The Latics are back at the DW Stadium
this week attempting to make it three wins on the bounce when local rivals
Preston North End make the short trip down the M6.
The man charged with keeping the game
flowing will be Barnsley referee, the aptly named, Darren England.
This is England’s fifth season as a
Football League referee.
The 35 year old born and bred Barnsley
man does have ‘big game’ experience, indeed his name should be very familiar
with Latics supporters, cast your minds back to the 13th April 2013, Wembley
Stadium, FA Cup semi-final, he ran the line as the Latics beat Millwall on the
road to winning the famous old trophy.
England has been running the line for several
seasons in the Premier League, he also ran the line the 2015 FA cup final
between Arsenal and Aston Villa and he has experienced Champions League games
and international matches, but he decided to swap the flag for the whistle and
bowed out running the line in an international friendly between Norway and
Sweden.
England says about his decision to become a ref
– ‘I will miss being involved in Premier League and international and
European games but the aim is to be back there as a referee one day. It’s
short-term sacrifice for long-term reward. Being involved in the big games as a
referee would be even better than running the line in them.’
Darren England is also a former academy coach at
Barnsley FC, one of his former players there is current Everton defender John
Stones, he also worked for Barnsley Community Trust before moving to the
Football League Trust where he is employed promoting the National Citizens
Service for teenagers.
Darren England last ref’d us back in September 2016
when we went down 2-0 at Brentford back in September.
Wigan Athletic v Preston North End
Referee - Darren England
Assistants – Nick Greenhalgh & Nik Barnard
Fourth Official – Rob Jones
Referee - Darren England
Assistants – Nick Greenhalgh & Nik Barnard
Fourth Official – Rob Jones
Darren England Card Watch 2019/20
Games -22
Yellows – 56
Reds - 0
Grab a listen to a preview of the Latics v PNE game on this weeks podcast, just click play on the embedded player below:
Grab a listen to a preview of the Latics v PNE game on this weeks podcast, just click play on the embedded player below:
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PWU Latics Podcast - PNE Preview
An outside broadcast for this week's episode as we take in the Latics under 18s in their 5th round FA Youth Cup game against Birmingham City at the former Leyland Motors ground.
We look back to the magnificent victory at Elland Road, Leeds beaten on their own patch once again.
We report on the Under 18s game and are joined on the podcast by Latics statistician Jeff Rourke and Salford 'tic, Kit.
North End fan Rob Sumner joins us for a run down on Saturday's opponents as we preview the Preston game.
We round off with a quick look forward to the Boro game on Tuesday which will hopefully cap off a fantastic week for tics fans.
Contact PWU Podcast
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- Catch us at the game
Editor & Producer - Barry Worthington
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