Craig Hicks will be the man in the middle for tonight’s match at home against Shrewsbury Town in League One. Kick-off is at 19:00.
Referee: Craig Hicks.
Assistants Refs: Marc Wilson and Anthony Da Costa.
Fourth Official: Andrew Dallison.
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Craig Hicks has been the man in the middle for 10 matches involving Lincoln City:
12/04/14: Salisbury City 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 1 yellow card
16/08/14: Barnet 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
11/10/14: Lincoln City 2-0 AFC Telford United (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
14/11/15: Lincoln City 1-0 Tranmere Rovers (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
03/09/16: Torquay United 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
04/03/17: Aldershot Town 0-0 Lincoln City (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
19/08/17: Exeter City 1-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
11/11/17: Crewe Alexandra 1-4 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
23/03/19: Crawley Town 0-3 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
24/08/19: Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 5 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 9 — Yellow Cards: 29 — Red Cards: 0
He received an average rating of 3.28 following the 2-1 defeat away at Doncaster Rovers in League One last season. Some of the comments can be found below:
Eweimps: “Did ok for most of the game but got two game-changing decisions wrong. I don’t expect him to get everything right but the big ones I do. Two definite penalties for me. Bruno was fouled twice as James stated and not a difficult one to give and also Shacks was clearly fouled at the back post just as he was about to head the ball.
4.5/10.”
Chesterimp: “1/10.
‘He got most decisions right but the major ones’ doesn’t cut it.
Having been at the match and seen the iFollow highlights, he got 2 out of 3 penalty shouts wrong. (Grant and Shackell, Andrade’s was correct if a bit slow).
This is a professional sport, that’s incompetent and Hicks has previous.”
cooperativeimp: “2/10.
As most have said he got two major decisions wrong which undoubtedly cost us at least a point, maybe 3.
Unlike some, I don’t actually think he controlled the game very well either. There were 2 or 3 very poor challenges that went unpunished along with some very cynical fouls. For my money, Donny were very lucky to finish the game with 11 men…”
Craig Hicks: 2020/21 Stats:
05/09/20: Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Leyton Orient (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
08/09/20: Portsmouth 2-0 Colchester United (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
15/09/20: Gillingham 1-1 Coventry City (EFL Cup) – 4 yellow cards
19/09/20: Bristol Rovers 0-2 Ipswich Town (League One) – 4 yellow cards
22/09/20: AFC Wimbledon 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion U21s (EFL Trophy) – no cards
03/10/20: Stevenage 0-1 Salford City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
06/10/20: Swindon Town 3-4 Exeter City (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
17/10/20: Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Northampton Town (League One) – 5 yellow cards
24/10/20: Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Crewe Alexandra (League One) – 1 yellow card
27/10/20: Charlton Athletic 2-0 Oxford United (League One) – 7 yellow cards and 1 red card
31/10/20: Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Morecambe (League Two) – 1 yellow card
07/11/20: Dagenham & Redbridge 3-1 Grimsby Town (FA Cup) – 1 yellow card
14/11/20: Walsall 0-1 Southend United (League Two) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
24/11/20: Cheltenham Town 1-1 Cambridge United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
28/11/20: Ipswich Town 0-2 Charlton Athletic (League One) – 3 yellow cards
08/12/20: Oxford United 1-1 Forest Green Rovers (EFL Trophy) – no cards
TOTALS: Matches: 16 — Yellow Cards: 43 — Red Cards: 2
Last season, Craig Hicks was the man in the middle for a total of 28 matches, showing 90 yellow cards and 4 red cards.
He showed 7 cards on two occasions: Peterborough United 3-0 Sunderland (5 yellow cards and 2 red cards) in League One and Cheltenham Town 2-1 Northampton Town (7 yellow cards) in League Two.
Hicks was in charge of 40 matches during 2018/19 when he showed a total of 114 yellow cards and 5 red cards.
He showed 7 cards on two occasions during the 2018/19 season, both of which were League One matches: Southend United 2-3 Doncaster Rovers (7 yellow cards) and Portsmouth 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers (7 yellow cards).
Hicks oversaw 38 matches during the 2017/18 season. He showed a total of 124 yellow cards and 6 red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Chesterfield and Accrington Stanley (1-2) in Sky Bet League Two. He gave a total of 9 yellow cards and 1 red card in this match.
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
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