Sheffield Wednesday (a): Match Officials

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

Sheffield Wednesday host Lincoln City on Saturday, October 23 for the match at Hillsborough, and the match carries a 15:00 kick-off.

Referee: Martin Coy.
Assistants Referees: David Avent and Dean Treleaven.
Fourth Official: Thomas Harty.

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Martin Coy has been the man in the middle for 12 matches involving Lincoln City:

07/09/13: Lincoln City 1-0 Salisbury (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
08/02/14: Hyde United 4-3 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
04/01/15: Lincoln City 4-1 Barnet (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
09/01/16: Lincoln City 2-3 Dover Athletic (Conference) – 6 yellow cards
12/03/16: Macclesfield Town 1-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 1 yellow card
10/09/16: Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
12/11/16: Lincoln City 3-3 Aldershot Town (Conference) – 4 yellow cards
30/12/17: Lincoln City 2-1 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
09/10/18: Scunthorpe United 1-1 Lincoln City (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
23/02/19: Morecambe 0-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
07/02/20: Lincoln City 0-1 Rotherham United (League One) – 3 yellow cards
14/02/21: Lincoln City 2-2 Accrington Stanley (League One) – 3 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 12 — Yellow Cards: 38 — Red Cards: 1

He received an average rating of 6.325 following the 2-2 draw at home against Accrington Stanley last season. Some of the comments can be found below:

Chesterimp: “Seemed to have difficulty distinguishing between a fair tackle and a foul, got too many wrong for me.

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Woodis: “4. Thought he was very poor. Totally summed up for giving a foul against Rogers after their player had made a good tackle on him in the first half then got hurt in the process. Seemed to be whoever did the best job of falling over or rolling around got the foul. He’s an accident waiting to happen.”

hulloutpost: “He was fine most of the time, quite sensible actually (apart from stopping our break away for the Accy player feigning injury but he would say he was following protocol). 7.5”

Martin Coy: 2021/22 Stats:

07/08/21: Bolton Wanderers 3-3 Milton Keynes Dons (League One) – 1 yellow card
10/08/21: Hull City 1-1 Wigan Athletic (EFL Cup) – no cards
14/08/21: Rochdale 0-0 Scunthorpe United (League Two) – no cards
17/08/21: Bradford City 4-1 Stevenage (League Two) – 1 yellow card
24/08/21: Barrow 0-6 Aston Villa (EFL Cup) – 5 yellow cards
28/08/21: Rotherham United 2-0 Doncaster Rovers (League One) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
04/09/21: Carlisle United 2-1 Salford City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
02/10/21: Accrington Stanley 2-1 Ipswich Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
15/10/21: Burton Albion 3-2 Morecambe (League One) – 5 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 9 — Yellow Cards: 24 — Red Cards: 1

Martin Coy was the man in the middle for 32 matches. In those matches, he showed 86 yellow cards and 5 red cards.

He brandished the yellow card 7 times in the League Two encounter between Barrow and Southend United, which finished 2-1 to the visitors.

Coy was in charge of 27 matches during the 2019/20 season, showing 78 yellow cards and 4 red cards.

He was just a little card happy in the League One encounter between Accrington Stanley and Oxford United (2-2) when he showed 9 yellow cards.

Coy oversaw a total of 35 matches in the 2018/19 season, showing a total of 94 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Mansfield Town and Port Vale (1-0) in League Two when he showed 7 yellow cards and 1 red card, including a booking for former Imp Louis Dodds.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.