Meet The Ref - QPR v Latics

Latics are off on their travels once again on Saturday, a trip to London to face table topping Queens Park Rangers, the referee for the game will be Northampton official, Dean Whitestone.

 

Dean Whitestone

Whitestone has been around for quite a while now, started refereeing in the EFL back in 2005 and actually took charge of his first game at Championship level just two years later when he was in charge of the QPR v Colchester United match on the 22^nd December 2007.

 Previous Games

The serving Met Police Officer is a veteran of 580 games, 167 of those coming at Championship level. During his career, Whitestone has issued 1610 yellow cards, 85 reds and awarded 162 penalties.

Dean Whitestone has taken charge of 5 Latics games previously, of which we have won 2, drawn 2 and lost 1. Whitestone took charge of 3 QPR games last season, all came at Loftus Road, Coventry 2:0, Rotherham (FA Cup) 1:1 and Middlesbrough 2:2.

So far this season, Whitestone has been in charge of 9 games, 5 of those in the Championship, his last game was the Birmingham City 1:1 Burnley Championship fixture on Wednesday, 19^th October.

 

Dean Whitestone’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
26 Nov 2019	Championship	Millwall 2:2 Latics	1Y
13 Aug 2019	EFL Cup	Latics 0:1 Stoke	1Y
21 Apr 2018	League One	Fleetwood 0:4 Latics	0
10 Mar 2018	League One	Latics 3:3 Scunthorpe	2Y
09 Apr 2016	League One	Latics 1:0 Coventry	0

 

Dean Whitestone Card Watch 2022/23

Games – 9

Yellows – 27

Reds – 1

Penalty Awards – 4

 

QPR v Wigan Athletic
Referee – Dean Whitestone
Assistants – Dan Leach and Mark Stevens
Fourth Official – David Webb

 

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