Thursday 1 September 2022

Meet The Ref - Luton Town v Latics

The Latics travel down to Luton on Saturday as the Championship fixtures come thick and fast, the referee for the game is Manchester official, Chris Kavanagh.

 

Chris Kavanagh

Kavanagh, who turns 37 on Sunday, has been refereeing in the professional game since the 2014/15 season and a Select Group 1 ref since the 2017/18 season.

 

 Previous Games

Chris Kavanagh has taken charge of six Latics’ games so far, all in the Championship bar our FA Cup win over West Ham in January 2018, which is the only one of his games that we have won.

Kavanagh has refereed 247 games – 106 of which have come in the Premier League - in which he has handed out a grand total of 805 yellow and 26 red cards over the 9 seasons that he has been active in league football. Kavanagh has also refereed at International level and various European Club Tournaments including the Champions League.

 

Chris Kavanagh has refereed Luton five times previously, the last of which came last season away at Millwall which the Hatters won, 0:2.

Just the two domestic league games so far for Chris Kavanagh this season, both in the Championship.

 

Chris Kavanagh’s Latics Games

Date

Competition

Result

Latics Cards

29 Nov 2014

Championship

Sheff Weds 2:1 Latics

2

20 Feb 2015

Championship

Latics 0:3 Charlton

1

27 Aug 2016

Championship

Latics 0:1 QPR

4 Yellow

18 Feb 2017

Championship

Latics 0:0 Preston

0

27 Jan 2018

FA Cup

Latics 2:0 West Ham

1 Yellow

12 Mar 2019

Championship

Blackburn 3:0 Latics

4 Yellow

 

Chris Kavavnagh Card Watch 2022/23

Games – 2

Yellows – 7

Reds – 0

Penalty Awards – 0

 

Luton Town v Wigan Athletic
Referee
– Chris Kavanagh
Assistants – Mark Scholes and Nick Greenhalgh
Fourth Official
– James Linington

 

Grab a listen to the latest PWU Latics podcast featuring a preview of the Luton Town game.

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