Portsmouth (a): Match Officials

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

Portsmouth host Lincoln City on Friday, April 15 at Fratton Park, and the match carries a 15:00 kick-off.

Referee: Trevor Kettle.
Assistants Referees: Mark Derrien and Paul Evans.
Fourth Official: Johnathon Bickerdike.

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Trevor Kettle has been the man in the middle for 12 matches involving Lincoln City:

13/03/04: Lincoln City 4-1 Mansfield Town (Division 3) – 3 yellow cards
07/08/04: Shrewsbury Town 0-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
25/11/06: Wrexham 2-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – no cards shown
02/11/07: Lincoln City 0-1 Chester (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
23/09/08: Leicester City 0-0 Lincoln City (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
08/08/09: Lincoln City 1-0 Barnet (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
22/04/11: Bury 1-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
26/09/17: Lincoln City 2-1 Barnet (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
17/02/18: Crawley Town 3-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 8 yellow cards
06/11/18: Lincoln City 2-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers (EFL Trophy) – 5 yellow cards
04/05/2019: Lincoln City 0-3 Colchester United (League Two) – 6 yellow cards
20/02/21: Wigan Athletic 1-2 Lincoln City (League One) – 7 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 12 — Yellow Cards: 49 — Red Cards: 0

He received an average rating of 4.14 following the 2-1 win away at Wigan Athletic last season. Some of the comments can be found below:

GreenNeedle: “I’m going to go for a 6 as well. I think there were some fouls that should have been given, some he did give that should have been a card and he even over-ruled his stupid linesman when everyone could see that Brammall knocked the ball out for a corner.

He did let the game flow and try to play advantage but there looked to be some touch old-style challenges going in with no reprimand.”

APHLCFC: “I’ll give him 5 as he didn’t impact on the outcome. He was inconsistent with what he did and didn’t give. His mobility was terrible. He booked Palmer for waiting for the ball to stop rolling in the wind. He booked Johnson even though he kicked the ball away before he’d blown the whistle (so it was still live). Sadly, it was pretty much what you’d expect when you see his name on the sheet. Just thankful his poor performance didn’t ruin the game.”

hulloutpost: “Consistently didn’t buy the diving and screaming from the players, something which I am in favour of. A little bit of inconsistency in other aspects overall but no howlers, so a decent 7.”

Trevor Kettle: 2021/22 Stats:

10/08/21: Cambridge United 0-0 Swindon Town (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
14/08/21: Colchester United 0-1 Northampton Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
17/08/21: Portsmouth 1-0 Shrewsbury Town (League One) – 2 yellow cards
21/08/21: Harrogate Town 2-1 Barrow (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
28/08/21: Scunthorpe United 1-0 Tranmere Rovers (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
11/09/21: Sutton United 2-1 Stevenage (League Two) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
14/09/21: Leyton Orient 1-0 Southampton U21s (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
25/09/21: Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Doncaster Rovers (League One) – 10 yellow cards
05/10/21: Gillingham 0-2 Ipswich Town (EFL Trophy) – 4 yellow cards
09/10/21: Walsall 2-1 Salford City (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
16/10/21: Exeter City 2-2 Newport County (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
30/10/21: Crawley Town 1-4 Port Vale (League Two) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
06/11/21: Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Swindon Town (FA Cup) – 3 yellow cards
09/11/21: Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 Harrogate Town (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
13/11/21: Burton Albion 0-1 Charlton Athletic (League One) – 5 yellow cards and 2 red cards
20/11/21: Stevenage 1-0 Colchester United (League Two) – 6 yellow cards
11/12/21: Wigan Athletic 1-1 Ipswich Town (League One) – 4 yellow cards
18/12/21: Cambridge United 0-1 Rotherham United (League One) – 3 yellow cards
29/12/21: Oxford United 3-0 AFC Wimbledon (League One) – 5 yellow cards
15/03/22: Forest Green Rovers 1-1 Leyton Orient (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
26/03/22: Crawley Town 1-0 Rochdale (League Two) – 1 yellow card
29/03/22: Hartlepool United 2-2 Mansfield Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 22 — Yellow Cards: 81 — Red Cards: 6

Trevor Kettle was the man in the middle for a total of 33 matches last season. In those matches, he showed 95 yellow cards and 5 red cards.

He was most card happy in the League One match between Sunderland and Oxford United (3-1) when he showed 7 yellow cards and 1 red card

Kettle oversaw 28 matches during the 2019/20 season, showing a total of 105 yellow cards and 9 red cards.

He was just a little card happy in the League Two encounter between Cambridge United and Leyton Orient (2-3), when he showed 9 yellow cards and 2 red cards, including a booking for former Imps loanee Lee Angol (Leyton Orient).

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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

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