The Football League has now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the match between Crawley Town and Lincoln City in Sky Bet League Two.
Crawley Town host Lincoln City on Saturday, March 23 for the match at Broadfield Stadium and the match carries a 3.00pm kickoff.
Referee: Craig Hicks.
Assistants Refs: Adrian Tranter and Stephen Brown.
Fourth Official: Sam Ogles.
Craig Hicks has been the man in the middle for 8 matches involving Lincoln City:
12/04/14: Salisbury City 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 1 yellow card
16/08/14: Barnet 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
11/10/14: Lincoln City 2-0 AFC Telford United (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
14/11/15: Lincoln City 1-0 Tranmere Rovers (Conference) – 5 yellow cards
03/09/16: Torquay United 1-2 Lincoln City (Conference) – 3 yellow cards
04/03/17: Aldershot Town 0-0 Lincoln City (Conference) – 2 yellow cards
19/08/17: Exeter City 1-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
11/11/17: Crewe Alexandra 1-4 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
TOTALS: Matches: 8 | Yellow Cards: 23 | Red Cards: 0
Craig Hicks: 2018/19 Stats:
04/08/18: Southend United 2-3 Doncaster Rovers (League One) – 7 yellow cards
11/08/18: Charlton Athletic 2-1 Shrewsbury Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
14/08/18: Norwich City 3-1 Stevenage (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
21/08/18: Cambridge United 0-2 Exeter City (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
25/08/18: Crawley Town 3-2 Bury (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
04/09/18: Oxford United 3-0 Fulham U21s (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
08/09/18: Barnsley 1-1 Walsall (League One) – 2 yellow cards
18/09/18: Bristol Rovers 2-0 West Ham United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
22/09/18: Portsmouth 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers (League One) – 7 yellow cards
29/09/18: Swindon Town 0-0 Oldham Athletic (League Two) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
02/10/18: Colchester United 3-1 Yeovil Town (League Two) – 1 yellow card
06/10/18: Southend United 0-0 Oxford United (League One) – 3 yellow cards
09/10/18: Luton Town 3-0 Milton Keynes Dons (EFL Trophy) – 4 yellow cards
20/10/18: Stevenage 0-1 Crewe Alexandra (League Two) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
27/10/18: Cambridge United 1-0 Macclesfield Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
06/11/18: Gillingham 0-1 Blackpool (League One) – 3 yellow cards
10/11/18: Luton Town 2-0 Wycombe Wanderers (FA Cup) – 2 yellow cards
13/11/18: Cheltenham Town 2-0 Coventry City (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
20/11/18: Oxford United 0-2 Tranmere Rovers (FA Cup) – 2 yellow cards
24/11/18: Walsall 2-2 Sunderland (League One) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
27/11/18: Oxford United 4-2 Rochdale (League One) – 6 yellow cards
01/12/18: Wrexham 0-0 Newport County (FA Cup) – 3 yellow cards
08/12/18: Crawley Town 0-1 Northampton Town (League Two) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
15/12/18: Exeter City 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
22/12/18: Luton Town 2-0 Burton Albion (League One) – 4 yellow cards
26/12/18: AFC Wimbledon 2-1 Plymouth Argyle (League One) – 2 yellow cards
08/01/19: Southend United 0-2 Portsmouth (EFL Trophy) – no cards shown
19/01/19: Scunthorpe United 1-1 Sunderland (League One) – no cards shown
29/01/19: Gillingham 0-0 Accrington Stanley (League One) – 2 yellow cards
09/02/19: Colchester United 3-0 Cheltenham Town (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
02/03/19: Notts County 0-0 Port Vale (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
12/03/19: Stevenage 2-0 Swindon Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 32 | Yellow Cards: 96 | Red Cards: 5
Craig Hicks was the man in the middle for 38 matches during the 2017/18 season. He showed a total of 124 yellow cards and 6 red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Chesterfield and Accrington Stanley (1-2) in Sky Bet League Two. He gave a total of 9 yellow cards and 1 red card in this match.
Hicks took in 27 matches in 2016/17, showing 70 yellows cards and six red cards.
His highest card count that year was 7 yellow cards and one red card in the match between Bromley and Solihull Moors.
Matchday referee Craig Hicks took in 18 matches in 2015-16 in the National League. He handed out a total of 55 yellow cards and five red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Torquay United and Welling United on February 23, with a total of 6 yellow cards being shown.
Sources: EFL & Soccer Base.
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