The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Sheffield Wednesday in League One.
Lincoln City host Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, March 5 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 15:00 kick-off.
Referee: Martin Coy.
Assistants Referees: Stephen Rushton and Grant Taylor.
Fourth Official: Christopher Sarginson.
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Martin Coy has been the man in the middle for 13 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
23/10/21: Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 1 yellow card
TOTALS: Matches: 13 — Yellow Cards: 39 — Red Cards: 1
He received an average rating of 6.5 following the 1-1 draw away at Sheffield Wednesday earlier this season. Some of the comments can be found below:
bbh 11: “8.5 Good game, a lot of shirt pulling, he seemed to spot the major parts of it.
It’s not easy to give an opinion on any decisions in the opposite penalty area as I would of needed binoculars. Personally, I prefer sitting near the halfway line so I can see both ends clearly, but not possible most of the time away from home unless I want to sit with the locals.”
Norfolk Imp: “2/10 … bottled 1 if not 2 Stonewall penalties for us, then allowed play on when a free kick on the edge of the box would’ve been more beneficial. Levelling up a non-award for them with a debatable handball isn’t good enough.
The standard of refereeing is dropping significantly recently.”
Woodis: “5. I didn’t think he was that good, a couple of late ones left on our players should have been yellow cards. Penalty shout for us in second half looked one to me, especially in view where the ball went, their player missed it.”
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
23/10/21: Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 1 yellow card
06/11/21: Northampton Town 2-2 Cambridge United (FA Cup) – 3 yellow cards
09/11/21: Crewe Alexandra 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s (EFL Trophy) – no cards
13/11/21: Carlisle United 0-0 Barrow (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
23/11/21: Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Bradford City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
04/12/21: Burton Albion 1-2 Port Vale (FA Cup) – 1 yellow card
07/12/21: Harrogate Town 1-4 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
11/12/21: Walsall 3-0 Colchester United (League Two) – 1 yellow card
22/01/22: Hartlepool United 1-1 Stevenage (League Two) – 1 yellow card
25/01/22: Rotherham United 1-1 Cambridge United (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
29/01/22: Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Plymouth Argyle (League One) – 3 yellow cards
08/02/22: Accrington Stanley 2-0 Oxford United (League One) – 3 yellow cards
01/03/22: Wigan Athletic 2-0 Fleetwood Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards
TOTALS: Matches: 22 — Yellow Cards: 48 — Red Cards: 3
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.
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