Newcastle United U21s (h): Match Officials

The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Newcastle United U21s in the EFL Trophy.

Lincoln City host Newcastle United U21s on Tuesday, October 18 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 19:00 kick-off.

Referee: Ben Toner.
Assistants Referees: Lee Freeman and Mark Jones.
Fourth Official: Amy Fearn.

You can discuss this refereeing appointment HERE, as well as get involved with our pre-match threads: You can post your score predictions and discuss the starting XI.

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Ben Toner has been the man in the middle for 17 matches involving Lincoln City:

12/02/13: Stockport County 2-0 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
23/03/13: Lincoln City 3-2 Telford United (Conference) – no cards shown
12/11/13: Southport 0-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 1 yellow card
15/02/14: Lincoln City 2-0 Kidderminster Harriers (Conference) – 6 yellow cards
13/09/14: Lincoln City 2-3 Bristol Rovers (Conference) – 1 yellow card
17/01/17: Lincoln City 1-0 Ipswich Town (FA Cup) – 3 yellow cards
18/03/17: Lincoln City 1-1 York City (FA Trophy) – 8 yellow cards
09/01/18: Rochdale 0-1 Lincoln City (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
12/05/18: Lincoln City 0-0 Exeter City (League Two Playoffs) – 1 yellow card
27/11/18: Oldham Athletic 1-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
12/01/19: Swindon Town 2-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards
07/12/19: Burton Albion 0-2 Lincoln City (League One) – 6 yellow cards
28/01/20: Lincoln City 0-2 Portsmouth (League One) – 7 yellow cards
06/10/20: Mansfield Town 1-3 Lincoln City (EFL Trophy) – 4 yellow cards
08/12/20: Shrewsbury Town 1-4 Lincoln City (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
17/02/21: Sunderland 1-1 Lincoln City (EFL Trophy) – 4 yellow cards
28/09/21: Morecambe 2-0 Lincoln City (League One) – 1 yellow card

TOTALS: Matches: 17 — Yellow Cards: 58 — Red Cards: 3

He received an average rating of 8.08 following the 2-0 defeat away at Morecambe last season. Some of the comments can be found below:

sedgleyimp: “A shockingly decent performance from Mr Toner I thought. No issues at all and controlled the game.

8/10 for me.”

berksimps: “No real fight, no hard tackles, not a difficult night for Mr Toner. Probably sweated more than some players.

7.5.”

PerthImp: “8/10. When his name came up as the ref I thought “oh no”, but credit where it’s due, the last couple of games from him have been a real improvement. Didn’t have a heap to do but what he did was very much in control and reasonable.”

Ben Toner: 2022/23 Stats:

06/08/22: Bolton Wanderers 3-0 Wycombe Wanderers (League One) – 2 yellow cards
10/08/22: Middlesbrough 0-1 Barnsley (EFL Cup) – 2 yellow cards
13/08/22: Cheltenham Town 0-2 Portsmouth (League One) – 3 yellow cards
16/08/22: Burton Albion 0-1 Ipswich Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
23/08/22: Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Rochdale (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
30/08/22: Carlisle United 1-2 Manchester United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
03/09/22: Exeter City 1-0 Milton Keynes Dons (League One) – 2 yellow cards
13/09/22: Harrogate Town 0-1 Salford City (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
20/09/22: Shrewsbury Town 0-4 Port Vale (EFL Trophy) – 5 yellow cards
24/09/22: Walsall 0-1 Tranmere Rovers (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
04/10/22: Mansfield Town 1-1 Derby County (EFL Trophy) – 6 yellow cards
08/10/22: Bristol Rovers 2-1 Cambridge United (League One) – 6 yellow cards
15/10/22: Crawley Town v Newport County (League Two) – TO BE UPDATED!

TOTALS: Matches: 12 — Yellow Cards: 42 — Red Cards: 0

Ben Toner was the man in the middle for a total of 31 matches. In those matches, he showed 89 yellow cards and 4 red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Bolton Wanderers and Charlton Athletic (2-1) in League One when he showed 7 yellow cards.

Toner oversaw 32 matches during the 2020/21 season, showing 96 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

He was just a little card happy in the League Two encounter between Carlisle United and Barrow, which finished 1-0 to the hosts. In this match, he showed 7 yellow cards and 1 red card, including a booking for former Lincoln City loanee Patrick Brough.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.