The Football Association have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game between Swansea City and Notts County this midweek.
Swansea City host Notts County on Tuesday February 6 for the FA Cup Fourth Round replay at the Liberty Stadium and the match carries an 8.05pm kick off.
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Assistant Refs: Peter Kirkup and Dan Cook
Fourth Official: Andre Marriner
VAR & AVAR: Neil Swarbrick and Andrew Garratt
Match Day referee Atkinson has officiated 21 games in 2017/18, showing 72 yellow cards and four red cards so far.
He took in 43 games in 2016/17, returning 146 yellow cards and three red cards.
His highest card count that season was eight yellows in the game between Crystal Palace and Hull City. He showed seven yellows in the game between Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion and seven yellows have appeared on four occasions.
He took in 46 matches in 2015-16 and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a whopping total of 169 yellow cards but only one red card.
He was most card happy in the game on February 14 between Arsenal and Leicester where he showed eight yellow cards and one red card. He showed eight yellows in April in the game between Sparta Prague and Villarreal. Prior to that Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen back on September 29 saw seven yellows He’s also hit six yellows in five games as well.
Let`s hope it`s not another repeat and more of the players edge closer to automatic bans.
