The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Wycombe Wanderers and Lincoln City in League One.
Wycombe Wanderers host Lincoln City on Saturday, August 21 for the match at Adams Park, and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.
Referee: James Bell.
Assistants Refs: Dean Treleaven and Damith Bandara.
Fourth Official: Sam Allison.
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James Bell was promoted to the Football League ahead of the 2019/20 season, and the first match he was put in charge of following his promotion was the EFL Trophy tie between Grimsby Town and Harrogate Town, which finished 2-2. He showed 4 yellow cards and 1 red card in this match.
James Bell has been the man in the middle for one match involving Lincoln City:
26/12/20: Lincoln City 5-1 Burton Albion (League One) – 2 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 1 — Yellow Cards: 2 — Red Cards: 0
He received an average rating of 7.708 following the 5-1 win at home against Burton Albion last season. Some of the comments can be found below:
sedgleyimp: “I somehow don’t think this thread will get as many comments as the Northampton game.
For me an easy game to referee but very good use of advantage throughout. No issues at all so I’ll go with a 7/10.”
kettrin imp: “7. He seemed to make an easy game harder than it should of been. Good use of the advantage rule but maybe should have had a couple of Burton players in the book. I would like to see him ref a dirty match.”
hulloutpost: “I thought he was spot on. Very canny ref who knew exactly what was going on and controlled the game effortlessly. Only deduction is because it wasn’t a difficult game to officiate and he probably made sure it wasn’t going to be either. 9”
James Bell: 2021/22 Stats:
07/08/21: Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Sutton United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
10/08/21: Derby County 3-3 Salford City (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
14/08/21: Milton Keynes Dons 1-2 Sunderland (League One) – 6 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 3 — Yellow Cards: 12 — Red Cards: 0
James Bell was the man in the middle for 31 matches last season, showing a total of 85 yellow cards and 9 red cards.
He showed 5 yellow cards and 1 red card in the League Two encounter between Bradford City and Grimsby Town (1-0), including a booking for former Imp Sam Habergham.
Bell oversaw a total of 19 matches during the 2019/20 season, including the Conference Play-off Final between Harrogate Town and Notts County (3-1).
He was most card happy in the encounter between FC Halifax Town and Boreham Wood at The Shay, which finished 2-0 to the visitors. During this match, he showed 6 yellow cards, including one for former Imps loanee Tom Champion.
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
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— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln) August 20, 2021
