Tuesday, 2 August 2022

Meet The Ref - Norwich City v Latics

Latics travel down to Norwich on Saturday for a 12:30 kick off in a televised Championship game, chosen to referee the match is Manchester based official, Matt Donohue.  

 

Matt Donohue

The former Denton PE Teacher was appointed to the National List of EFL referees at the start of the 2018/19 season and subsequently to the Select Group 2 of Ref’s the following summer, obviously a high flyer.

In his previous 4 seasons in the EFL, Matt Donohue has taken charge of 132 games, issued 466 yellow and 28 red cards, pointing to the penalty spot on 25 occasions.

Previous Games

Donohue has taken charge of four Latics’ games previously, all in the Championship and all in the same season, 2019/20.

 

This will be the first time Matt Donohue has refereed a game involving Norwich City.

 

Matt Donohue’s Latics Games

Date

Competition

Result

Latics Cards

24 Aug 2019

Championship

QPR 3:1 Latics

4 Yellow

20 Oct 2019

Championship

Latics 1:0 Nottm Forest

3 Yellow

29 Dec 2019

Championship

Nottm Forest 2:0 Latics

3 Yellow

04 Jul 2020

Championship

Brentford 3:0 Latics

1 Yellow 1 Red

 

Matt Donohue has had just the one game so far this season, last Saturday’s Championship encounter between Rotherham and Swansea which ended in a 1:1 draw, 3 yellow cards were issued, 2 to Rotherham and 1 to Swansea.

 

Matt Donohue Card Watch 2021/22

Games – 34

Yellows – 138

Reds – 8

Penalty Awards – 3

 

Norwich City v Wigan Athletic
Referee
- Matt Donohue
Assistants – Ian Cooper and Matt Jones
Fourth Official
– James Bell


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