The Football League has now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game between Bury and Lincoln City in Sky Bet League Two on Saturday evening.
Bury host Lincoln City on Saturday, January 26 for the game at Gigg Lane and the match carries a 5.30pm kickoff.
Referee: Dean Whitestone.
Assistants Refs: Matthew Parry and Alix Pashley.
Fourth Official: Matthew Donohue.
Dean Whitestone has been the man in the middle for 8 matches involving Lincoln City:
31/12/05: Lincoln City 2-2 Darlington (League Two) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
15/04/06: Lincoln City 1-1 Bury (League Two) – no cards shown
12/01/08: Lincoln City 1-3 Rotherham United (League Two) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
06/12/08: Exeter City 2-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
04/04/09: Accrington Stanley 0-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
05/09/09: Lincoln City 3-0 Darlington (League Two) – 1 yellow card
29/09/18: Cheltenham Town 0-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
01/12/18: Lincoln City 2-0 Carlisle United (FA Cup) – no cards shown.
TOTALS: Matches: 8 | Yellow Cards: 10 | Red Cards: 3
Dean Whitestone: 2018/19 Stats:
04/08/18: Bury 1-0 Yeovil Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards
11/08/18: Scunthorpe United 1-1 Walsall (League One) – 4 yellow cards
14/08/18: Reading 2-0 Birmingham City (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
18/08/18: Fleetwood Town 2-2 Rochdale (League One) – 5 yellow cards
25/08/18: Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Port Vale (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
09/09/18: Oxford United 1-2 Coventry City (League One) – 4 yellow cards
15/09/18: Burton Albion 2-1 Sunderland (League One) – 4 yellow cards
22/09/18: Charlton Athletic 2-1 Plymouth Argyle (League One) – 2 yellow cards
29/09/18: Cheltenham Town 0-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
06/10/18: Oldham Athletic 1-3 Carlisle United (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
09/10/18: Peterborough United 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion U21s (EFL Trophy) – 3 yellow cards
13/10/18: Cambridge United 0-1 Milton Keynes Dons (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
20/10/18: Southend United 1-2 Coventry City (League One) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
23/10/18: Charlton Athletic 1-1 Oxford United (League One) – 5 yellow cards
27/10/18: Exeter City 1-2 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
03/11/18: Colchester United 1-0 Swindon Town (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
10/11/18: Maidenhead United 0-4 Portsmouth (FA Cup) – no cards shown
24/11/18: Morecambe 1-1 Notts County (League Two) – 1 yellow card
01/12/18: Lincoln City 2-0 Carlisle United (FA Cup) – no cards shown.
08/12/18: Swindon Town 2-1 Newport County (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
15/12/18: Gillingham 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers (League One) – 2 yellow cards
22/12/18: Stevenage 1-3 Mansfield Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
26/12/18: Cheltenham Town 1-3 Milton Keynes Dons (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
29/12/18: AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Blackpool (League One) – 3 yellow cards
05/01/19: Accrington Stanley 1-0 Ipswich Town (FA Cup) – 1 yellow card
12/01/19: Oldham Athletic 0-0 Forest Green Rovers (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
19/01/19: Crawley Town 0-1 Port Vale (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 26 | Yellow Cards: 78 | Red Cards: 3
Dean Whitestone was the man in the middle for 39 matches during the 2017/18 season, showing a total of 97 yellow cards and 3 red cards.
He was most card happy in the game between Swindon Town and Forest Green Rovers in Sky Bet League Two, which finished 1-0 to the home side. Whitestone showed a total of 7 yellow cards during that game.
Matchday referee Whitestone took in 43 matches in 2016/17, showing 119 yellows cards and 3 red cards.
He showed 6 cards on three occasions during that season: Bradford City 2-0 Shrewsbury Town in League One (6 yellow cards), Walsall 1-1 Coventry City in League One (6 yellow cards) and Charlton Athletic 2-1 Scunthorpe United in League One (6 yellow cards).
Whitestone was the referee for 39 matches during the 2015/16 season and he showed a total of 119 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
He was most card happy in the game between Bristol Rovers and Mansfield Town in Sky Bet League Two, which the home side won 1-0. He showed a total of 8 yellow cards during that game.
Sources: EFL & Soccer Base.
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