Any Previous? Gillingham v Latics

Looking ahead to Wednesday’s League 1 clash between the Latics and Gillingham, we have met 37 times previously and we are evenly matched with 15 wins apiece.

 

Down the years the two clubs have had some great tussles, two that definitely stand out for me are the 1987 FA Cup 3^rd tie at Springfield Park and the 2000 playoff final at Wembley.

 

The FA cup tie was a bitterly cold day, 19^th January, in front of a hardy 3,549 fans. I vividly remember the Gils starman, Tony Cascarino not only wearing gloves, but also black tights, just one look and you could tell he didn’t fancy it. Goals from Chris Thompson and Bobby Campbell gave the Latics a 2-1 win over their 3^rd Division rivals and saw us march onto a 4^th round tie against top flight Norwich City.

 

The 2000 playoff final at Wembley was a game packed with incident and drama, we had a legitimate goal from Arry De Zeeuw ruled out for not crossing the line, it was clearly 2 yards over, Latics had also hit the bar when a close range effort from Simon Howarth smacked the woodwork.

 

Carl Asaba had put Gillingham ahead, despite the Latics dominance, Simon Howarth equalised with a delightful flick and the game headed for extra time, but not before Latics left back Kevin Sharp was sent off in the dying embers of the 90 minutes.

 

Extra time, even with 10 men the Latics looked the most likely to score, and they did, Darren Sheridan was upended in the box, substitute Stuart Barlow stepped up and crashed home to give us the lead and looking likely to win the game, unfortunately two late efforts put paid to that and Gillingham ran out 3:2 winners on the day, but what a great game and occasion it was. 

 

Highlights Latics 2:3 Gillingham

 

 

Full Record v Gillingham

Played – 37

Won – 15

Drawn – 7

Lost – 15

 

Last Six Meetings

Competition	Date	Result
League One	19 Sep 2020	Latics 2:3 Gillingham
League One	03 Feb 2018	Latics 2:0 Gillingham
League One	17 Oct 2017	Gillingham 1:1 Latics
League One	07 Jan 2016	Latics 3:2 Gillingham
League One	22 Aug 2015	Gillingham 2:0 Latics
Championship	26 Feb 05	Gillingham 2:1 Latics

 

Meet The Ref - Gillingham v Latics

Latics are back in action on Wednesday when they travel down to Kent to face playoff chasing Gillingham, the man charged with ensuring the laws of the game are adhered to will be Staffordshire official, Chris Sarginson.

Chris Sarginson

 

Sarginson has 12 years experience in the EFL, he only has a handful of games at Championship level during that time, the vast majority coming in League’s One and Two. Subsequently our paths haven’t crossed often, just three times in fact, this will be his first Latics game since April 2918.

 

He’s been in charge of just one game at the Priestfield this campaign, the Gills 3:2 victory over Woking in the 1^st round of the FA Cup.

 

Of Chris Sarginson’s 28 games this season 9 have been in League One, 13 in League Two, 4 in the EFL Trophy and one each in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

 

His last game was the Crawley 1:3 Port Vale League Two game on Saturday 27^th March.

   

Chris Sarginson has refereed the Latics on three occasions previously:

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
14 Apr 2018	League 1	Latics 0:0 Rotherham	1 yellow
23 Sep 2017	League 1	Peterborough 3:2 Latics	3 yellow
02 Jan 2016	League 1	Scunthorpe 1:1 Latics	1 yellow

 

 

Chris Sarginson Card Watch 2020/21

Games – 28

Yellows – 69

Reds – 3

Penalty Awards – 6

 

Gillingham v Wigan Athletic

Referee – Chris Sarginson

Assistants – Greg Read & Paul Evans

Fourth Official – Alan Young

 

Any Previous? Latics v Ipswich Town

Looking ahead to tomorrow’s League 1 clash between the Latics and Ipswich Town, a quick glance at previous encounters shows that there is nothing to separate the two clubs down the years, though it is fair to say the Ipswich have had the better of things lately.

 

With no wins in our last seven meetings we have to go back to March 2014 when two goals from James McClean and a Leon Barnett effort gave us all the points in a 1-3 win at Portman Road.

 

More recently we have managed just 2 points from a possible 21 against the Tractor Boys.

 
The last time we won against Ipswich at the DW was back in September 2013, a 2:0 victory was highlighted by a wonder show from keeper Scott Carson, which was sandwiched between a goal apiece from Ryan Shotton and Nick Powell, Powell’s being a typical Nick Powell goal.

 

Highlights Latics 2:0 Ipswich

 

 

Full Record v Ipswich Town

Played – 16

Won – 6

Drawn – 3

Lost – 7

 

Last Six Meetings

Competition	Date	Result
League One	13 Sep 2020	Ipswich Town 2:0 Latics
Championship	23 Feb 2019	Latics 1:1 Ipswich Town
Championship	15 Dec 2018	Ipswich Town 1:0 Latics
Championship	04 Apr 2017	Ipswich Town 3:0 Latics
Championship	17 Dec 2016	Latics 2:3 Ipswich Town
Championship	31 Jan 2015	Ipswich Town 0:0 Latics