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

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

Southend United host Lincoln City on Saturday, February 1 for the match at Roots Hall and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.

Referee: Charles Breakspear.
Assistants Refs: Stephen Brown and Daniel Cook.
Fourth Official: Carl Fitch-Jackson.

Charles Breakspear has been the man in the middle for 2 matches involving Lincoln City:

26/01/13: Lincoln City 1-2 Forest Green Rovers (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
06/04/13: Kidderminster Harriers 3-0 Lincoln City (Conference) – 1 yellow card

TOTALS: Matches: 2 | Yellow Cards: 4 | Red Cards: 1

Charles Breakspear: 2019/20 Stats:

03/08/19: Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Portsmouth (League One) – 7 yellow cards and 1 red card
13/08/19: Colchester United 3-0 Swindon Town (EFL Cup) – 5 yellow cards and 2 red cards
17/08/19: Tranmere Rovers 5-0 Bolton Wanderers (League One) – 5 yellow cards
20/08/19: Cambridge United 3-2 Scunthorpe United (League Two) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
24/08/19: Bristol Rovers 3-1 Oxford United (League One) – 6 yellow cards
28/08/19: Rotherham United 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
07/09/19: Macclesfield Town 1-1 Crawley Town (League Two) – 7 yellow cards
17/09/19: Stevenage 0-1 Northampton Town (League Two) – 8 yellow cards and 1 red card
28/09/19: Southend United 0-1 Accrington Stanley (League One) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
05/10/19: Port Vale 3-1 Morecambe (League Two) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
08/10/19: AFC Wimbledon 3-0 Leyton Orient (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
19/10/19: Gillingham 1-2 Peterborough United (League One) – 4 yellow cards
05/11/19: Cambridge United 1-1 Arsenal U21s (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
10/11/19: Leyton Orient 1-2 Maldon & Tiptree (FA Cup) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
26/11/19: Forest Green Rovers 0-0 Crewe Alexandra (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
03/12/19: Milton Keynes 2-0 Coventry City (EFL Trophy) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
07/12/19: Portsmouth 2-2 Peterborough United (League One) – 6 yellow cards
14/12/19: Southend United 2-2 Rotherham United (League One) – 6 yellow cards
21/12/19: Stevenage 1-5 Crewe Alexandra (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
26/12/19: Cheltenham Town 0-1 Plymouth Argyle (League Two) – 1 yellow card
29/12/19: Colchester United 2-2 Exeter City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
11/01/20: Ipswich Town 4-1 Accrington Stanley (League One) – 2 yellow cards
21/01/20: Peterborough United 4-0 Wycombe Wanderers (League One) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
28/01/20: Milton Keynes 2-1 Rochdale (League One) – 5 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 24 | Yellow Cards: 105 | Red Cards: 12

Charles Breakspear was the man in the middle for 44 matches last season. He showed a total of 144 yellow cards and 12 red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Crawley Town and Newport County (4-1) in League Two when he showed 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Breakspear oversaw 47 matches during the 2017/18 season. In those matches, he showed a total of 163 yellow cards and 18 red cards.

He was just a bit card happy in the match between Exeter City and Forest Green Rovers (2-1) in the FA Cup, showing 9 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Breakspear took in 40 matches in 2016/17, showing 165 yellows cards and 10 red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Swindon Town and Bury (1-2) in League One when he showed a total of 10 yellow cards.

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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