Shrewsbury Town host Lincoln City at New Meadow in League One today, with a kick-off time of 15:00. Below you will find who the Football League have appointed as Match Officials.
Referee: Ross Joyce.
Assistants Referees: Kelvin Mulraine and Daniel Robinson.
Fourth Official: Declan O’Shea.
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He is no stranger to both sets of supporters, having officiated more than 10 matches involving Shrewsbury Town and more than twenty involving Lincoln City in recent years.
Last 3 Shrewsbury Town Matches:
01/01/23: Fleetwood Town (h): 0-3 (Y: 2, R: 1)
28/09/21: Wycombe Wanderers: 1-2 (h) (Y: 7, R: 0)
02/04/21: Northampton Town (a): 1-0 (Y: 3, R: 0)
Last 3 Lincoln City Matches:
18/02/23: Portsmouth (h): 0-0 (Y: 6, R: 0)
01/11/22: Accrington Stanley (h): 1-1 (Y: 7, R: 0)
26/02/22: Gillingham (h): 0-2 (Y: 6, R: 0)
His average rating from the 0-0 draw at home against Portsmouth last season was 7.35. Some of the comments can be found below:
bonsonshead: “8. Wish he’d booked two or three for diving but overall thought he had a good game.”
Chimpimp: “A pretty poor referee. I imagine those giving him 8 can spot a player falling over, just as Ross Joyce can.
Any actual offences etc he had less idea with.
If he believed Pack dived…as indeed he did…then he should have been booked…
..and we would have been playing against 10 when the same player committee a professional not long after…
…but ignoring that had little impact on the result, fortunately.
Just not very good.
4/10.”
libertine: “7.5. Thought he’d missed an obvious penalty for us at one point, but the replay showed Portsmouth player didn’t swing his boot.”
Ross Joyce oversaw a total of 30 matches last season, showing 118 yellow cards and 6 red cards. He was just a little card happy in the League Two encounter between Northampton Town and Crawley Town (1-0) when he showed 8 yellow cards and 1 red card, including a booking for former Imps loanee Kellan Gordon.
So far this season, he has officiated two matches in League One, showing 10 yellow cards: Wigan Athletic 2-1 Northampton Town (8 yellow cards) and Blackpool 0-0 Port Vale (2 yellow cards).
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
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