Oxford United (h): Who Will We Be Shouting At This Week?

The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Oxford United in League One.

Lincoln City host Oxford United on Saturday, 8 January for the game at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 15:00 kick-off.

Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge.
Assistants Referees: Ollie Williams and Joe Clark.
Fourth Official: Bradley Hall.

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Sebastian Stockbridge has been the man in the middle for 11 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
09/02/21: Hull City 0-0 Lincoln City (League One) – 5 yellow cards
26/10/21: Wigan Athletic 1-2 Lincoln City (League One) – 5 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 11 — Yellow Cards: 35 — Red Cards: 4

He received an average rating of 7.33 following the 2-1 win away at Wigan Athletic earlier this season. Some of the comments can be found below:

sedgleyimp: “Honestly far more good than bad…to disallow their handball goal was the correct decision and one others could easily have missed. He handled the minor fracas fine and didn’t get over-excited by them.

Couple of incorrect fouls given I thought. Poole made a great tackle in the first half and was penalised. Late in the game it looked like a foul on Draper.

Certainly gets a big thumbs up for that no goal decision so an above average of 7/10 for me.”

Chesterimp: “He missed the handball and got the home crowd on his back as result when having given the goal, Maguire persuaded the lino to have a word and then disallow it.

That racked up the tension though he managed to keep some sort of lid on it.

Then seemed to favour the home side including two truly awful decisions against us, penalising a great tackle by Poole and not giving the penalty for the clear foul on Draper.

A generous 3 for not allowing the match to run out of control having laid the foundations for that to happen.”

berksimps: “A combative game with both sides going for it, so a more difficult game than usual to ref. Thought he did well, changing his original decision for their handball goal, got control back when he could have lost it, allowed hard tackling but missed our decent penalty shout. 8/10.”

Sebastian Stockbridge: 2021/22 Stats:

07/08/21: Rotherham United 2-0 Plymouth Argyle (League One) – 1 yellow card
11/08/21: Burton Albion 1-1 Oxford United (EFL Cup) – 1 yellow card
17/08/21: Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Fleetwood Town (League One) – 9 yellow cards
24/08/21: Oldham Athletic 0-0 Accrington Stanley (EFL Cup) – 2 yellow cards
28/08/21: Harrogate Town 1-1 Exeter City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
31/08/21: Shrewsbury Town 0-1 Crewe Alexandra (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
11/09/21: Morecambe 3-4 AFC Wimbledon (League One) – 6 yellow cards
25/09/21: Walsall 1-2 Bristol Rovers (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
28/09/21: Carlisle United 2-0 Everton U21s (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
02/10/21: Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Crawley Town (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
16/10/21: Doncaster Rovers 0-2 Wycombe Wanderers (League One) – 3 yellow cards
19/10/21: Salford City 0-0 Rochdale (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
23/10/21: Port Vale 3-0 Colchester United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
26/10/21: Wigan Athletic 1-2 Lincoln City (League One) – 5 yellow cards
06/11/21: Bradford City 1-1 Exeter City (FA Cup) – 4 yellow cards
13/11/21: Milton Keynes Dons 4-1 Cambridge United (League One) – 3 yellow cards
23/11/21: Carlisle United 0-2 Harrogate Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
04/12/21: Doncaster Rovers 2-3 Mansfield Town (FA Cup) – 2 yellow cards
07/12/21: Fleetwood Town 3-0 Bolton Wanderers (League One) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
26/12/21: Oldham Athletic 1-3 Scunthorpe United (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
29/12/21: Morecambe 1-2 Crewe Alexandra (League One) – 2 yellow cards
01/01/22: Barrow 1-2 Bradford City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 22 — Yellow Cards: 69 — Red Cards: 2

Sebastian Stockbridge was the man in the middle for 31 matches last season. In those matches, he showed 100 yellow cards and 4 red cards.

He brandished the yellow card on 8 occasions during the League Two match between Morecambe and Leyton Orient, which finished 2-1 to the hosts, with former Imps loanee Lee Angol booked for the visitors.

Stockbridge to in 28 matches during the 2019/20 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.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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

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