Meet The Ref - Wigan Athletic v Luton Town

Name: Gavin Ward

Born: November 1978

Place of Birth: Surrey

Gavin Ward has experience in the EFL, as well as the Premier League and in International football.

Ward was appointed to the Select Group 2 list of referees ahead of the 2018/19 season following more than ten years as an EFL referee in League One and League Two.

Having made his debut in August 2007 when Hereford United beat Barnet 2-1 at Underhill, he went on to take charge of the 2017/18 EFL Trophy Final between Shrewsbury Town and Lincoln City, as well as being the Fourth Official for the FA Vase Final in 2011.

So far this season, 20 of his 25 games have been in the Championship, including our goalless draw away at Blackburn back in December and our 2-2 draw at Hull back in September when Joffy Gelhardt scored a cracker.

Ward’s been in charge of four Luton games this campaign, their 1-2 away win at Blackburn in September, 1-2 home defeat by Forest in November, defeat by 2-1 away at Preston in December and  the Hatters 2-1 home win against Sheffield Wednesday in February.

Latics’ related facts:

Gavin has ref’d the Latics against Norwich at Carrow Road twice, both games finished 1-0, a win apiece.

In the home game against Derby County in December 2018, Ward sent Kal Naismith off after 15 minutes for a professional foul on the diving little shit Harry Wilson.

Complete record of Gavin Ward’s Latics games:

Date	Competition	Home Team	Score	Away Team
04/03/14	Championship	Norwich	0:1	Latics
29/09/18	Championship	Norwich	1:0	Latics
08/12/17	Championship	Latics	0:1	Derby
14/09/19	Championship	Hull City	2:2	Latics
23/12/19	Championship	Blackburn	0:0	Latics

Gavin Ward record for Latics games is:

Home Games

P1 W0 D0 L1

Away Games

P4 W1 D2 L1

Overall Record

P5 W1 D2 L2

This referee has a Latics Love Factor of 40%

Wigan Athletic v Luton Town
Referee – GAVIN WARD 
Assistant Referees - Jonathan  Hunt and Andrew Fox
Fourth Official - Graham Salisbury

Gavin Ward Card Watch 2019/20

Games -25

Yellows – 87

Reds - 3

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