Any Previous? - Latics v Fleetwood

The Latics and Fleetwood may have had a fair few battles down the years in non-league football, but as Football League clubs the two sides have only met on eight occasions.

 

The first of those eight came at the DW Stadium in September 2015, a crowd of 8,300 witnessed a Latics 2:1 victory with a cracking goal from local lad and former Wigan Athletic season ticket holder, Jordan Flores, Michael Jacobs grabbing the other.

 

Shout out to Jamie Proctor who, was in the Fleetwood team that day and of course featured for the Latics in our battle against adversity last season.

 

 Latics – O’Donnell; Kenny, Pearce, Daniels, James; Perkins, McCann; Power, Flores, Jacobs; Hiwula-Mayifuila

Subs – Jääskeläinen, Kellett, Chow, Jennings, Murray, Hendry, Odelusi

 

Highlights - Latics 2:1 Fleetwood Town

 

 

We are undefeated in the league against The Cod Army, five wins and two draws in League 1, the only defeat coming in the EFL Cup last season away at Highbury Stadium, the Latics giving up a two goal lead in that particular game to lose 3:2.

 

Fleetwood Current Form

Fleetwood currently sit 19^th in League One with 33pts from 32 games, their recent form is, DDDLD.

 

Fleetwood’s 16 away games so far this season in the league have brought 13 points from two wins and seven draws and seven defeats, Fleetwood have scored 21 goals on their travels and conceded 31.

 

They’ve not won any of their last seven League One games, though they have picked up five draws and just the two defeats in that run.

 

It is worth noting that Fleetwood have done the double over League One leaders Rotherham, in fact their last win was a 1:0 victory against the Millers on the 15^th January at the Highbury Stadium, they actually won away at Rotherham 2:4, the only side to score more than once in a league game against Rotherham so far this season.

 

Player To Watch – Paddy Lane

Paddy Lane

 

Summer signing Paddy Lane looks to be another quality find by the Fleetwood scouts, the winger only turned 21 on the 18^th February but is playing with great maturity in his first season in the EFL.

 

Costing just £8,000 the former Hyde United youngster is setting the Fylde Coast alight, already five goals to his name and an impressive eight assists so far this season, all coming in League One.

 

A winger who isn’t afraid to stick his foot in, Fleetwood’s number 32 has picked up 3 yellow cards across his 28 games, despite only committing 18 fouls. He has drawn 32 fouls and completed 44 crosses.

 

The Eight Meetings

Date	Competition	Result
02 Nov 2021	League One	Fleetwood 2:3 Latics
23 Jan 2021	League One	Latics 0:0 Fleetwood
19 Dec 2020	League One	Fleetwood 1:1 Latics
05 Sep 2020	EFL Cup	Fleetwood 3:2 Latics
21 Apr 2018	League One	Fleetwood 0:4 Latics
09 Dec 2017	League One	Latics 2:0 Fleetwood
28 Dec 2015	League One	Fleetwood 1:3 Latics
19 Sep 2015	League One	Latics 2:1 Fleetwood

  

Full Record v Fleetwood Town

Played – 8

Won – 5

Drawn –2

Lost – 1

 

Meet The Ref - Latics v Fleetwood Town

Latics are back at the DW Stadium on Tuesday when relegation threatened Fleetwood are in town, the referee for the game will be Durham based official, Martin Coy.

 

Martin Coy

Coy joined the National List of referees in August 2017. He isn’t what you’d call a ‘card happy’ ref, his career average is around 2.5 yellows per game, this season though he is currently a little up on that average.

 

Previous Latics Games

 

This will be Coy’s sixth Latics game, he was in charge of our EFL Cup 1^st round tie away at Championship club Hull City back in August, we went through on penalties following a 1:1 draw on the night.

 

The 48 year old former PE and Maths Teacher was also in charge of the ‘best forgotten’ FA Cup tie against Chorley last season, so we’ll forget about that one.

 

Coy has previously been in charge of Fleetwood games on seven occasions, the last of which came last season, a goalless draw at the Highbury Stadium with Northampton.

 

This season Martin Coy has been in charge of 7 League One games, 8 League Two games and two games in each of the cup comps, FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. Surprisingly Coy hasn’t had a game since he took charge of Accrington’s 2:0 win over Oxford on the 8^th February.

 

Martin Coy’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
10 Aug 2021	EFL Cup	Hull City 1:1 Latics	0
08 Nov 2020	FA Cup 1st Rd	Latics 2:3 Chorley	2 Y & 1 Red
10 Oct 2020	League 1	Crewe 3:0 Latics	0
14 Mar 2018	League 1	Bradford City 0:1 Latics	4 Yellow
04 Nov 2017	FA Cup 1st Rd	Latics 2:1 Crawley Town	1 Yellow

This referee has a ©Latics Love Factor of 50%

 

Martin Card Watch 2021/22

Games – 21

Yellows – 87

Reds – 4

Penalty Awards – 8

 

Wigan Athletic v Fleetwood Town
Referee – Martin Coy
Assistants – Rob Atkin and Tom Harty
Fourth Official – Steve Rushton