The match officials have now been confirmed for the League One tie between Lincoln City and Stevenage at Sincil Bank on Saturday 2nd March (15:00), with a referee with Premier League and Championship experience appointed.
Referee: Robert Madley.
Assistant Referee: Andrew Aylott.
Assistant Referee: Wayne Grunnill.
Fourth Official: Johnathon Bickerdike.
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Robert Madley has been the man in the middle for nine matches involving Lincoln City and four matches involving Stevenage.
His most recent match involving The Imps was the 1-1 draw at home versus Reading in League One back in December when he showed 6 yellow cards, including bookings for Lukas Jensen, Ethan Hamilton and Dylan Duffy. He received an average rating of 8.30 from our members following this match. Some of the comments can be found below.
bonsonshead: “On top of most things, could have just warned Jenson as it was a bit early to be time wasting 8.”
plumbob: “From several minutes after Reading kindly scored for us it looked inevitable that Jensen would be booked. The ref probably gave him a little too much slack on it.
Thought perhaps he was a little whistle-happy at times. No idea about the 2 ruled-out goals, but thankful for them.
8.
His last match involving Stevenage was their 3-0 defeat away at Oldham Athletic in League Two back in October 2021. He showed 2 yellow cards in that match, including a booking for current Stevenage player Carl Piergianni (while at Oldham).
Robert Madley was the man in the middle for 24 matches during the 2022/23 season. In those matches, he showed 96 yellow cards (4.00) and 6 red cards. He was most card-happy in the Championship encounter between Middlesbrough and Swansea City (2-1) when he showed 8 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Madley has been the man with the whistle on 19 occasions so far this season, showing 93 yellow cards (4.89) and 4 red cards. In his first match of the season, he brandished 8 yellow cards in the match between Sheffield Wednesday and Southampton (1-2) in the Championship.
Sources: English Football League and Soccerbase.
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