The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Peterborough United and Lincoln City in League One.
Peterborough United host Lincoln City on Saturday, May 1 for the match at London Road and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.
Referee: John Busby.
Assistants Referees: Joe Clark and Andrew Dallison.
Fourth Official: David Rock.
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John Busby has been the man in the middle for 6 matches involving Lincoln City:
11/08/15: Braintree Town 1-3 Lincoln City (Conference) – 1 yellow card and 1 red card
28/11/15: Lincoln City 1-1 Welling United (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
14/04/18: Port Vale 1-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
15/09/18: Macclesfield Town 1-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
11/02/20: Lincoln City 1-1 Milton Keynes Dons (League One) – 5 yellow cards
06/03/21: Lincoln City 3-0 Crewe Alexandra (League One) – 2 yellow cards
TOTALS: Games: 6 — Yellow Cards: 16 — Red Cards: 1
He received an average rating of 7.395 following the 3-0 win at home against Crewe Alexandra in March. Some of the comments can be found below:
sedgleyimp: “Personally I thought he was fine and largely anonymous, but he had a very odd moment about half way through the first half when he held play up to talk to a Crewe player for no apparent nor obvious reason. He also let a few fouls go when there was no advantage there.
7.5.”
PerthImp: “7. Let one or two fouls go unpunished but overall kept the game going and the cards were justified. Definitely, an odd moment speaking to the Crewe defender. What was that about?”
Scotimp: “Perhaps the fact that he didn’t have too many decisions to make was a product of the way he ran the game? Rule-obsessed card-wavers like Mike Dean and Lee Mason rub players up the wrong way from the kick-off, which is why their performances are often confrontational. Players respond to being allowed some leeway, as we see in the FLT matches, and maybe the referees create an easier game for themselves in the process.
I thought Mr Busby was fine, with the exception of buying some very soft ‘fouls’ as all referees do now. He let the game flow when he could and tried to speak to the players, rather than booking everyone in sight like some do.
I would certainly give him 8.”
John Busby: 2020/21 Stats:
05/09/20: Luton Town 3-1 Norwich City (EFL Cup) – 2 yellow cards
15/09/20: Millwall 3-1 Cheltenham Town (EFL Cup) – 1 yellow card
19/09/20: Charlton Athletic 1-3 Doncaster Rovers (League One) – 2 yellow cards
26/09/20: Ipswich Town 2-0 Rochdale (League One) – 3 yellow cards
06/10/20: Forest Green Rovers 3-0 West Bromwich Albion U21s (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
17/10/20: Crawley Town 4-0 Morecambe (League Two) – 1 yellow card
24/10/20: Gillingham 0-2 Fleetwood Town (League One) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
03/11/20: Plymouth Argyle 4-2 Swindon Town (League One) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
07/11/20: Stevenage 2-2 Concord Rangers (FA Cup) – 4 yellow cards
10/11/20: Cambridge United 1-1 Peterborough United (EFL Trophy) – 4 yellow cards
14/11/20: Hull City 2-0 Burton Albion (League One) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
21/11/20: Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Sunderland (League One) – 2 yellow cards
28/11/20: Bolton Wanderers 3-0 Southend United (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
05/12/20: Fleetwood Town 0-1 Blackpool (League One) – no cards
12/12/20: Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Northampton Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
22/12/20: Grimsby Town 1-2 Bradford City (League Two) – no cards
08/01/21: Charlton Athletic 0-2 Accrington Stanley (League One) – 3 yellow cards
12/01/21: Bristol Rovers 0-1 AFC Wimbledon (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
23/01/21: Leyton Orient 0-1 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
30/01/21: Cambridge United 3-1 Crawley Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
06/02/21: Ipswich Town 2-0 Blackpool (League One) – 4 yellow cards
20/02/21: Scunthorpe United 3-1 Harrogate Town (League Two) – 1 yellow card
02/03/21: Exeter City 0-0 Walsall (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
06/03/21: Lincoln City 3-0 Crewe Alexandra (League One) – 2 yellow cards
09/03/21: Peterborough United 1-3 Hull City (League One) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
17/03/21: Accrington Stanley 0-2 Sunderland (League One) – 4 yellow cards
20/03/21: Mansfield Town 2-2 Grimsby Town (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
02/04/21: Cheltenham Town 4-0 Tranmere Rovers (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
05/04/21: Colchester United 1-1 Barrow (League Two) – 1 yellow card
10/04/21: Portsmouth 1-2 Burton Albion (League One) – 1 yellow card
17/04/21: AFC Wimbledon 4-1 Swindon Town (League One) – 4 yellow cards
25/04/21: Bristol City 2-3 Luton Town (Championship) – no cards
TOTALS: Games: 32 — Yellow Cards: 82 — Red Cards: 6
John Busby was the man in the middle for 33 matches last season. In those matches, he showed 123 yellow cards and 5 red cards.
In the League Two encounter between Forest Green Rovers and Scunthorpe United, which finished 2-0 to the visitors, he showed 7 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Busby oversaw a total of 43 matches during the 2018/19 season, showing 98 yellow cards and 6 red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Charlton Athletic and Accrington Stanley (1-0) in League One, when he showed 6 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Busby took in a total of 43 matches during the 2017/18 season, showing a total of 110 yellow cards and 4 red cards.
He showed 7 cards on two occasions during that season, the first of which was in the match between Gillingham and Bradford City in League One, when he showed a total of 6 yellow cards and 1 red card. The second match in which he showed a total of 7 cards was in League One between Gillingham and Milton Keynes, when he showed a total of 7 yellow cards.
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
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