The Football League has now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game between Lincoln City and Shrewsbury Town on Sunday.
Lincoln City take on Shrewsbury Town on Sunday, April 8 for the game at Wembley Stadium and the match carries a 3.00pm kickoff.
Referee: Gavin Ward.
Assistants Refs: Duncan Street and Wayne Grunnill.
Fourth Official: Mark Heywood.
Reserve Assistant Referee: Dean Treleaven
Gavin Ward: 2017/18 Stats:
Luton Town 8-2 Yeovil Town (League Two): Y: 6 | R: 0
Wycombe Wanderers 0-2 Fulham (EFL Cup): Y: 1 | R: 0
Lincoln City 1-1 Morecambe (League Two): Y: 0 | R: 0
AFC Wimbledon 2-0 Doncaster Rovers (League One): Y: 4 | R: 0
Colchester United 2-2 Reading U21s (EFL Trophy): Y: 4 | R: 0
Portsmouth 0-1 Rotherham United (League One): Y: 4 | R: 0
Newport County 1-0 Cheltenham Town (League Two): Y: 3 | R: 0
Milton Keynes Dons 3-2 Rochdale (League One): Y: 4 | R: 0
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Blackpool (League One): Y: 5 | R: 0
Peterborough United 1-1 Northampton Town (EFL Trophy): Y: 4 | R: 0
Cambridge United 1-3 Wycombe Wanderers (League Two): Y: 5 | R: 1
Grimsby Town 0-0 Crawley Town (League Two): Y: 2 | R: 0
Stevenage 3-2 Accrington Stanley (League Two): Y: 2 | R: 0
Southend United 1-0 Bury (League One): Y: 0 | R: 0
Plymouth Argyle 1-1 Rochdale (League One): Y: 2 | R: 0
AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Luton Town (EFL Trophy): Y: 2 | R: 0
Newport County 2-1 Walsall (FA Cup): Y: 0 | R: 0
Cambridge United 0-2 Peterborough United (EFL Trophy): Y: 2 | R: 0
Barnet 0-2 Grimsby Town (League Two): Y: 1 | R: 1
Forest Green Rovers 3-3 Exeter City (FA Cup): Y: 1 | R: 0
Milton Keynes Dons 0-4 Chelsea U21s (EFL Trophy): Y: 5 | R: 0
Crawley Town 2-0 Mansfield Town (League Two): Y: 4 | R: 0
Yeovil Town 3-2 Port Vale (FA Cup): Y: 3 | R: 2
Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Oldham Athletic (League One): Y: 1 | R: 0
Northampton Town 1-1 Blackburn Rovers (League One): Y: 3 | R: 0
Swindon Town 0-5 Luton Town (League Two): Y: 3 | R: 0
Southend United 1-2 Shrewsbury Town (League One): Y: 4 | R: 0
Stevenage 4-1 Cheltenham Town (League Two): Y: 1 | R: 0
Portsmouth 1-2 Chelsea U21s (EFL Trophy): Y: 1 | R: 0
Plymouth Argyle 1-3 Wigan Athletic (League One): Y: 4 | R: 0
Crawley Town 2-1 Accrington Stanley (League Two): Y: 5 | R: 0
Colchester United 2-0 Newport County (League Two): Y: 2 | R: 0
Yeovil Town 3-2 Fleetwood Town (EFL Trophy): Y: 3 | R: 0
Oxford United 1-2 Bristol Rovers (League One): Y: 2 | R: 0
Cheltenham Town 0-2 Wycombe Wanderers (League Two): Y: 2 | R: 0
Portsmouth 0-2 Blackpool (League One): Y: 2 | R: 0
Coventry City 1-0 Barnet (League Two): Y: 2 | R: 0
Milton Keynes Dons 2-1 Bury (League One): Y: 5 | R: 0
Northampton Town 0-4 Charlton Athletic (League One): Y: 5 | R: 0
TOTALS: G: 39 | Y: 109 | R: 4
Matchday referee Ward took in 41 games in 2016/17, showing 150 yellows cards and six red cards.
His highest card count that year was ten yellow cards in the game between Barnet and Wycombe Wanderers.
He took in 35 matches in 2015-16 and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a total of 113 yellow cards and two red cards.
Ward was most card happy in the match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Birmingham City on November 28, with a total of 8 yellow cards being shown.
Sources: EFL & Soccer Base.
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