The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Gillingham in League One.
Lincoln City host Gillingham Tuesday, March 16 for the game at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 7.00pm kick-off.
Referee: Ross Joyce.
Assistants Refs: Daniel Woodward and Christopher Ward.
Fourth Official: Ollie Yates.
You can discuss this refereeing appointment HERE, as well as many other topics on our 100% Imps forum! We have also published a Lincoln City v Gillingham Quiz, which can be found just below. Every page view helps raise money for Lincoln City Football Club!
Have a go at our Lincoln City v Gillingham Quiz below:
Ross Joyce has been the man in the middle for 16 matches involving Lincoln City:
24/09/11: Lincoln City 1-1 Forest Green Rovers (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
26/12/11: Lincoln City 1-2 Grimsby Town (Conference) – 4 yellow cards
24/03/12: Lincoln City 2-0 Newport County (Conference) – 7 yellow cards
25/08/12: Lincoln City 2-3 Macclesfield Town (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
06/10/12: Lincoln City 1-2 Luton Town (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
08/01/13: Southport 4-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
09/02/13: Lincoln City 2-1 Dartford (Conference) – 9 yellow cards and 1 red card
30/03/13: Alfreton Town 0-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
04/01/14: Lincoln City 0-0 Luton Town (Conference) – 4 yellow cards
08/02/14: Alfreton Town 1-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
25/08/14: Halifax 3-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
09/12/14: Lincoln City 3-1 Nuneaton Town (Conference) – 1 red card
18/11/17: Lincoln City 1-2 Coventry City (League Two) – 6 yellow cards
13/01/18: Lincoln City 2-2 Notts County (League Two) – 7 yellow cards
04/09/18: Lincoln City 1-2 Mansfield Town (EFL Trophy) – 8 yellow cards and 1 red card
17/09/19: Rochdale 1-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 3 yellow cards
TOTALS: Games: 16 — Yellow Cards: 75 — Red Cards: 5
He received an average rating of 5.94 following the 1-1 draw away at Rochdale last season. Some of the comments can be found below:
sedgleyimp: “ Watching on iFollow I’ll give him a respectable 7/10.
No obvious bad decisions other than their number 10 Camps who bought Connelly a yellow by falling over. Plus his challenge a few minutes earlier might have been red on another day but I understand why it was a yellow. The few times we fell over in the box were correctly not awarded, though I couldn’t tell if the handball second half had any credibility as it happened too fast.”
Rasenimp: “ 6.
About standard in my opinion. Got some little decisions wrong (walker needed to fall over to get a foul having been pulled about all game). Really couldn’t work out some of the fouls and bad decisions for throws which then led to our players getting booked. Shouldn’t react but partly due to incompetence! Pleased to have a referee that didn’t drop a game-changing clanger after Saturday.”
Huntsward: “ What is par these days, 6, 7? I’ll go for 6.5. Had no major grumbles and seems in keeping with what appears to be generally a better standard at this level than we’ve been used to in previous seasons.”
Ross Joyce: 2020/21 Stats:
29/08/20: Preston North End 4-0 Mansfield Town (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
08/09/20: Hull City 1-2 Leicester City U21s (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
12/09/20: Bradford City 0-0 Colchester United (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
15/09/20: Fleetwood Town 2-1 Port Vale (EFL Cup) – 6 yellow cards
26/09/20: Accrington Stanley 1-4 Oxford United (League One) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
06/10/20: Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Bolton Wanderers (EFL Trophy) – 6 yellow cards
10/10/20: Scunthorpe United 1-4 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
20/10/20: Wigan Athletic 0-1 Peterborough United (League One) – 2 yellow cards
27/10/20: Carlisle United 3-1 Morecambe (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
03/11/20: Harrogate Town 0-1 Tranmere Rovers (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
07/11/20: Walsall 1-2 Bristol Rovers (FA Cup) – 3 yellow cards
24/11/20: Doncaster Rovers 3-2 Blackpool (League One) – 3 yellow cards
29/11/20: Marine 1-0 Havant & Waterlooville (FA Cup) – 10 yellow cards and 1 red card
05/12/20: Scunthorpe United 2-0 Leyton Orient (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
15/12/20: Salford City 1-1 Newport County (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
26/12/20: Carlisle United 3-3 Bolton Wanderers (League Two) – 7 yellow cards and 1 red card
12/01/21: Hull City 3-2 Fleetwood Town (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
26/01/21: Rochdale 3-4 Oxford United (League One) – 4 yellow cards
30/01/21: Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Ipswich Town (League One) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
13/02/21: Cambridge United 0-0 Southend United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
23/02/21: Harrogate Town 1-0 Mansfield Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
02/03/21: Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Portsmouth (League One) – 5 yellow cards
06/03/21: Sunderland 2-0 Rochdale (League One) – 5 yellow cards
TOTALS: Games: 23 — Yellow Cards: 94 — Red Cards: 4
Last season, Ross Joyce oversaw 27 matches. In those matches, he showed 115 yellow cards and 3 red cards.
He showed 9 cards on two occasions during the 2019/20 season: Tranmere Rovers 3-2 Manchester United U21s (8 yellow cards and 1 red card) in the EFL Trophy and Bradford City 2-0 Mansfield Town (9 yellow cards) in League Two.
Joyce was the man in the middle for a total of 44 matches during the 2018/19 season, showing a total of 157 yellow cards and 5 red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Lincoln City and Mansfield Town (1-2) in the EFL Trophy, when he showed 8 yellow cards and 1 red card. Michael Bostwick and Jamie McCombe received bookings that night, and Michael O’Connor was sent off. The following Mansfield Town players were booked: Hayden White, Matt Preston, Timi Max Elsnik, Malvind Benning, Alex MacDonald and Danny Rose.
Joyce took in a total of 41 matches during the 2017/18 season, showing a total of 150 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
His highest card count that season was in the League Two encounter between Mansfield Town and Luton Town (2-2), when he showed 12 yellow cards, including a booking for former Imps loanee Lee Angol, who was playing for the hosts. Alan Sheehan, who joined The Imps during the 2019/20 season, played for Luton Town that night and also received a booking.
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
Officials Confirmed For Gillingham Match:https://t.co/13cCcnknuM#ImpsAsOne #ProudToBeImps #Gills pic.twitter.com/fy5SCQA5rr
— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln) March 14, 2021
