Plymouth Argyle (h): Match Officials Confirmed

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

Lincoln City host Plymouth Argyle on Saturday, November 12 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 15:00 kick-off.

Referee: Craig Hicks.
Assistants Referees: Bradley Hall and Michael George.
Fourth Official: Marc Wilson.

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

Craig Hicks has been the man in the middle for 15 matches involving Lincoln City:

12/04/14: Salisbury City 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 1 yellow card
16/08/14: Barnet 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
11/10/14: Lincoln City 2-0 AFC Telford United (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
14/11/15: Lincoln City 1-0 Tranmere Rovers (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
03/09/16: Torquay United 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
04/03/17: Aldershot Town 0-0 Lincoln City (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
19/08/17: Exeter City 1-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
11/11/17: Crewe Alexandra 1-4 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
23/03/19: Crawley Town 0-3 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
24/08/19: Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 5 yellow cards
15/12/20: Lincoln City 0-1 Shrewsbury Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
19/05/21: Lincoln City 2-0 Sunderland (League One Play-Off Semi-Final) – 3 yellow cards
25/09/21: Burton Albion 1-2 Lincoln City (League One) – 3 yellow cards
27/11/21: Lincoln City 0-1 Accrington Stanley (League One) – 4 yellow cards
19/03/22: Lincoln City 0-0 Sunderland (League One) – 3 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 15 — Yellow Cards: 44 — Red Cards: 0

He received an average rating of 7.58 following the 0-0 draw at home against Sunderland in League One last season. Some of the comments can be found below:

sedgleyimp: “I’ll kick it off with a pretty decent 8. Always looked in control of proceedings and wasn’t fooled by their falls to the floor in the penalty area. Also gave me a laugh when he was clearly pointing to his watch in the 1 minute of injury time when Sunderland were farting about with a throw-in, in an attacking area and then just blew for half-time with a shrug at their player.”

berksimps: “Quite a difficult game for the ref, members of the Sunderland bench continually moaning and in the ear of the fourth official. He stayed cool and did not react to the play-acting. Shirt pulling didn’t appear to be an offence to either side. A fairly decent 7.”

PerthImp: “8/10. May have missed a couple of things (including a possible Sunderland penalty) but he let a real game of football flow as much as he could and didn’t put up with any play-acting.”

Craig Hicks: 2022/23 Stats:

06/08/22: Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Ipswich Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
09/08/22: AFC Wimbledon 0-2 Gillingham (EFL Cup) – 4 yellow cards
13/08/22: Salford City 3-0 Crewe Alexandra (League Two) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
20/08/22: Stevenage 2-1 Carlisle United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
27/08/22: Port Vale 0-1 Portsmouth (League One) – 3 yellow cards
13/09/22: Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Oxford United (League One) – 3 yellow cards
20/09/22: Northampton Town 0-2 Cambridge United (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
30/09/22: Mansfield Town 2-2 Hartlepool United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
04/10/22: Milton Keynes Dons 2-0 West Ham United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
08/10/22: Colchester United 2-1 Harrogate Town (League Two) – 6 yellow cards
11/10/22: Charlton Athletic 4-2 Exeter City (League One) – 1 yellow card
25/10/22: Peterborough United 3-1 Accrington Stanley (League One) – 6 yellow cards
01/11/22: Portsmouth 1-1 AFC Wimbledon (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 13 — Yellow Cards: 43 — Red Cards: 1

Craig Hicks was the man in the middle for 36 matches last season. In those matches, he showed 112 yellow cards and 7 red cards.

In the League Two encounter between Port Vale and Bristol Rovers (1-3), he showed 8 yellow cards, including a booking for former Imp Harry Anderson.

Hicks oversaw 34 matches during the 2020/21 season, showing 95 yellow cards and 4 red cards.

He was just a little card happy in the League One match between Burton Albion and Sunderland, which finished 3-0 to the visitors. He showed 8 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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