Ref Watch - Tranmere Rovers v Lincoln City

The Football League have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game between Tranmere Rovers and Lincoln City in Sky Bet League Two on Tuesday evening.

Tranmere Rovers host Lincoln City on Tuesday, October 2 for the game at Prenton Park and the match carries a 7.45pm kickoff.

Referee: Andy Haines.
Assistants Refs: Peter Gooch and Ollie Williams.
Fourth Official: Danny Gratton.

Andy Haines has been the man in the middle for eleven matches involving Lincoln City:

26/12/07: Bradford City 2-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
29/03/08: Peterborough United 4-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
09/08/08: Rotherham United 1-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – no cards shown
31/01/09: Lincoln City 3-3 AFC Bournemouth (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
25/04/09: Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
11/08/09: Lincoln City 0-1 Barnsley (League Cup) – 1 yellow card
09/02/10: Darlington 1-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
08/05/10: Lincoln City 0-0 Macclesfield Town (League Two) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
01/02/11: Bradford City 1-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – no cards shown
09/04/11: Lincoln City 0-4 Gillingham (League Two) – 1 yellow card
25/11/17: Lincoln City 3-1 Port Vale (League Two) – 5 yellow cards

TOTALS: Games: 11 | Yellow Cards: 29 | Red Cards: 1

Andy Haines: 2018/19 Stats:

04/08/18: Walsall 2-1 Plymouth (League One) – 5 yellow cards
11/08/18: Cambridge United 3-2 Notts County (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
14/08/18: Leeds United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers (EFL Cup) – no cards shown
18/08/18: Oldham Athletic 3-1 Macclesfield Town (League Two) – 1 yellow card
25/08/18: Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Portsmouth (League One) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
01/09/18: Fleetwood Town 2-1 Bradford City (League One) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
04/09/18: Carlisle United 3-2 Morecambe (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
15/09/18: Mansfield Town 1-2 Exeter City (League Two) – 6 yellow cards
22/09/18: Scunthorpe United 1-0 Shrewsbury Town (League One) – 5 yellow cards

TOTALS: Games: 9 | Yellow Cards: 32 | Red Cards: 2

Andy Haines was the man in the middle for 33 games during the 2017/18 season. In those 33 games, he showed a total of 99 yellow cards and 6 red cards.

Haines was the most card in the game between Gillingham and Southend United in the Checkatrade Trophy, when he showed a total of 7 yellow cards.

He took in 37 games in 2016/17, showing 113 yellows cards and five red cards.

His highest card count that year was seven yellow cards in the game between Bradford City and Bristol Rovers on 17 September.

Haines took in 27 matches in 2015-16 and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a total of 85 yellow cards and five red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Oldham Athletic and Swindon Town on December 26, with a total of 9 yellow cards being shown.

Sources: EFL & Soccer Base.