The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Wigan Athletic in League One.
Lincoln City host Wigan Athletic on Tuesday, December 1 for the game at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 7.00pm kick-off.
Referee: Sam Purkiss.
Assistants Refs: Alistair Nelson and Oliver Bickle.
Fourth Official: Carl Boyeson.
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This is the first time that Sam Purkiss will be the man in the middle for a match involving Lincoln City.
Sam Purkiss: 2020/21 Stats:
29/08/20: Stevenage 3-3 Portsmouth (EFL Cup) – 1 yellow card
08/09/20: Leyton Orient 3-2 Brighton & Hove Albion U21s (EFL Trophy) – no cards
19/09/20: Exeter City 0-2 Port Vale (League Two) – no cards
26/09/20: Cambridge United 0-0 Tranmere Rovers (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
29/09/20: Colchester United 0-1 West Ham United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
03/10/20: Bristol Rovers 2-0 Northampton Town (League One) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
20/10/20: Burton Albion 0-1 Rochdale (League One) – 2 yellow cards
27/10/20: AFC Wimbledon 1-0 Blackpool (League One) – 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards
31/10/20: Gillingham 0-2 Sunderland (League One) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
03/11/20: Charlton Athletic 3-2 Fleetwood Town (League One) – 2 yellow cards
08/11/20: Hampton & Richmond 2-3 Oldham Athletic (FA Cup) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
10/11/20: Crawley Town 2-0 Ipswich Town (EFL Trophy) – 2 yellow cards
21/11/20: Cheltenham Town 3-0 Walsall (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 13 — Yellow Cards: 29 — Red Cards: 5
Sam Purkiss was the man in the middle for 28 matches last season, showing a total of 83 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
He showed seven cards on two occasions during the 2019/20 season, both of which were in League Two: Scunthorpe United 0-1 Carlisle United (7 yellow cards) and Colchester United 0-2 Cheltenham Town (6 yellow cards and 1 red card).
Purkiss oversaw 19 matches in the 2018/19 season. In those matches, he showed 39 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
During the 18/19 season, he was most card happy in the Conference match between Aldershot Town and Salford City (0-1) when he showed 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Purkiss took in 21 matches during the 2017/18 season. He showed a total of 59 yellow cards and 6 red cards during that season.
He was most card happy in the Conference encounter between Aldershot Town and AFC Fylde (2-1) when he showed 6 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Sources: The Football League & Soccer Base.
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