Meet The Ref - Rotherham v Latics

Another away day for the Latics on Saturday, a lunch time kick-off against Rotherham United at the New York Stadium, the referee for the game is scheduled to be West Midlands based official, Oliver Langford.

Langford joined the National List of referees in the 2008/09 season. His first game, coming on the 16th August, it was a League Two affair at Spotland, Rochdale running out 2:1 winners over Barnet. Since that first game, impressively, Langford has clocked up over 600 games, issued 1724 yellow and 92 red cards whilst awarding an equally impressive 147 penalties. Previous Games This will be Langford’s 15th Latics game, his last one came on Boxing Day 2023 a 4:1 Championship defeat by Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium, memorable for Charlie Hughes making his league debut for the club. Oliver Langford has a previous Latics v Rotherham meeting under his belt, back in February 2019, a 1:1 draw at the New York Stadium, Josh Windass scoring  the Latics goal with Kipre, Pilkington and Windass all picking up yellow cards. Part of the Select Group 2, Langford now mainly officiates in the Championship. Ollie Langford’s Last Six Latics Games Date Competition Result Latics Cards 26 Dec 2023 Championship Middlesbrough 4:1 Latics 0 05 Mar 2022 League One Latics 1:0 AFC Wimbledon 2Y 11 Feb 2020 Championship Latics 2:2 Middlesbrough 6Y 1R 09 Feb 2019 Championship Rotherham 1:1 Latics 3 Y 17 Oct 2020 League One Charlton 1:0 Latics 4 Y 22 Apr 2017 Championship Latics 0:0 Cardiff City 0 Oliver Langford Card Watch 2025/26 Games – 3 Yellows – 7 Reds – 1 Penalties – 1 Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic Referee – Oliver Langford Assistants – Mark Dwyer & Matt McGrath 4th Official – Aaron Jackson Grab a listen to the latest podcast featuring a preview of the Rotherham United game.