The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Tranmere Rovers in Sky Bet League One.
Lincoln City host Tranmere Rovers on Saturday, December 14 for the match at Sincil Bank and the match carries a 3.00pm kick-off.
Referee: Carl Boyeson.
Assistants Refs: David Avent and Andrew Dallison.
Fourth Official: Hristo Karaivanov.
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Carl Boyeson has been the man in the middle for 18 matches involving Lincoln City:
5/10/02: Lincoln City 1-2 AFC Bournemouth (Division Three) – 3 yellow cards
21/1/03: Rochdale 0-1 Lincoln City (Division Three) – 3 yellow cards
1/11/03: Lincoln City 2-0 Carlisle United (Division Three) – 4 yellow cards and 1 red card
7/2/04: Lincoln City 1-1 Boston United (Division Three) – 5 yellow cards
28/8/04: Lincoln City 1-2 Notts County (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
5/3/05: Lincoln City 2-3 Wycombe Wanderers (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
7/10/05: Lincoln City 0-1 Cheltenham Town (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
20/1/07: Bury 2-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card
4/12/07: Stockport County 1-3 Lincoln City (League Two) – 1 yellow card and 1 red card
19/4/08: Lincoln City 3-1 Brentford (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
1/11/08: Lincoln City 0-1 Port Vale (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
17/3/09: Lincoln City 0-1 Darlington (League Two) – 1 yellow card
30/9/17: Grimsby Town 0-0 Lincoln City (League Two) – 2 yellow cards
26/12/17: Lincoln City 3-0 Stevenage (League Two) – no cards
24/2/18: Lincoln City 1-4 Crewe Alexandra (League Two) – no cards
18/08/18: Grimsby Town 1-1 Lincoln City (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
29/12/18: Cambridge United 1-2 Lincoln City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
14/09/19: Lincoln City 0-1 Bristol Rovers (League One) – 4 yellow cards
TOTALS: Matches: 18 | Yellow Cards: 42 | Red Cards: | 2
He received an average rating of 0.42 following the 1-0 defeat at home against Bristol Rovers in September. Some of the comments can be found below:
Snats: “0. Generally speaking, I try not to bear a grudge against referees – they’re just doing their job – but if I did my job that badly, I would be sacked on the spot.”
GrotierBranfootLeigh: “0. Someone on the radio described him as deranged, which is quite possible. I find it difficult to believe any qualified referee could be so consistently wrong in favour of one team. Either his sanity or his honesty must be questionable.”
Impalex: “He booked Shackell for complaining about their (injured?) player not taking the shortest route off the pitch. He didn’t give us a blatant penalty early doors yet gave them one which clearly wasn’t; the guy stepped away from the ball into Eardley.
Absolute worst ref we have had this season and last season too. I cannot bring myself to award more than 0.5 and that would be being very generous.”
Carl Boyeson: 2019/20 Stats:
10/08/19: Oldham Athletic 1-2 Crewe Alexandra (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
13/08/19: Walsall 2-3 Crawley Town (EFL Cup) – 1 yellow card
17/08/19: Carlisle United 0-2 Mansfield Town (League Two) – 4 yellow cards
24/08/19: Rochdale 0-0 Blackpool (League One) – 2 yellow cards
07/09/19: Cheltenham Town 4-2 Stevenage (League Two) – no cards shown
14/09/19: Lincoln City 0-1 Bristol Rovers (League One) – 4 yellow cards
21/09/19: Rotherham United 0-0 Shrewsbury Town (League One) – 4 yellow cards
24/09/19: Macclesfield Town 2-3 Port Vale (EFL Trophy) – no cards shown
05/10/19: Fleetwood Town 0-1 Ipswich Town (League One) – 9 yellow cards and 1 red card
12/10/19: Salford City 1-0 Cambridge United (League Two) – 1 yellow card
22/10/19: Sunderland 5-0 Tranmere Rovers (League One) – 3 yellow cards
26/10/19: Burton Albion 0-0 Blackpool (League One) – 2 yellow cards and 1 red card
02/12/19: Solihull Moors 3-4 Rotherham United (FA Cup) – 1 yellow card
TOTALS: Matches: 13 | Yellow Cards: 34 | Red Cards: | 2
Carl Boyeson was the man in the middle for 36 matches last season, showing a total of 115 yellow cards and 6 red cards.
He showed 7 yellow cards and 1 red card on two occasions during the 2018/19 season: Barnsley 2-1 Bradford City in the EFL Trophy and Bradford City 2-0 Scunthorpe United in Sky Bet League One.
Boyeson took in a total of 37 matches during the 2017/18 season, showing a total of 100 yellow cards and 10 red cards.
During the 2017/18 season, Boyeson gave seven cards on three occasions: Mansfield Town 2-0 Forest Green Rovers (7 yellow cards), Notts County 2-2 Accrington Stanley (5 yellow cards and 2 red cards) and Mansfield Town 1-1 Port Vale (7 yellow cards).
Match Day referee Boyeson took in 36 matches in 2016/17, showing 139 yellows cards and ten red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between AFC Wimbledon and Charlton Athletic on February 11, with a total of 7 yellow cards and one red card being shown. He also showed 6 yellow cards and two red cards in the match between Milton Keynes Dons and Gillingham on April 1.
Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.
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