Meet The Ref - Rotherham v Latics

A top of the table clash at the New York Stadium on Friday when Rotherham United will be hosting the Latics, in charge of the game will be Carnforth referee, Jeremy Simpson

 

Jeremy Simpson

A former Premier League and FIFA International assistant referee, Simpson is part of the ‘Select Group 2’ of professional ref’s after rising rapidly through the refereeing ranks, he was at Conference level in 2012 and found his feet in the Championship in the 2015/16 campaign when of the 35 games he took charge of over the season 15 were at 2^nd tier level.

47 year old Simpson has previously taken charge of 13 Latics games, five of those games have been away from the DW Stadium, of which we’ve won none and lost four.

 

The last time Jeremy Simpson was officiating in a Wigan Athletic fixture was the 3-0 win over Stoke at the DW back on the 30^th June 2020, the day before we were plunged into administration.

 

Jeremy Simpson was in charge of two Rotherham games last campaign, both came at the New York Stadium, a 3:0 win over Derby in February and a 1:4 defeat to Watford in March, the game against Watford didn’t produce a single caution.

 

This season Simpson’s 22 games have consisted of one in League 2, two in League 1, two in the FA Cup and seventeen in the Championship.

 

Jeremy Simpson’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
30 Jun 2020	Championship	Latics 3:0 Stoke	1 Yellow
22 Feb 2020	Championship	Latics 1:0 Millwall	1 Yellow
20 Nov 2019	Championship	Latics 1:3 Reading	2 Yellow
10 Aug 2019	Championship	Preston 3:0 Latics	2 Yellow
20 Oct 2018	Championship	Latics 1:0 West Brom	3 Yellow
11 Aug 2018	Championship	Aston Villa 3:2 Latics	4 Yellow
13 Feb 2018	League One	Latics 0:2 Blackpool	3 Yellow
07 Nov 2017	EFL Trophy	Latics 0:4 Accrington	2 Yellow
29 Aug 2017	EFL Trophy	Blackpool 1:1 Latics	1 Yellow
04 Mar 2017	Championship	Blackburn 1:0 Latics	1 Yellow
02 Jan 2017	Championship	Latics 0:1 Huddersfield	1 Yellow
19 Nov 2016	Championship	Barnsley 0:0 Latics	2 Yellow
26 Aug 2016	Championship	Latics 1:1 Birmingham	3 Yellow

This referee has a ©Latics Love Factor of 15%

 

Jeremy Simpson Card Watch 2021/22

Games – 22

Yellows – 93

Reds – 5

Penalty Awards – 9

 

Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic
Referee – Jeremy Simpson
Assistants – Rob Smith and Akil Howson
Fourth Official – Robert Lewis