Meet The FA Cup Ref - Latics v Barrow AFC

Latics are back at the Brick Community Stadium on Saturday, FA Cup fever gripping the fans with Barrow in town for a 2nd round tie, 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 seven 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 Boxing Day 0:1 away win over Rotherham, Baba Adeeko on the scoresheet, Jensen Weir picking up our one yellow card.

A word of caution, Martin Coy refereed one previous FA Cup game for the Latics, that too was a home tie, our defeat at the hands of Chorley back in November 2020, two goals up and cruising, it all fell apart with a red card for Adam Long and a team-talk devoid of any inspiration whatsoever by then manager, John Sheridan.

Martin Coy’s Last Six Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
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
10 Oct 2020	League One	Crewe 3:0 Latics	0

Martin Coy Card Watch 2025/26

Games – 13

Yellows – 36

Reds – 2

Penalties – 1

Wigan Athletic v Barrow AFC

Referee – Martin Coy

Assistants – Jacob Lehane & Lewis Raper

4^th Official – Robert Claussen

Grab a listen to the latest podcast featuring a preview of the Barrow cup tie.