Meet The Ref - Latics v Bromley

Latics are back at the Brick Community Stadium on Saturday, Bromley are in town for a first ever meeting between the two clubs, the referee for the game is scheduled to be Durham based official, Martin Coy.

 

Coy joined the National List of referees in August 2017, he is a former PE and Maths teacher. 

Previous Games

Martin Coy has eight Latics games under his belt so far, his most eventful one came in March 2022, our 2:0 home win over Fleetwood, issuing 3 yellows, all to our lads, Darikwa, Shinnie and Power and he also issued straight reds to both James McClean and Fleetwood's Joe Garner. 

His last Latics game came last season, our FA Cup 2^nd Round win over Barrow at the Brick, James Carragher and Will Aimson on the scoresheet as the tie finished 2 apiece with it being settled in a penalty shoot-out, 6:5 in our favour, Fraser Murray picking up the solitary Latics yellow card.

Martin Coy has only refereed one previous Bromley game, back in December 2024, a 1:2 win away at Accrington Stanley, Michael Cheek and Idris Odutayo scoring for the Ravens, Corey Whitely, Grant Smith and Danny Imray picking up bookings.

Martin Coy’s Last Six Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
06 Dec 2025	FA Cup 2nd Rd	Latics 2:2 Barrow	1Y
26 Dec 2024	League One	Rotherham 0:1 Latics	2Y
13 Apr 2024	League One	Lincoln 0:1 Latics	5Y
01 Mar 2022	League One	Latics 2:0 Fleetwood	3Y & 1R
10 Aug 2021	EFL Cup	Hull City 1:1 Latics	0
08 Nov 2020	FA Cup 1st Rd	Latics 2:3 Chorley	2 Y & 1R

Martin Coy Card Watch 2026/27

Games – 9

Yellows – 16

Reds – 1

Penalties – 1

Wigan Athletic v Bromley FC

Referee – Martin Coy

Assistants – Dan Smith & Bradley Hall

4^th Official – James Wilson

Grab a listen to the latest podcast featuring a preview of the Bromley game.

 

Meet The Ref - Leicester City v Latics

Latics are on the road again on Tuesday, a trip to the East Midlands to face League One ‘Big Guns’, Leicester City, the referee for the fixture is scheduled to be Freckleton official, Leigh Doughty.

A highly thought of referee, Doughty went from refereeing in the National League back in May 2019 to the Select Group 2 of full time refs by the start 2020-21 season.

 Previous Games

The 36-year-old former PE Teacher has 243 games under his belt with 110 of those coming at Championship level.

 Previous Games

Leigh Doughty has taken charge of three Latics games previously, two of which came at the Brick, a 0:2 defeat by Sunderland in the EFL Cup in 2021 and a hammering from Middlesbrough, 1:4, in October 2022.

Doughty’s last Latics’ game was our goalless draw away at Wycombe Wanderers in February 2025, Toby Sibbick picking up our solitary yellow card, a game which was as exciting as it looks on paper!

Leigh Doughty last took charge of a Leicester City fixture back in May, their one-nil away win at Ewood Park, a good result but not enough to keep the Foxes in the Championship.

Leigh Doughty Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
22 Feb 2025	League One	Wycombe 0:0 Latics	1Y
19 Oct 2022	Championship	Latics 1:4 Middlesbrough	1Y
21 Sep 2021	EFL Cup	Latics 0:2 Sunderland	1Y

Leigh Doughty Card Watch 2026/27

Games – 8

Yellows – 31

Reds – 1

Penalties – 2

Leicester City v Wigan Athletic

Referee – Leigh Doughty

Assistants – Oliver Nolan & Matt McGrath

4^th Official – Darren Drysdale

Grab a listen to the latest podcast featuring a preview of the Leicester City game.

Meet The Ref - Huddersfield v Latics

Latics take the M62 over to Yorkshire on Saturday lunch time, 3rd placed Huddersfield Town are the opponents in this League One encounter, the referee for this game is scheduled to be Hertfordshire official, David Rock.

Rock is in his eighth season as a National List official, taking charge of his first game back in August 2019. Port Vale and Northampton drawing 1:1 in a League Two fixture.

Previous Games

David Rock has refereed the Latics seven times previously, four away days and three times at the Brick Community Stadium. We lost the first of those seven away at Swindon Town in February 2021, since then, Rock has been a bit of a lucky charm, we have remained undefeated in the following six.

The last time Rock was in charge of a Latics game was January last season, a 3:3 away draw at Doncaster, coming from three goals down, Joe Taylor, Callum Wright and Owen Moxon all on target in a remarkable fight back, both James Carragher and Morgan Fox ended up in the ref’s book that day.

Rock was last Huddersfield game was also in January last season, their 1:0 League One away defeat at Stockport.

Away from football, Rock works as a PE Training and Development officer for a sports education company.

David Rock’s Last Six Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
24 Jan 2026	League One	Doncaster 3:3 Latics	2Y
08 Apr 2025	League One	Exeter City 1:1 Latics	3Y
23 Feb 2024	League One	Latics 1:1 Cheltenham	1Y
24 Oct 2023	League One	Latics 2:0 Oxford Utd	1Y
08 Dec 2021	League One	Latics 2:1 Shrewsbury	2Y
20 Apr 2021	League One	Shrewsbury 1:2 Latics	2Y

 

 David Rock Card Watch 2026/27

Games – 8

Yellows – 36

Reds – 2

Penalties – 3

Huddersfield Town v Wigan Athletic

Referee – David Rock

Assistants – Jake Topp & Joe Simpson

4^th Official – Andy Miller

Grab a listen to the latest podcast featuring a preview of the Huddersfield game

Meet The Ref - Oxford United v Latics

Latics travel down the M40 on Tuesday to face Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium in a League One fixture, the referee for the game is scheduled to be Suffolk whistle blower, Emily Heaslip.

 

33 year old Heaslip, who hails from Bury St Edmunds, has been officiating primarily in the Women’s Super League but does have some EFL experience, including her debut game at League One level which she took charge of on Saturday, Sheffield Wednesday v AFC Wimbledon at Hillsborough.

Emily Heaslip has also refereed Women’s Champions League matches and European Qualifier internationals.

So far in her career in the mens game, Heaslip has taken charge of seven League Two matches and one League One.

Emily Heaslip Card Watch 2026/27

Games – 8

Yellows – 25

Reds – 1

Penalty – 3

 

Oxford United v Wigan Athletic

Referee – Emily Heaslip

Assistants – Nick Blogg & Andy Bennett

4^th Official – Ben Speedie

Grab a listen to the latest podcast featuring a preview of the Oxford game