Meet TheRef - Boreham Wood v Latics

The Road To Wembley commences on Saturday for the Latics, that entails a trip down to Hertfordshire to face English Football’s in form club, Boreham Wood FC, at Meadow Park in a 1^st round FA Cup tie. The referee for the game is scheduled to be Northants whistle blower, Olly Mackey.

Mackey, who is the Referee Development Officer for Northamptonshire FA, made his EFL debut in October 2024 and has gone on to officiate in 36 games across League’s One and Two and the EFL Trophy and Cup.

This game will be the first time that Olly Mackey and Wigan Athletic have crossed paths, but not so for our hosts, Mackey has taken charge of Boreham Wood on two previous occasions, both in the National League, both away from Meadow Park.

The first was a goalless draw at Spotland against Rochdale in April 2024.

The second of those two games came last season, an away win at Boston United in September 2025, by two goals to nil.

Oliver Mackey Card Watch 2026/27

Games – 10

Yellows – 38

Reds – 4

Penalty – 2

Boreham Wood FC v Wigan Athletic

Referee – Olly Mackey

Assistants – Marc Wilson & Greg Read

4^th Official – Will Briers

Grab a listen to the latest podcast featuring a preview of the Boreham Wood game.

Meet The Ref - Latics v Mansfield Town

Latics are back at the Brick on Tuesday, Mansfield Town will be making the trip over from Nottinghamshire for a rearranged League One fixture, due to the international break, the referee for the game is scheduled to be Poulton-le-Fylde official, Scott Oldham.

The 43-year-old broke onto the National List for the start of the 2017/18 season; his first game was a League 2 encounter between Cheltenham and Crawley which finished 1:0 to the home side

Previous Games

This will be Scott Oldham’s tenth Latics game, his first was in our administration season, Plymouth Argyle the opponents, that ended in a 1:1 home draw, Curtis Tilt finding his way into the notebook, both sides picking up a booking and a goal apiece. Will Keane coming off the bench to grab a 69^th minute equaliser for us.

Oldham’s last Latics game came back in March this year, that too was a home fixture against Plymouth, that ended with a three-nil defeat at the hands of the Devon side.

Scott Oldham’s last game in charge of a Mansfield fixture also came in March, a goalless away draw at Rotherham United, Stags defender, Elliott Hewitt finding his way into the book.

Scott Oldham Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
10 Mar 2026	League One	Latics 0:3 Plymouth	0
11 Nov 2025	EFL Trophy	Stockport 1:1 Latics	2Y
21 Jan 2025	League One	Latics 1:2 Burton	2Y
03 Dec 2024	League One	Huddersfield 1:0 Latics	3Y
9 Mar 2024	League One	Latics 1:0 Leyton Orient	1Y
16 Aug 2023	League One	Derby 1:2 Latics	2Y

Scott Oldham Card Watch 2026/27

Games – 9

Yellows – 24

Reds – 1

Penalties – 0

Wigan Athletic v Mansfield Town  

Referee – Scott Oldham

Assistants – Will Murray & Paul Stonier

4^th Official – Ben Toner

Grab a listen to the latest podcast featuring a preview of the Mansfield Town game.

 

Meet The Ref - Latics v Bromley

Latics are back at the Brick Community Stadium on Saturday, Bromley are in town for a first ever meeting between the two clubs, 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 eight 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 FA Cup 2^nd Round win over Barrow at the Brick, James Carragher and Will Aimson on the scoresheet as the tie finished 2 apiece with it being settled in a penalty shoot-out, 6:5 in our favour, Fraser Murray picking up the solitary Latics yellow card.

Martin Coy has only refereed one previous Bromley game, back in December 2024, a 1:2 win away at Accrington Stanley, Michael Cheek and Idris Odutayo scoring for the Ravens, Corey Whitely, Grant Smith and Danny Imray picking up bookings.

Martin Coy’s Last Six Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
06 Dec 2025	FA Cup 2nd Rd	Latics 2:2 Barrow	1Y
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

Martin Coy Card Watch 2026/27

Games – 9

Yellows – 16

Reds – 1

Penalties – 1

Wigan Athletic v Bromley FC

Referee – Martin Coy

Assistants – Dan Smith & Bradley Hall

4^th Official – James Wilson

Grab a listen to the latest podcast featuring a preview of the Bromley game.

 

Meet The Ref - Leicester City v Latics

Latics are on the road again on Tuesday, a trip to the East Midlands to face League One ‘Big Guns’, Leicester City, the referee for the fixture 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.

 Previous Games

The 36-year-old former PE Teacher has 243 games under his belt with 110 of those coming at Championship level.

 Previous Games

Leigh Doughty has taken charge of three Latics games previously, two of which 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.

Doughty’s last Latics’ game was our goalless draw away at Wycombe Wanderers in February 2025, Toby Sibbick picking up our solitary yellow card, a game which was as exciting as it looks on paper!

Leigh Doughty last took charge of a Leicester City fixture back in May, their one-nil away win at Ewood Park, a good result but not enough to keep the Foxes in the Championship.

Leigh Doughty Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
22 Feb 2025	League One	Wycombe 0:0 Latics	1Y
19 Oct 2022	Championship	Latics 1:4 Middlesbrough	1Y
21 Sep 2021	EFL Cup	Latics 0:2 Sunderland	1Y

Leigh Doughty Card Watch 2026/27

Games – 8

Yellows – 31

Reds – 1

Penalties – 2

Leicester City v Wigan Athletic

Referee – Leigh Doughty

Assistants – Oliver Nolan & Matt McGrath

4^th Official – Darren Drysdale

Grab a listen to the latest podcast featuring a preview of the Leicester City game.