Meet The Ref - Doncaster Rovers v Latics

Latics are on the road to South Yorkshire on Saturday, a six pointer down in the bottom reaches of League One against Doncaster Rovers, the referee for this vital game will be Hertfordshire official, David Rock.

Rock is in his seventh season as a National List official, taking charge of his first game on August 10^th 2019 at Vale Park, Port Vale and Northampton drawing 1:1 in a League Two encounter.

Previous Games

David Rock has refereed the Latics six times previously, three away days and three times at the Brick Community Stadium, Baba Adeeko has picked up a yellow in two of the last three games that Rock refereed the Latics.

The last time Rock was in charge of a Latics game was April last season, a 1:1 away draw at Exeter, Dale Taylor putting the Latics ahead from the penalty spot.

Joining Adeeko in the ref’s book that evening, Jensen Weir and Scott Smith.

Rock was last in charge of a Donny game earlier this season, their 2:1 League One away defeat at Lincoln back in November.

Away from football, Rock works as a PE Training and Development officer for a sports education company.

David Rock’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
08 Apr 2025	League One	Exeter City 1:1 Latics	3Y
23 Feb 2024	League One	Latics 1:1 Cheltenham	1Y
24 Oct 2023	League One	Latics 2:0 Oxford Utd	1Y
08 Dec 2021	League One	Latics 2:1 Shrewsbury	2Y
20 Apr 2021	League One	Shrewsbury 1:2 Latics	2Y
02 Feb 2021	League One	Swindon 1:0 Latics	3Y

 

 David Rock Card Watch 2025/26

Games – 24

Yellows – 109

Reds – 2

Penalties – 4

 Doncaster Rovers v Wigan Athletic

Referee – David Rock

Assistants – Drew Dutton & Tyler Dutton

4^th Official – Wayne Cartmel

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