The Football League has now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game between Port Vale and Lincoln City on Tuesday evening.
Port Vale host Lincoln City on Tuesday, August 14 for the game at Vale Park and the match carries a 7.45pm kickoff.
Referee: Robert Lewis.
Assistants Refs: Mark Cunliffe and Ian Smedley.
Fourth Official: Thomas Harty.
Robert Lewis has been the man in the middle for four games involving Lincoln City:
4/2/06: Stockport County 2-3 Lincoln City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
1/1/07: Macclesfield Town 2-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 8 yellow cards
19/2/11: Lincoln City 0-2 Chesterfield (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
2/4/18: Carlisle United 0-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
2018/19 Stats:
4/8/18: Swindon Town 3-2 Macclesfield Town (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
Robert Lewis was the man in the middle for 28 games during the 2017/18 season, showing a total of 78 yellow cards and five red cards.
During last season, he was most card happy in the game between Charlton Athletic and Doncaster Rovers on 14th October, when he showed a total of 7 yellow cards.
Matchday referee Lewis took in 16 games in 2016/17, showing 49 yellows cards and two red cards.
His highest card count that year was in the game between Gillingham and Scunthorpe United in League One, where he showed a total of 8 yellow cards.
He took in 27 matches in the 2015-16 season and in those games he handed out a total of 85 yellow cards and four red cards.
Lewis showed 7 cards on two occasions during that season: Peterborough United 2-0 Crawley Town (7 yellow cards) and Sheffield United 0-0 Gillingham (7 yellow cards).
Sources: EFL & Soccer Base.
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