Leyton Orient (a): Experienced Championship Referee Appointed
The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Leyton Orient and Lincoln City at Brisbane Road in League One on Tuesday 3rd October (19:45).
Referee: Stephen Martin.
Assistants Referees: Mark Russell and Lee Venamore.
Fourth Official: Carl Brook.
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This will be his eighth time in charge of a match involving Leyton Orient and his fourth in charge of a match involving The Imps.
Martin was at Brisbane Road on the 26th of August for their 2-0 win versus Cambridge United in League One, in a match which saw him show 8 yellow cards, including a booking for former Imp Theo Archibald.
A few matches prior to this season involving Orient:
02/03/21: Grimsby Town (a – L2): 0-1 (Y: 0, R: 0)
22/11/14: Crewe Alexandra (h – L1): 4-1 (Y: 5, R: 0)
03/05/14: Milton Keynes Dons (a – L1): 1-3 (Y: 0, R: 0)
He last oversaw a match involving Lincoln City during the 2019/20 season at home versus Fleetwood Town (2-0). He only showed 1 yellow card during this fixture (Danny Andrew).
His other two matches involving Lincoln City:
18/02/12: Kidderminster Harriers (a – NL): 1-1 (Y: 2, R: 0)
26/11/11: Ebbsfleet United (h – NL): 3-0 (Y: 2, R: 1)
He received an average rating of 4.48 following the 2-0 win at home against Fleetwood Town during the 2019/20 season. Some of the comments can be found below:
Impish “How did the Fleetwood guy not get another yellow for deliberately hacking Harry down going through into the box?”
Snats “6. He seemed to lose his bearings a few times but he didn’t make any massive mistakes or affect the result, which is all you can ask for really.”
sedgleyimp “I’ll go for a 5. No major mistakes other than a probable second yellow for their left back when he took down Harry, but I have seen refs being reluctant to give a second yellow in those circumstances before so no great shakes in all honesty. Wasn’t a difficult game to referee.
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Stephen Martin oversaw a total of 20 matches during the 2022/23 season, 13 of which were in the Championship. In his 20 matches, he showed 77 yellow cards and 3 red cards. He was most card happy in the Championship match between Bristol City and Sheffield United (0-1) when he showed 8 yellow cards and 1 red card.
So far this season, Martin has refereed 4 matches, showing 23 yellow cards and 1 red card. 8 of his yellow cards this season came in his first match of the season at Brisbane Road when Leyton Orient hosted Cambridge United (2-0).
