Meet The Ref - Shrewsbury v Latics

It’s arrived, the final League One game of the 2021/22 season.

Latics travel the scenic route down to Shrewsbury Town on Saturday sat proudly at the top of the pile, there may be a twist and turn to come, hopefully not, the referee for the game is Staffordshire based official, Steve Martin.

 

Steve Martin

Martin has been working in the EFL since the 2012/13 season, his potential was quickly noticed and he had his first Championship game in his first season, he is now part of the Select Group 2 body of referees.

 

Over the 10 seasons since his debut, Steve Martin has taken charge of 347 games, issued 796 yellow and 31 red cards., not too bad an average just around 3 per season, though he did issue three in one game back on the 14^th April 2015, Latics defeat away at Millwall, Jason Pearce and Martin Waghorn seeing red for us with Ed Upson going for an early bath for our hosts in what was a turbulent end of season game.

 

Steve Martin has been in charge of fourteen Latics games previously, the last one coming in the 2019/20 season at the DW Stadium when we suffered defeat to Bristol City in a Championship game.

 

Martin has refereed Shrewsbury on six occasions. The last one coming in March 2018, a 2:0 home win over Walsall in a League One fixture.

 

Last Game

Steve Martin’s last game in charge was the Championship fixture between West Brom and Coventry City at the Hawthorns on Saturday 23^rd April, the match ended goalless, 2 yellows were 1 to each side 

 

Steve Martin Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
11 Jan 2020	Championship	Latics 0:2 Bristol City	1 Y
14 Dec 2019	Championship	Latics 1:1 Huddersfield	1 Y
27 Apr 2019	Championship	Birmingham 1:1 Latics	1 Y
02 Mar 2019	Championship	Latics 0:0 Boro	1 Y
25 Aug 2018	Championship	QPR 1:0 Latics	1 Y
24 Apr 2018	League One	Bristol Rvrs 1:1 Latics	0
03 Feb 2017	Championship	Latics 0:1 Sheff Weds	1 Y
17 Sep 2016	Championship	Latics 0:0 Fulham	1 Y
06 Feb 2016	League One	Sheff Utd 0:2 Latics	0
17 Oct 2015	League One	Latics 5:0 Colchester	0
14 Apr 2015	Championship	Millwall 2:0 Latics	2 Y & 2 R
24 Jan 2015	Championship	Latics 0:1 Huddersfield	3 Y
26 Dec 2013	Championship	Latics 0:0 Birmingham	0
27 Oct 2013	Championship	Charlton 0:0 Latics	0

This referee has a ©Latics Love Factor of 25%

 

Steve Martin Card Watch 2021/22

Games – 32

Yellows – 92

Reds – 4

Penalty Awards – 11

 

Shrewsbury Town v Wigan Athletic
Referee – Steve Martin
Assistants – Andy Dallison and Matt Jones
Fourth Official – Chris Sargison

 

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