The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Sunderland in League One.
Lincoln City host Sunderland on Saturday, December 12 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.
Referee: Charles Breakspear.
Assistants Refs: Wayne Grunnill and Stephen Brown.
Fourth Official: Declan Bourne.
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Charles Breakspear has been the man in the middle for 3 matches involving Lincoln City:
26/01/13: Lincoln City 1-2 Forest Green Rovers (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
06/04/13: Kidderminster Harriers 3-0 Lincoln City (Conference) – 1 yellow card
01/02/20: Southend United 2-1 Lincoln City (League One) – 5 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 3 — Yellow Cards: 9 — Red Cards: 1
He received an average rating of 6.30 following the 2-1 defeat away at Southend United last season. Some of the comments can be found below:
Jamesimp: “I reckon he deserves a middling mark for managing to keep any level of concentration in what was a dreadful game. Didn’t have a lot to do, managed to keep the game running and added on 7 minutes of added time when they started dropping like flies.
6/10.”
evenstephen: “I think some of the bookings were a bit random as some challenges went unpunished. Other than that he was consistent for both teams. 6.5”
PerthImp: “6/10 – generally OK. Managed to keep the game going and no contentious decisions, although one or two of his cards probably weren’t necessary – clumsy rather than malicious.”
Charles Breakspear: 2020/21 Stats:
06/09/20: Brentford 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers (EFL Cup) – 1 red card
12/09/20: Portsmouth 0-0 Shrewsbury Town (League One) – 7 yellow cards and 1 red card
15/09/20: Reading 0-1 Luton Town (EFL Cup) – 2 yellow cards
19/09/20: Stevenage 3-0 Oldham Athletic (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
22/09/20: Newport County 3-1 Watford (EFL Cup) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
26/09/20: Southend United 1-2 Morecambe (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
06/10/20: Ipswich Town 2-0 Gillingham (EFL Trophy) – 5 yellow cards
17/10/20: Bristol Rovers 1-1 Burton Albion (League One) – 4 yellow cards
27/10/20: Milton Keynes Dons 2-0 Wigan Athletic (League One) – 3 yellow cards
03/11/20: Colchester United 3-1 Stevenage (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
08/11/20: Torquay United 5-6 Crawley Town (FA Cup) – 7 yellow cards
10/11/20: Charlton Athletic 3-1 Leyton Orient (EFL Trophy) – 5 yellow cards
16/11/20: Plymouth Argyle 2-2 Portsmouth (League One) – 5 yellow cards
24/11/20: Newport County 1-1 Walsall (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
08/12/20: Scunthorpe United 0-1 Colchester United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 15 — Yellow Cards: 61 — Red Cards: 3
Charles Breakspear took in 32 matches’ last season. He showed a total of 140 yellow cards and 12 red cards.
He was just a little card happy in the League Two encounter between Stevenage and Northampton Town (0-1), when he showed 8 yellow cards and 1 red card, including bookings for former Imps Paul Farman (Stevenage) and Vadaine Oliver (Northampton).
Breakspear was the man in the middle for 44 matches during the 2018/19 season. He showed a total of 144 yellow cards and 12 red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Crawley Town and Newport County (4-1) in League Two when he showed 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Breakspear oversaw 47 matches during the 2017/18 season. In those matches, he showed a total of 163 yellow cards and 18 red cards.
He was just a bit card happy in the match between Exeter City and Forest Green Rovers (2-1) in the FA Cup, showing 9 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
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