The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Swindon Town in League One.
Lincoln City host Swindon Town on Tuesday, February 23 at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 7.00pm kick-off.
Referee: Declan Bourne.
Assistants Refs: Martyn Holmes and Wayne Grunnill.
Fourth Official: Alistair Nelson.
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This will be the first time Declan Bourne has been the man in the middle for a match involving Lincoln City, though a quick search of his name shows he was the Fourth Official for our home match versus Sunderland in December 2020.
This is his first season in the Football League as a referee, having spent the previous two seasons in charge of matches in the Conference.
His first match as a Football League referee was on 8th September 2020, when he oversaw the EFL Trophy fixture between Port Vale and Tranmere Rovers (0-0), showing 4 yellow cards.
Declan Bourne: 2020/21 Stats:
08/09/20: Port Vale 0-0 Tranmere Rovers (EFL Trophy) – 4 yellow cards
12/09/20: Oldham Athletic 0-1 Leyton Orient (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
10/10/20: Walsall 1-1 Colchester United (League Two) – 7 yellow cards
17/10/20: Harrogate Town 1-0 Barrow (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
24/10/20: Bradford City 0-3 Newport County (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
31/10/20: Burton Albion 1-2 Blackpool (League One) – 3 yellow cards
03/11/20: Cambridge United 2-1 Salford City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
07/11/20: Swindon Town 1-2 Darlington (FA Cup) – 4 yellow cards
10/11/20: Crewe Alexandra 3-4 Shrewsbury Town (EFL Trophy) – 4 yellow cards
21/11/20: Rochdale 0-1 AFC Wimbledon (League One) – 2 yellow cards
24/11/20: Barrow 3-4 Oldham Athletic (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
05/12/20: Stevenage 0-0 Southend United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
15/12/20: Oxford United 4-0 Northampton Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
19/12/20: Accrington Stanley 0-0 Blackpool (League One) – 1 yellow card
26/12/20: Morecambe 3-1 Grimsby Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
12/01/21: Sunderland 2-0 Port Vale (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
23/01/21: Wigan Athletic 0-0 Fleetwood Town (League One) – no cards
30/01/21: Bristol Rovers 1-2 Rochdale (League One) – 1 yellow card
02/02/21: Carlisle United 1-2 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
13/02/21: Hull City 0-1 Milton Keynes Dons (League One) – 1 yellow card
TOTALS: Matches: 20 — Yellow Cards: 56 — Red Cards: 0
Declan Bourne was the man in the middle for 13 matches last season, showing a total of 39 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Chesterfield and Sutton United (1-0) in the Conference when he showed 6 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Bourne oversaw 21 matches during the 2018/19 season. In those matches, he showed a total of 62 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
During the 2018/19 season, he showed 6 cards on two occasions: Solihull Moors 5-0 Bromley (5 yellow cards and 1 red card) in the Conference and Torquay United 0-1 Woking (6 yellow cards) in the FA Cup.
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
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