Referee Watch – Lincoln City v Ipswich Town

The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Ipswich Town (managed by Paul Lambert) on Saturday afternoon.

Lincoln City host Ipswich Town on Saturday, October 24 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.

Referee: Kevin Johnson.
Assistants Refs: Andrew Dallison and Oliver Bickle.
Fourth Official: Ian Smedley.

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Kevin Johnson has been the man in the middle for 8 matches involving Lincoln City:

27/03/12: Hayes & Yeading 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 1 yellow card
28/04/12: Ebbsfleet 2-3 Lincoln City (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
09/03/13: Lincoln City 1-0 Southport (Conference) – 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards
14/10/17: Lincoln City 0-0 Cambridge United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
01/09/19: Exeter City 0-3 Lincoln City (League Two) – 7 yellow cards
06/04/19: Milton Keynes Dons 0-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 7 yellow cards
27/04/19: Newport County 1-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
09/11/19: Ipswich Town 1-1 Lincoln City (FA Cup) – 3 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 8 — Yellow Cards: 32 — Red Cards: 2

Have a go at our Lincoln City v Ipswich Town Quiz below:

He received an average rating of 6.75 following the 1-1 draw away at Ipswich Town in the FA Cup last season. Some of the comments can be found below:

evenstephen: “7.5/10 I thought he did okay, should have played the advantage a bit more but most of the important decisions he got right.”

Impala: “Managed to upset both sets of fans, but pretty good in my opinion. Failed to give the imps the chance to play on when Bruno was in bags of space in the first half to book their player; but overall a solid 7.5.”

Eweimps: “Always a worry when both sets of fans felt the need to boo him. Looks a possible pen early on and inconsistent with the advantage rule, played it well for them when he correctly yellowed our man but didn’t wait for two seconds and look to see Bruno in space as has been mentioned, overall we’ve had worse. I think Ellis might have got away with a bad tackle too when no fk was given…thought it was a card.

6/10.”

Kevin Johnson: 2020/21 Stats:

05/09/20: Newport County 2-0 Swansea City (EFL Cup) – 2 yellow cards
12/09/20: Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Blackpool (League One) – 4 yellow cards
26/09/20: Swindon Town 4-2 Burton Albion (League One) – 3 yellow cards
10/10/20: Southend United 2-2 Exeter City (League Two) – no cards given
20/10/20: Oxford United 3-2 Milton Keynes Dons (League One) – 5 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 5 — Yellow Cards: 14 — Red Cards: 0

Kevin Johnson took in 28 matches last season. In those matches, he showed a total of 93 yellow cards and 8 red cards.

He showed seven cards on two occasions, both of which were in League One: Portsmouth 3-3 Coventry City (5 yellow cards and 2 red cards) and AFC Wimbledon 1-0 Gillingham (6 yellow cards and 1 red card).

Johnson oversaw 42 matches during the 2018/19 season, showing a total of 130 yellow cards and 6 red cards.

He showed 7 cards on 6 occasions last season, including The Imps 3-0 win away at Exeter City on Saturday, September 1st, when he showed 7 yellow cards and the 2-0 win away at Milton Keynes Dons on Saturday, April 6th, when he also showed 7 yellow cards.

Match Day referee Johnson was the man in the middle for 37 matches during the 2017/18 season, showing a total of 111 yellow cards and 9 red cards.

He showed 9 cards on two occasions last season. The first match was between Milton Keynes Dons and Wigan Athletic (0-1) when he showed 7 yellow cards and 2 red cards. The other match he showed 9 cards in was the Crawley Town v Carlisle United (0-1) match on Saturday 30th September when he showed 6 yellow cards and 3 red cards.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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