Meet The Ref - Lincoln City v Latics

Latics travel over to Sincil Bank on Saturday to face Lincoln City in our latest League One fixture, Swindon born, Cambridgeshire based official, Alan Young is scheduled to be the referee.

Alan Young was appointed to the National List at the beginning of the 2018/19 season, the majority of his games since have come in League Two and the National League.

If you think this referee sounds familiar there is good reason for that.

In previewing him for the last Latics game that he officiated in I wrote “You could say Young is a little card happy”, that statement proved to be prophetic, the game? Stevenage away in October 2023.

Young showed 15 yellow cards, 12 of which were directed at Latics players plus manager Shaun Maloney, he also proceeded to send off Callum Lang and Stevenage defender Alex McDonald and award a highly dubious penalty to the home side.

Here’s hoping for a much better performance from Young on Saturday.

Previous Games

As well as the Stevenage game, Young has been in charge of a further two Latics games, those two were both away fixtures at Doncaster, our 1:4 win April 2021, Jamie Jones and Joe Dodoo both finding their way into the book with a yellow apiece and our 1:2 win at the Keepmoat in January 2022, Ben Amos picking up a yellow that day.

Away from refereeing Alan Young is still involved in football, his full time job is CEO/Director of Bedfordshire FA, he’s been in the position for the past ten years.

Alan Young Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
07 Oct 2023	League One	Stevenage 1:0 Latics	12Y & 1R
15 Jan 2022	League One	Doncaster 1:2 Latics	1Y
10 Apr 2021	League One	Doncaster 1:4 Latics	2 Y

Alan Young Card Watch 2023/24

Games – 4

Yellows – 18

Reds – 0

Penalty Awards – 0

Lincoln City v Wigan Athletic
Referee – Alan Young
Assistants – Sam Wesson and Richard Wigglesworth
Fourth Official – Edward Duckworth

Grab a listen to the latest PWU Latics podcast featuring a preview of the Lincoln game.