Ref Watch - Lincoln City v Wolves U21s

The Football League has now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game between Lincoln City and Wolves U21s.

The Imps host Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s in the Checkatrade Trophy tonight and the match carries a 7.45pm kickoff.

Referee: Trevor Kettle.
Assistants Refs: Alix Pashley and Duncan Street.
Fourth Official: Declan Bourne.

Trevor Kettle has been the man in the middle for nine 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

TOTALS: Matches: 9 | Yellow Cards: 31 | Red Cards: 0

Trevor Kettle: 2018/19 Stats:

04/08/18: Port Vale 3-0 Cambridge United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
14/08/18: Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Fleetwood Town (EFL Cup) – 1 yellow card
18/08/18: Walsall 2-1 Gillingham (League One) – 3 yellow cards
21/08/18: Luton Town 2-0 Southend United (League One) – 3 yellow cards
25/08/18: Oxford United 3-1 Burton Albion (League One) – 7 yellow cards and 1 red card
01/09/18: Swindon Town 1-1 Milton Keynes Dons (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
04/09/18: Yeovil Town 0-0 Exeter City (EFL Trophy) – no cards shown
15/09/18: Coventry City 1-0 Barnsley (League One) – 4 yellow cards
18/09/18: Wycombe Wanderers 2-1 Fulham U21s (EFL Trophy) – no cards shown
22/09/18: Sunderland 4-1 Rochdale (League One) – 5 yellow cards
29/09/18: Mansfield Town 4-0 Northampton Town (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
02/10/18: Newport County 3-3 Macclesfield Town (League Two) – 10 yellow cards
06/10/18: Morecambe 3-4 Tranmere Rovers (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
09/10/18: Cambridge United 4-0 Southampton U21s (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
13/10/18: Colchester United 3-1 Crawley Town (League Two) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
03/11/18: Blackpool 0-3 Bristol Rovers (League One) – 1 yellow card

TOTALS: Matches: 16 | Yellow Cards: 56 | Red Cards: 2

Trevor Kettle was the man in the middle for 37 matches during the 2017/18 season. He showed a total of 130 yellow cards and 5 red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Crawley Town and Lincoln City, which finished 3-1 to the home side. Kettle showed 8 yellow cards in that match, half of which were shown to Lincoln City players (Scott Wharton, Luke Waterfall, Alex Woodyard and Matt Green).

Match Day referee Kettle took in 35 matches in 2016/17, showing 137 yellows cards and six red cards.

His highest card count that year was ten yellow cards in the match between Leyton Orient and Crawley Town.

Kettle took in 31 matches in 2015-16 and in those matches, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a total of 108 yellow cards and ten red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers on September 26, with a total of 6 yellow cards and two red cards being shown. He also showed 7 yellow cards and one red card in the match between York City and Leyton Orient April 2.

Sources: EFL & Soccer Base.