Craig Hicks to referee Exeter City away game

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Craig Hicks has been appointed to take charge of the Iron's away league encounter against Exeter City on Saturday.

Craig Hicks has been appointed to take charge of the Iron's away league encounter against Exeter City on Saturday.

The Surrey-based official will travel to St James Park for his 21st game of the season and his sixth in Sky Bet League Two. This is his fifth season as an EFL referee, with the 2017-18 campaign his first.

Hicks has taken charge of five previous Iron fixtures, the last coming at Walsall back in August when we drew 1-1 through a late Alfie Beestin leveller. Three yellow cards were shown that day. Across the other four games, he's issued 10 yellow cards and one red.

Last season saw him show 95 yellow cards and two reds in 34 matches, while so far this term he's 57 yellow cards and five reds in his 20 games.

On Saturday, Nield will be assisted by Robert Dabbs and Michael Begley, while Adam Ricketts has been appointed as the fourth official.

PAST SCUNTHORPE UNITED ENCOUNTERS

DATE	COMP	MATCH	Y	R
Aug 17, 2021	LG 2	Walsall 1-1 Iron	3	0
Apr 27, 2021	LG 2	Newport County 4-0 Iron	3	0
Mar 2, 2021	LG 2	Cambridge United 0-1 Iron	2	0
Jan 19, 2019	LG 1	Iron 1-1 Sunderland	0	0
Jan 27, 2018	LG 1	Southend United 3-2 Iron	5	1

PAST EXETER CITY ENCOUNTERS

DATE	COMP	MATCH	Y	R
Oct 5, 2021	FLT GS	Cheltenham Town 2-2 Exeter City	0	0
Jan 26, 2021	LG 2	Exeter City 0-4 Morecambe	4	0
Oct 6, 2020	FLT GS	Swindon Town 3-4 Exeter City	3	0
Feb 18, 2020	FLT R 4	Portsmouth 3-2 Exeter City	2	0
Dec 15, 2019	LG 2	Exeter City 1-0 Crewe Alexandra	4	0
Aug 21, 2018	LG 2	Cambridge United 0-2 Exeter City	4	0
Oct 21, 2017	LG 2	Exeter City 0-1 Port Vale	8	0
Aug 19, 2017	LG 2	Exeter City 1-0 Lincoln City	3	0

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Thursday, 13 January 2022