Let us off the hook with that foul and possible penalty at 1-0.”

PerthImp: “6 – wasn’t that bad. A bit over-fussy at times but there were times when he didn’t seem to exert control, eg allowing their injured player to roll back onto the playing area when he was outside it, holding up play to allow their player to tie his boot laces, etc. Not sure about the penalty decisions as I didn’t get a close enough view but their players didn’t protest and that was significant to me.”

Anthony Backhouse: 2021/22 Stats:

07/08/21: Shrewsbury Town 0-1 Burton Albion (League One) – 4 yellow cards
10/08/21: Stoke City 2-1 Fleetwood Town (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
14/08/21: Mansfield Town 2-1 Newport County (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
17/08/21: Wigan Athletic 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers (League One) – 5 yellow cards
24/08/21: Sheffield United 2-1 Derby County (EFL Cup) – 4 yellow cards
28/08/21: Morecambe 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday (League One) – 3 yellow cards
11/09/21: Sunderland 2-1 Accrington Stanley (League One) – 7 yellow cards
21/09/21: Bradford City 0-3 Manchester United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 4 yellow cards
25/09/21: Salford City 2-2 Northampton Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
05/10/21: Harrogate Town 2-0 Newcastle United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 5 yellow cards
16/10/21: Rotherham United 4-1 Portsmouth (League One) – 4 yellow cards
30/10/21: Oldham Athletic 1-3 Swindon Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
02/11/21: Hartlepool United 1-0 Everton U21s (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
07/11/21: Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Plymouth Argyle (FA Cup) – 2 yellow cards
09/11/21: Barrow 1-0 Leicester City U21s (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
13/11/21: Rochdale 2-2 Leyton Orient (League Two) – 7 yellow cards
20/11/21: Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Gillingham (League One) – 3 yellow cards
11/12/21: Mansfield Town 2-1 Salford City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
26/12/21: Fleetwood Town 0-3 Shrewsbury Town (League One) – 2 yellow cards
04/01/22: Hartlepool United 1-0 Bolton Wanderers (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
11/01/22: Milton Keynes Dons 1-0 AFC Wimbledon (League One) – 1 yellow card and 1 red card
15/01/22: Wycombe Wanderers 2-0 Oxford United (League One) – 4 yellow cards
25/01/22: Scunthorpe United 2-3 Bristol Rovers (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
01/02/22: Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Stevenage (League Two) – 1 yellow card

TOTALS: Matches: 24 — Yellow Cards: 80 — Red Cards: 1

Anthony Backhouse was the man in the middle for 34 matches last season. In those matches, he showed 107 yellow cards and 3 red cards.

He was most card happy in the League Two encounter between Bolton Wanderers and Exeter City, when he showed 7 yellow cards

Backhouse oversaw a total of 27 during the 2019/20 season, showing a total of 89 yellow cards and 4 red cards.

He brandished his yellow card on 8 occasions during the League Two match between Mansfield Town and Plymouth Argyle, which finished 1-0 to the visitors, including a booking for former Imps loanee Kellan Gordon, who was playing for the hosts. Alex Palmer played in goal for the visitors that night, having spent the season at Argyle on loan.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.