The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Hull City and Lincoln City in League One.
Hull City host Lincoln City on Tuesday, 9 February for the game at the KCOM Stadium and the match carries a 7.00pm kick-off.
Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge.
Assistants Referees: Gareth Mellor and Simon Clayton.
Fourth Official: Thomas Bramall.
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Sebastian Stockbridge has been the man in the middle for 9 matches involving Lincoln City:
05/11/11: Lincoln City 2-1 Barrow (Conference) – 4 yellow cards
01/01/12: Grimsby Town 3-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
15/09/12: Lincoln City 3-2 Hyde (Conference) – 1 yellow card
08/08/17: Rotherham United 2-1 Lincoln City (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
23/09/17: Notts County 4-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
16/12/17: Lincoln City 2-0 Accrington Stanley (League Two) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
13/02/18: Lincoln City 1-0 Cheltenham Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
21/08/18: Lincoln City 2-1 Bury (League Two) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
15/12/18: Lincoln City 3-1 Morecambe (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 9 — Yellow Cards: 25 — Red Cards: 4
He received an average rating of 6.94 following the 3-1 win at home against Morecambe in December 2018. Some of the comments can be found below:
Chimpimp: “I’m beginning to think Seb Stocksbridge has a double. He’s refereed quite well on his last two visits after previously giving the impression of having little idea and believing a red card every game is mandatory.
Thought he got most things right. 7/10”
Impalex: “I think he made some weird decisions at times but nothing to change the final outcome; as comfortable a win for the Imps as we’re likely to see at Sincil Bank this season.
6.5 from me.”
hulloutpost: “On the downside, he was a little inconsistent giving free kicks for what looked like phantom challenges and then for example completely ignored Akinde and Shackell getting positively wiped out from behind. I held my breath when feet were raised almost to waist height on a couple of challenges but he let it go. Overall he kept his cards in his pocket and rightly allowed some tackling in difficult playing conditions so a steady 6.”
Sebastian Stockbridge: 2020/21 Stats:
05/09/20: Fleetwood Town 3-2 Wigan Athletic (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
08/09/20: Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Bradford City (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
12/09/20: Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
15/09/20: Rochdale 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday (EFL Cup) – 5 yellow cards
26/09/20: Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Milton Keynes Dons (League One) – 5 yellow cards
10/10/20: Mansfield Town 0-0 Stevenage (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
20/10/20: Grimsby Town 1-2 Harrogate Town (League Two) – 7 yellow cards
03/11/20: Carlisle United 3-2 Newport County (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
11/11/20: Blackpool 3-0 Leeds United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
21/11/20: Burton Albion 1-3 Northampton Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
26/11/20: Barrow 0-0 AFC Wimbledon (FA Cup) – 6 yellow cards
01/12/20: Bradford City 1-2 Cheltenham Town (League Two) – no cards
08/12/20: Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Manchester City U21s (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
15/12/20: Morecambe 2-1 Leyton Orient (League Two) – 8 yellow cards
26/12/20: Wigan Athletic 1-1 Shrewsbury Town (League One) – no cards
09/01/21: Ipswich Town 2-3 Swindon Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
19/01/21: Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Rochdale (League One) – 1 yellow card
06/02/21: Fleetwood Town v Bristol Rovers (League One) – to be updated once played
TOTALS: Matches: 17 — Yellow Cards: 55 — Red Cards: 2
Sebastian Stockbridge was the man in the middle for 28 matches last season, showing a total of 89 yellow cards and 6 red cards.
He was most card happy in the League One encounter between Accrington Stanley and Ipswich Town, which finished 2-0 to the hosts. In this match, he showed 6 yellow cards and 2 red cards, including a booking for former Lincoln City player Jon Nolan.
During the 2018/19 season, Stockbridge oversaw 36 matches, showing 108 yellow cards and 3 red cards.
In the 2018/19 season, he showed 6 yellow cards in the match between Notts County and Colchester United (0-0) in League Two.
Stockbridge took in a total of 41 matches during the 2017/18 season, showing a total of 143 yellow cards and 6 red cards.
He showed eight cards on two occasions during that season: Peterborough United 3-0 Oldham Athletic (7 yellow cards and 1 red card) and Bradford City 2-2 Bury (7 yellow cards and 1 red card).
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
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