The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Sunderland and Lincoln City in League One.
Sunderland host Lincoln City on Saturday, March 20 for the match at the Stadium of Light and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.
Referee: Carl Boyeson.
Assistants Referees: Mark Cunliffe and Chris Isherwood.
Fourth Official: Simon Clayton.
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Carl Boyeson has been the man in the middle for 20 matches involving Lincoln City:
5/10/02: Lincoln City 1-2 AFC Bournemouth (Division Three) – 3 yellow cards
21/1/03: Rochdale 0-1 Lincoln City (Division Three) – 3 yellow cards
1/11/03: Lincoln City 2-0 Carlisle United (Division Three) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
7/2/04: Lincoln City 1-1 Boston United (Division Three) – 5 yellow cards
28/8/04: Lincoln City 1-2 Notts County (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
5/3/05: Lincoln City 2-3 Wycombe Wanderers (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
7/10/05: Lincoln City 0-1 Cheltenham Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
20/1/07: Bury 2-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
4/12/07: Stockport County 1-3 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card and 1 red card
19/4/08: Lincoln City 3-1 Brentford (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
1/11/08: Lincoln City 0-1 Port Vale (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
17/3/09: Lincoln City 0-1 Darlington (League Two) – 1 yellow card
30/9/17: Grimsby Town 0-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
26/12/17: Lincoln City 3-0 Stevenage (League Two) – no cards
24/2/18: Lincoln City 1-4 Crewe Alexandra (League Two) – no cards
18/08/18: Grimsby Town 1-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
29/12/18: Cambridge United 1-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
14/09/19: Lincoln City 0-1 Bristol Rovers (League One) – 4 yellow cards
14/12/19: Lincoln City 1-0 Tranmere Rovers (League One) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
17/11/20: Lincoln City 1-1 Manchester City U21s (EFL Trophy) – 6 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 20 — Yellow Cards: 52 — Red Cards: | 3
He received an average rating of 2.94 following the 1-1 draw at home against Manchester City U21s in November. Some of the comments can be found below:
sedgleyimp: “Too whistle happy.
Really not a difficult match to referee and we ended up with 5 yellows. 4 pretty soft ones. To be fair though, not a penalty when McGrandles went down on the camera side of the pitch. The other challenge looked more like one, but the linesman was in a better position and didn’t flag and he did seem to look straight at him waiting for a flag. Some really slow decisions throughout.
4/10 for me.”
Scotimp: “Carl Boyeson3 was his usual officious self. Why does he always have to be so noticeable? Four very soft yellow cards and a possible penalty missed (the second one).
Carl Boyeson – 3.”
hulloutpost: “If Man City kids want to mix it in the real world Boyeson then they’ve got to roll with it and don’t need the cotton wool you were providing them with. Soft, soft, yellow cards – 3.”
Carl Boyeson: 2020/21 Stats:
05/09/20: Oldham Athletic 3-0 Carlisle United (EFL Cup) – 4 yellow cards
08/09/20: Sunderland 8-1 Aston Villa U21 (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
19/09/20: Tranmere Rovers 0-3 Cheltenham Town (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
03/10/20: Wigan Athletic 1-0 Doncaster Rovers (League One) – 3 yellow cards
06/10/20: Bradford City 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
17/10/20: Peterborough United 2-0 Oxford United (League One) – 5 yellow cards
20/10/20: Salford City 3-0 Southend United (League Two) – 7 yellow cards
31/10/20: Portsmouth 0-2 Charlton Athletic (League One) – 4 yellow cards
07/11/20: Salford City 2-0 Hartlepool United (FA Cup) – 5 yellow cards
14/11/20: Colchester United 2-1 Leyton Orient (League Two) – 1 yellow card
17/11/20: Lincoln City 1-1 Manchester City U21s (EFL Trophy) – 6 yellow cards
24/11/20: Mansfield Town 0-1 Harrogate Town (League Two) – 1 yellow card
28/11/20: Oxford United 1-2 Swindon Town (League One) – 7 yellow cards
05/12/20: Bolton Wanderers 3-6 Port Vale (League Two) – 1 yellow card
12/12/20: Bristol Rovers 3-0 Plymouth Argyle (League One) – 3 yellow cards
29/12/20: Northampton Town 3-1 Gillingham (League One) – 2 yellow cards
06/02/21: Peterborough United 2-0 Crewe Alexandra (League One) – 3 yellow cards
09/02/21: Rochdale 1-4 Milton Keynes Dons (League One) – 2 yellow cards
20/02/21: Fleetwood Town 1-1 Charlton Athletic (League One) – 6 yellow cards
27/02/21: Carlisle United 1-3 Oldham Athletic (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
06/03/21: Barrow 2-0 Mansfield Town (League Two) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
13/03/21: Portsmouth 0-0 Salford City (EFL Trophy) – 6 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 22 — Yellow Cards: 82 — Red Cards: | 1
Carl Boyeson oversaw a total of 24 matches last season, showing 69 yellow cards and 5 red cards.
He was just a little card happy in the match between Fleetwood Town and Ipswich Town (0-1) when he showed 9 yellow cards and 1 red card, including former Imps player James Wilson being sent off following two bookable offences, and a yellow card for another former Lincoln City player, Jon Nolan.
Boyeson was the man in the middle for 36 matches during the 2018/19 season, showing a total of 115 yellow cards and 6 red cards.
He showed 7 yellow cards and 1 red card on two occasions during the 2018/19 season: Barnsley 2-1 Bradford City in the EFL Trophy (including a booking for current Lincoln City player Adam Jackson) and Bradford City 2-0 Scunthorpe United in Sky Bet League One.
Boyeson took in a total of 37 matches during the 2017/18 season, showing a total of 100 yellow cards and 10 red cards.
During the 2017/18 season, Boyeson gave seven cards on three occasions: Mansfield Town 2-0 Forest Green Rovers (7 yellow cards), Notts County 2-2 Accrington Stanley (5 yellow cards and 2 red cards) and Mansfield Town 1-1 Port Vale (7 yellow cards).
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
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