Should’ve Gone To Specsavers – Lincoln City v Peterborough United

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

Lincoln City host Peterborough on Wednesday, January 1 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.

Referee: Christopher Sarginson.
Assistants Refs: David Benton and Abbas Khan.
Fourth Official: Robert Atkin.

Christopher Sarginson has been the man in the middle for 9 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
26/12/18: Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 6 yellow cards
07/09/19: Wycombe Wanderers 3-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 2 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 9 | Yellow Cards: 34 | Red Cards: 3

He received an average rating of 2.14 following the 3-1 defeat away at Wycombe Wanderers earlier on this season. Some of the comments can be found below:

kettrin imp: “Very very poor. Definite homer, not helped by a linesman who doesn’t know the offside rule. 2/10.”

sedgleyimp: “1/10

His performance is NOT the reason we lost today but the absolutely shocking decision to not stop play just before our goal was beyond belief. 2 potential serious head injuries ignored resulting in their player lying prostrate on the ground for 10 minutes whilst he’s treated. You could see from that moment that he knew he had made a horrendous mistake and from that moment he was no longer in control of the game as his subsequent decisions were tainted by that incident he got horribly wrong”

berksimps: “3.0

He wasn’t that bad during the first hour. We tactically fouled as much as they did. E.g. Shacks near the halfway line holding on, to stop their forward getting the run on him.

Their guys play-acting early on probably influenced his woeful indecision for the head injury. After that, having seen the severity of the injury he was shocked and in meltdown. Virtually everything decision wise went for them after that. Not right, but we might have expected other refs to do likewise. It was like balancing up a dubious penalty decision but on a grand scale.

We didn’t lose the game because of the ref though. We lost it through some very basic defensive lapses and a failure to compete in midfield.”

Christopher Sarginson: 2019/20 Stats:

13/08/19: Stevenage 1-2 Southend United (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
17/08/19: Exeter City 1-1 Swindon Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
31/08/19: Blackpool 1-1 Portsmouth (League One) – 4 yellow cards
03/09/19: Oxford United 2-1 Norwich City U21s (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
07/09/19: Wycombe Wanderers 3-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 2 yellow cards
17/09/19: Salford City 1-0 Grimsby Town (League Two) – 1 yellow card
21/09/19: Gillingham 0-1 Ipswich Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
01/10/19: Peterborough United 1-0 Arsenal U21s (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
08/10/19: Cheltenham Town 4-3 West Ham United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
12/10/19: Morecambe 1-2 Bradford City (League Two) – no cards shown
19/10/19: Fleetwood Town 4-1 Burton Albion (League One) – 3 yellow cards
05/11/19: Crewe Alexandra 2-2 Everton U21s (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
09/11/19: Colchester United 0-2 Coventry City (FA Cup) – 3 yellow cards
16/11/19: Macclesfield Town 0-0 Mansfield Town (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
19/11/19: Doncaster Rovers 2-0 AFC Wimbledon (FA Cup) – no cards shown
23/11/19: Leyton Orient 2-4 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
07/12/19: Rotherham United 0-1 Rochdale (League One) – 4 yellow cards
10/12/19: Ipswich Town 1-2 Coventry City (FA Cup) – no cards shown
14/12/19: Newport County 1-1 Stevenage (League Two) – 1 yellow card
29/12/19: Accrington Stanley 2-0 Burton Albion (League One) – 4 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 20 | Yellow Cards: 50 | Red Cards: 0

During the 2018/19 season, Sarginson oversaw 44 matches, showing a total of 138 yellow cards and 8 red cards.

He was just a bit card happy in the match between Shrewsbury Town and Oxford United (2-3) in Sky Bet League One when he showed 7 yellow cards and 1 red card.

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.

During the 2017/18 season, 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 matches in 2016/17, showing 121 yellows cards and seven red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Millwall and Gillingham on October 4, when he handed out a total of 8 yellow cards.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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