Pompey (h): Tonight’s Match Officials

Ross Joyce will be the man in the middle for tonight’s home match against Portsmouth in League One. The kick-off is at 19:45.

Referee: Ross Joyce.
Assistants Refs: Paul Newhouse and Mark Stevens.
Fourth Official: Stephen Wade.

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Ross Joyce has been the man in the middle for 17 matches involving Lincoln City:

24/09/11: Lincoln City 1-1 Forest Green Rovers (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
26/12/11: Lincoln City 1-2 Grimsby Town (Conference) – 4 yellow cards
24/03/12: Lincoln City 2-0 Newport County (Conference) – 7 yellow cards
25/08/12: Lincoln City 2-3 Macclesfield Town (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
06/10/12: Lincoln City 1-2 Luton Town (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
08/01/13: Southport 4-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
09/02/13: Lincoln City 2-1 Dartford (Conference) – 9 yellow cards and 1 red card
30/03/13: Alfreton Town 0-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
04/01/14: Lincoln City 0-0 Luton Town (Conference) – 4 yellow cards
08/02/14: Alfreton Town 1-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
25/08/14: Halifax 3-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
09/12/14: Lincoln City 3-1 Nuneaton Town (Conference) – 1 red card
18/11/17: Lincoln City 1-2 Coventry City (League Two) – 6 yellow cards
13/01/18: Lincoln City 2-2 Notts County (League Two) – 7 yellow cards
04/09/18: Lincoln City 1-2 Mansfield Town (EFL Trophy) – 8 yellow cards and 1 red card
17/09/19: Rochdale 1-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 3 yellow cards
16/03/21: Lincoln City 0-3 Gillingham (League One) – 5 yellow cards

TOTALS: Games: 17 — Yellow Cards: 80 — Red Cards: 5

He received an average rating of 2.82following the 3-0 defeat at home against Gillingham last season. Some of the comments can be found on the link provided below:

https://forums.vitalfootball.co.uk/threads/rate-the-ref-home-to-gillingham-16-03-2021.114081/#post-2759961

Ross Joyce: 2021/22 Stats:

Full information for this season can be viewed here:
https://www.soccerbase.com/referees/referee.sd?referee_id=1047&season_id=154

TOTALS: Matches: 13 — Yellow Cards: 49 — Red Cards: 2

Ross Joyce was the man in the middle for 32 matches, showing 130 yellow cards and 4 red cards.

He was just a little card happy in the FA Cup match between Marine and Havant & Waterlooville when he showed 10 yellow cards and 1 red card.

During 2019/20, Joyce oversaw 27 matches. In those matches, he showed 115 yellow cards and 3 red cards.

He showed 9 cards on two occasions during the 2019/20 season: Tranmere Rovers 3-2 Manchester United U21s (8 yellow cards and 1 red card) in the EFL Trophy and Bradford City 2-0 Mansfield Town (9 yellow cards) in League Two.

Joyce was the man in the middle for a total of 44 matches during the 2018/19 season, showing a total of 157 yellow cards and 5 red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Lincoln City and Mansfield Town (1-2) in the EFL Trophy, when he showed 8 yellow cards and 1 red card. Michael Bostwick and Jamie McCombe received bookings that night, and Michael O’Connor was sent off. The following Mansfield Town players were booked: Hayden White, Matt Preston, Timi Max Elsnik, Malvind Benning, Alex MacDonald and Danny Rose.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.