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

Lincoln City host Northampton Town on Saturday, January 23 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.

Referee: Anthony Backhouse.
Assistants Refs: Stephen Finch and Danny Gratton.
Fourth Official: Abbas Khan.

You can discuss this refereeing appointment HERE, as well as many other topics on our 100% Imps forum! We have also published a Lincoln City v Northampton Town Quiz, which can be found just below. Every page view helps raise money for Lincoln City Football Club!

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

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Which famous entertainer was a winger with Northampton in the late 1940s?

Anthony Backhouse has been the man in the middle for 13 matches involving Lincoln City:

13/04/13: Lincoln City 2-1 Tamworth (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
28/12/13: FC Halifax Town 5-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
04/10/16: Wrexham 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
17/12/16: Lincoln City 2-1 Tranmere Rovers (Conference) – 6 yellow cards
20/01/17: Lincoln City 2-0 Dover Athletic (Conference) – 1 yellow card
14/03/17: York City 2-1 Lincoln City (FA Trophy SF1) – 3 yellow cards
03/04/17: Lincoln City 2-0 Dagenham & Redbridge (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
09/09/18: Stevenage 1-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 6 yellow cards and 2 red cards
03/11/18: Lincoln City 2-1 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
04/12/18: Accrington Stanley 2-2 Lincoln City (EFL Trophy) – 7 yellow cards
22/04/19: Lincoln City 0-0 Tranmere Rovers (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
21/09/19: Lincoln City 0-6 Oxford United (League One) – 6 yellow cards
17/10/20: Fleetwood Town 0-0 Lincoln City (League One) – 2 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 13 Yellow Cards: 51 Red Cards: 3

He received an average rating of 6.315 following the 0-0 draw away at Fleetwood Town earlier this season. Some of the comments can be found below:

hulloutpost: “It wasn’t a difficult game to manage. I don’t think Harry’s was a penalty. Backhouse not consistent with his cards though so a 5.”

sedgleyimp: “I actually thought he did okay. I’m unconvinced with the possible penalty on Harry as he did seem to go down in installments. I think if he looks at that early Palmer challenge which he gave us a free-kick for he might consider he made an error there but overall let some meaty challenges go and wasn’t taken in by players (on both sides to be fair) falling over.

6.5 for me (slightly above a par of 6).”

Chesterimp: “6, he was generally OK but had some moments of annoying fussiness and got the booking ratio totally wrong.”

Anthony Backhouse: 2020/21 Stats:

29/08/20: Blackburn Rovers 3-2 Doncaster Rovers (EFL Cup) – 4 yellow cards
08/09/20: Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Crewe Alexandra (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
12/09/20: Sunderland 1-1 Bristol Rovers (League One) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
15/09/20: Middlesbrough 0-2 Barnsley (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
03/10/20: Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Scunthorpe United (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
17/10/20: Fleetwood Town 0-0 Lincoln City (League One) – 2 yellow cards
27/10/20: Walsall 0-2 Cambridge United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
31/10/20: Salford City 2-0 Oldham Athletic (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
03/11/20: Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Burton Albion (League One) – 6 yellow cards
07/11/20: Sunderland 0-1 Mansfield Town (FA Cup) – 3 yellow cards
18/11/20: Morecambe 4-0 Manchester United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 1 yellow card
24/11/20: Accrington Stanley 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (League One) – 3 yellow cards
02/12/20: Hull City 2-1 Doncaster Rovers (League One) – 4 yellow cards
05/12/20: Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Charlton Athletic (League One) – 6 yellow cards
08/12/20: Grimsby Town 0-2 Newport County (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
12/12/20: Oldham Athletic 3-1 Bradford City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
19/12/20: Walsall 4-3 Port Vale (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
16/01/21: Newport County 0-0 Salford City (League Two) – 1 yellow card and 1 red card

TOTALS: Matches: 18 Yellow Cards: 64 Red Cards: 2

Anthony Backhouse oversaw a total of 27 matches last season, showing a total of 89 yellow cards and 4 red cards.

He brandished his yellow card on 8 occasions during the League Two match between Mansfield Town and Plymouth Argyle, which finished 1-0 to the visitors, including a booking for former Imps loanee Kellan Gordon, who was playing for the hosts. Alex Palmer played in goal for the visitors that night, having spent the season at Argyle on loan.

Backhouse was the man in charge of 39 matches in the 2018/19 season, showing 105 yellow cards and 5 red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Cheltenham Town and Macclesfield Town (3-2) in Sky Bet League Two when he showed 7 yellow cards and 1 red card.

During the 2017/18 season, Backhouse was the man in the middle for 33 matches. In those matches, he showed a total of 102 yellow cards and 7 red cards.

He showed 8 cards on two occasions during the 2017/18 season: Stevenage 1-2 Lincoln City (6 yellow cards and 2 red cards) and Mansfield Town 1-1 Exeter City (7 yellow cards and 2 red cards).

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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