The Football Association has now announced the officials that will take charge of the game between Plymouth Argyle and Lincoln City in the Second Round of The FA Cup.
Plymouth Argyle host Lincoln City on Saturday, November 28 for the game at Home Park and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.
Referee: David Rock.
Assistants Refs: Michael Begley and Simon Shaw.
Fourth Official: Scott Jackson.
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David Rock has been the man in the middle for 5 matches involving Lincoln City:
06/09/14: Woking 3-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 1 yellow card
29/11/14: Lincoln City 1-0 Southport (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
21/03/15: Wrexham 1-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 1 yellow card
24/09/16: Dover Athletic 2-0 Lincoln City (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
29/11/16: Lincoln City 1-0 Wrexham (Conference) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
TOTALS: Matches: 5 — Yellow Cards: 12 — Red Cards: 1
He received an average rating of 1.83 following the 1-0 win at home against Wrexham in November 2016. Some of the comments can be found below:
cdhIMP: “1/10 as he correctly gave a penalty to us and correctly sent off Raggett.
Another than that, a completely inept display and the worst I have seen at Sincil Bank this season and that is saying something.
A special mention goes to the National League and the FA for being able to outdo themselves week after week by appointing someone more useless than our previous home fixture.”
Scotimp: “0.5.
That isn’t an over-reaction, I have had plenty of time to think about this after my long drive home last night. This was the worst ref I have seen in 47 years of watching football. He only gets a half-mark because he gave the penalty, which was a blatant foul on Rhead. He got almost everything else wrong – for both sides. He repeatedly gave blatant fouls to the other team, gave corners that were goal kicks, goal kicks that were corners, missed a couple of obvious Lincoln penalties, gave a red card to Raggett when it was a yellow at worst, failed to maintain consistency when McDonagh went straight through Elliott Whitehouse, and generally pratted about the pitch lecturing everyone. He wasn’t helped by the most indecisive linesman I have ever seen (Sincil Bank side), but this guy clearly does not have what it takes to be a real referee.
Should never be allowed near a professional football match again.”
David Rock: 2020/21 Stats:
05/09/20: Crawley Town 1-3 Millwall (EFL Cup) – 1 yellow card
08/09/20: Southend United 1-3 West Ham United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
19/09/20: Leyton Orient 2-2 Mansfield Town (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
03/10/20: Milton Keynes Dons 1-1 Ipswich Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
06/10/20: Northampton Town 5-0 Southampton U21s (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
10/10/20: Plymouth Argyle 2-0 Burton Albion (League One) – 4 yellow cards
20/10/20: Gillingham 0-2 Portsmouth (League One) – 3 yellow cards
24/10/20: Exeter City 3-1 Scunthorpe United (League Two) – 1 yellow card
03/11/20: Oxford United 3-1 Rochdale (League One) – 4 yellow cards
08/11/20: Eastbourne Borough 0-3 Blackpool (FA Cup) – 4 yellow cards
24/11/20: Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Carlisle United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 11 — Yellow Cards: 31 — Red Cards: 0
David Rock was the man in the middle for 26 matches last season, showing a total of 87 yellow cards and 4 red cards.
He was most card happy in the League One encounter between Gillingham and Rochdale (1-0) when he showed 9 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Rock took in 26 matches in the 2018/19 season. In those matches, he showed 62 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
During the 18/19 season, he showed 6 cards on two occasions, both of which were in the Conference: Sutton United 1-1 Chesterfield (6 yellow cards) and Solihull Moors 2-2 Barnet (5 yellow cards and 1 red card).
Rock oversaw 27 matches during the 2017/18 season. He showed a total of 59 yellow cards and 3 red cards during that season.
During the 17/18 season, he showed 5 cards on three occasions, all of which were in the Conference: Aldershot Town 1-2 Macclesfield Town (4 yellow cards and 1 red card), Maidstone 2-3 Tranmere Rovers (5 yellow cards) and Bromley 1-1 Wrexham (4 yellow cards and 1 red card).
Sources: The Football Association & Soccer Base.
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— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln1) November 27, 2020
