The Football League has now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Tranmere Rovers on Easter Monday.
Lincoln City host Tranmere Rovers on Monday, April 22 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 3.00pm kickoff.
Referee: Anthony Backhouse.
Assistants Refs: Alan Clayton and Simon Clayton.
Fourth Official: Scott Oldham.
Anthony Backhouse has been the man in the middle for 10 matches involving Lincoln City:
13/04/13: Lincoln City 2-1 Tamworth (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
28/12/13: FC Halifax Town 5-1 Lincoln City (Conference) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
04/10/16: Wrexham 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
17/12/16: Lincoln City 2-1 Tranmere Rovers (Conference) – 6 yellow cards
20/01/17: Lincoln City 2-0 Dover Athletic (Conference) – 1 yellow card
14/03/17: York City 2-1 Lincoln City (FA Trophy SF1) – 3 yellow cards
03/04/17: Lincoln City 2-0 Dagenham & Redbridge (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
09/09/18: Stevenage 1-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 6 yellow cards and 2 red cards
03/11/18: Lincoln City 2-1 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
04/12/18: Accrington Stanley 2-2 Lincoln City (EFL Trophy) – 7 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 10 | Yellow Cards: 41 | Red Cards: 3
Anthony Backhouse: 2018/19 Stats:
04/08/18: Accrington Stanley 0-2 Gillingham (League One) – 3 yellow cards
11/08/18: Rochdale 1-4 Peterborough United (League One) – 2 yellow cards
14/08/18: Middlesbrough 3-3 Notts County (EFL Cup) – 2 yellow cards
19/08/18: Sunderland 3-0 Scunthorpe United (League One) – 2 yellow cards
25/08/18: Macclesfield Town 2-2 Mansfield Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
28/08/18: Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Blackpool (EFL Cup) – 5 yellow cards
01/09/18: Burton Albion 3-0 AFC Wimbledon (League One) – 1 yellow card
08/09/18: Bury 4-0 Grimsby Town (League Two) – no cards shown
22/09/18: Oldham Athletic 3-3 Colchester United (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
06/10/18: Bradford City 1-2 Sunderland (League One) – 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards
09/10/18: Morecambe 1-2 Stoke City U21s (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
12/10/18: Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Macclesfield Town (League Two) – 1 yellow card
20/10/18: Blackpool 2-0 AFC Wimbledon (League One) – 2 yellow cards
27/10/18: Barnsley 1-0 Bristol Rovers (League One) – 4 yellow cards
03/11/18: Lincoln City 2-1 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
11/11/18: Port Vale 1-2 Sunderland (FA Cup) – 2 yellow cards
13/11/18: Bury 3-1 Fleetwood Town (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
17/11/18: Oldham Athletic 3-1 Cambridge United (League Two) – 1 yellow card
23/11/18: Coventry City 1-1 Peterborough United (League One) – 3 yellow cards
02/12/18: Tranmere Rovers 1-1 Southport (FA Cup) – 4 yellow cards
04/12/18: Accrington Stanley 2-2 Lincoln City (EFL Trophy) – 7 yellow cards
15/12/18: Fleetwood Town 1-0 Burton Albion (League One) – 3 yellow cards
22/12/18: Blackpool 0-1 Barnsley (League One) – 5 yellow cards
29/12/18: Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Stevenage (League Two) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
01/01/19: Oldham Athletic 2-0 Notts County (League Two) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
12/01/19: Shrewsbury Town 0-3 Charlton Athletic (League One) – 3 yellow cards
26/01/19: Cheltenham Town 3-2 Macclesfield Town (League Two) – 7 yellow cards and 1 red card
02/02/19: Grimsby Town 3-0 Newport County (League Two) – 1 yellow card
09/02/19: Morecambe 2-3 Bury (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
12/02/19: Doncaster Rovers 3-0 Southend United (League One) – 1 yellow card
16/02/19: Coventry City 3-0 Walsall (League One) – 1 yellow card
02/03/19: Shrewsbury Town 0-0 AFC Wimbledon (League One) – no cards shown
12/03/19: Rochdale 0-0 Oxford United (League One) – 2 yellow cards
16/03/19: Burton Albion 3-0 Blackpool (League One) – 2 yellow cards
23/03/19: Grimsby Town 0-0 Bury (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
30/03/19: Accrington Stanley 0-1 Fleetwood Town (League One) – 5 yellow cards
07/04/19: Coventry City 0-0 Bristol Rovers (League One) – 2 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 37 | Yellow Cards: 100 | Red Cards: 5
Anthony Backhouse was the man in the middle for 33 matches during the 2017/18 season. During those matches, he showed a total of 102 yellow cards and 7 red cards.
He showed 8 cards on two occasions during the 2017/18 season: Stevenage 1-2 Lincoln City (6 yellow cards and 2 red cards) and Mansfield Town 1-1 Exeter City (7 yellow cards and 2 red cards).
Matchday referee Backhouse took in 23 matches during the 2016/17 season, showing 56 yellows cards and no red cards.
His highest card count that year was in the match between Lincoln City and Tranmere Rovers in the National League, where he showed a total of 6 yellow cards.
Backhouse took in 16 matches in the National League in 2013-14 and in those matches he handed out a total of 44 yellow cards and two red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Grimsby Town and Welling United on December 10, with a total of 7 yellow cards being shown.
Sources: EFL & Soccer Base.
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