Meet The Ref - Wycombe v Latics

Latics are on the road again on Saturday, a trip to high flying Wycombe Wanderers, the referee for the game 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.

The 34 year old former PE Teacher has 199 games under his belt with 89 of those coming at Championship level.

 Previous Games

Leigh Doughty has taken charge of two Latics games previously, they both 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.

So far this season, Doughty has been in charge of 16 games, 12 of those in the Championship.

 Leigh Doughty Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
19 Oct 2022	Championship	Latics 1:4 Middlesbrough	1Y
21 Sep 2021	EFL Cup	Latics 0:2 Sunderland	1Y

Leigh Doughty Card Watch 2024/25

Games – 16

Yellows – 71

Reds – 1

Penalties – 1

Wycombe Wanderers v Wigan Athletic

Referee – Leigh Doughty

Assistants – Nigel Lugg & Abbas Khan

4^th Official – Isaac Searle

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