The Football League has now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game between Crewe Alexandra and Lincoln City on Boxing Day.
Crewe Alexandra host Lincoln City on Wednesday, December 26 for the game at Gresty Road and the match carries a 3.00pm kickoff.
Referee: Christopher Sarginson.
Assistants Refs: Ravel Cheosiaua and David Benton.
Fourth Official: Danny Gratton.
Christopher Sarginson has been the man in the middle for 7 matches involving Lincoln City:
10/10/08: Lincoln City 1-1 Rochdale (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
14/03/09: Lincoln City 1-1 Bury (League Two) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
30/10/10: Wycombe Wanderers 2-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
15/03/11: Macclesfield Town 1-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
25/03/11: Lincoln City 0-6 Rotherham United (League Two) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
21/10/17: Cheltenham Town 1-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
05/12/17: Lincoln City 3-2 Accrington Stanley (EFL Trophy) – 6 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 7 | Yellow Cards: 26 | Red Cards: 3
Christopher Sarginson: 2018/19 Stats:
14/08/18: Cheltenham Town 2-2 Colchester United (EFL Cup) – 5 yellow cards
18/08/18: Exeter City 1-1 Newport County (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
21/08/18: Bradford City 1-0 Burton Albion (League One) – 1 yellow card
25/08/18: Plymouth Argyle 1-5 Peterborough United (League One) – 1 yellow card
01/01/18: Accrington Stanley 1-1 Scunthorpe United (League One) – 2 yellow cards
04/09/18: Macclesfield Town 3-3 Blackpool (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
15/09/18: Shrewsbury Town 2-0 Southend United (League One) – 5 yellow cards
29/09/18: Grimsby Town 1-2 Morecambe (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
02/10/18: Northampton Town 0-0 Bury (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
06/10/18: Portsmouth 0-2 Gillingham (League One) – no cards shown
20/10/18: Yeovil Town 0-0 Tranmere Rovers (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
23/10/18: Luton Town 4-1 Accrington Stanley (League One) – 6 yellow cards
30/10/18: Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Mansfield Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
03/11/18: Carlisle United 3-2 Newport County (League Two) – 1 yellow card
07/11/18: Forest Green Rovers 1-3 Arsenal U21s (EFL Trophy) – 5 yellow cards
11/11/18: Alfreton Town 1-4 Fleetwood Town (FA Cup) – 5 yellow cards
13/11/18: Walsall 1-2 Port Vale (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
20/11/18: Cheltenham Town 2-0 Ebbsfleet United (FA Cup) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
24/11/18: Cambridge United 2-2 Bury (League Two) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
27/11/18: Peterborough United 1-0 AFC Wimbledon (League One) – no cards shown
01/12/18: Charlton Athletic 0-2 Doncaster Rovers (FA Cup) – 2 yellow cards
02/12/18: Slough Town 0-1 Gillingham (FA Cup) – 4 yellow cards
05/12/18: Swansea City U21s 1-2 Bristol Rovers (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
15/12/18: Northampton Town 1-1 Stevenage (League Two) – 1 yellow card
22/12/18: Milton Keynes Dons 0-1 Colchester United (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 25 | Yellow Cards: 74 | Red Cards: 3
Christopher Sarginson was the man in the middle for 43 matches during the 2017/18 season. He showed a total of 136 yellow cards and 5 red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Yeovil Town and Stevenage in Sky Bet League Two, which finished 3-0 to the home side. Sarginson showed 4 yellow cards and 3 red cards.
Match Day referee Sarginson took in 41 games in 2016/17, showing 121 yellows cards and seven red cards.
He was most card happy in the game between Millwall and Gillingham on October 4, when he handed out a total of 8 yellow cards.
Sarginson took in 31 matches during the 2015-16 season and in those matches, he handed out a total of 91 yellow cards and two red cards.
He showed 7 cards on two occasions during that season: Cardiff City v Hull City (7 yellow cards) and Rochdale v Swindon Town (7 yellow cards).
Sources: EFL & Soccer Base.
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