Meet The Ref - Wigan Athletic v Blackburn Rovers

Name: Andy Woolmer

Born: April 1966

Place of Birth: Northampton

53 year old Woolmer has been around the Football League for a long time and he spent 10 years between 1994 and 2004 running the line, the last three of which were in the Premier League, he then dropped down to the Football League to take up refereeing and was officiating as a National List Referee for the over 12 seasons before being promoted to the Select Group 2 in the summer of 2018.

Latics’ related facts:

Andy Woolmer was in charge of an incredible game back in January 2016, Chris McCann’s 66^th minute goal put the Latics three nil up against Sheffield United and absolutely coasting, but a dramatic fight back by the Blades saw Matt Done grab an 89^th minute equaliser to make it 3-3 in a rip roaring match.

Complete record of Andy Woolmer’s Latics games:

Date	Competition	Home Team	Score	Away Team
29/04/14	Championship	Birmingham	0:1	Latics
22/09/14	Championship	Latics	1:2	Ipswich Town
24/02/15	Championship	Latics	0:1	Cardiff City
02/05/15	Championship	Brentford	3:0	Latics
12/01/16	League One	Latics	3:3	Sheff United
03/10/16	Championship	Brentford	0:0	Latics
10/08/18	League One	Southend	3:1	Latics
28/04/18	League One	Latics	1:1	Wimbledon
30/03/19	Championship	Latics	0:0	Brentford
09/05/19	Championship	Latics	1:0	Millwall
31/08/19	Championship	Latics	0:0	Barnsley

Andy Woolmer record for Latics games is:

Home Games

P7 W1 D4 L2

Away Games

P4 W1 D1 L2

Overall Record

P11 W2 D5 L4

This referee has a Latics Love Factor of 33%

Wigan Athletic v Blackburn Rovers
Referee – ANDY WOOLMER 
Assistant Referees - Nik Barnard and Matt Foley
Fourth Official – Marc Edwards

Andy Woolmer Card Watch 2019/20

Games -29

Yellows – 76

Reds - 3

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