Meet The Ref - Sunderland v Latics

Keith Stroud

Latics are on the road on Saturday, a trip up the North East to face Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, the referee for the game will be Bournemouth official, Keith Stroud.

 

The 53 year old started refereeing way back in 1988 and made his Football League debut in August 2004. Stroud was promoted to the Select Group 1 of officials and refereed the Latics away at Reading in the Premier League in 2007, unfortunately for Keith he was dropped back down to the Championship after just two seasons, being replaced by Kevin Friend.

 Previous Games

Keith Stroud has 15 Latics’ games under his belt, the vast majority of which have come in the Championship. Of those 15 games we have won just 3.

Stroud’s last Latics game was our 1:0 away defeat at Derby in October 2019, Graeme Shinnie scoring an injury time winner. Stroud was also in charge of our 2:3 home defeat to Ipswich Town in December 2016, awarding a penalty when Dan Burn had clearly won the ball, not only that but the challenge was also 2 yards outside the box.

Since becoming a Football League ref, Stroud has been in charge of 647 games, issuing 2,404 yellow and 120 red cards whilst awarding 150 penalties.

Keith Stroud’s last Sunderland game came earlier this season, has already been in charge of two Blackburn games this season, their 1:2 away win at Bristol City on the 6^th August.

Keith Stroud has taken charge of 11 games so far this season, 8 of which have come at Championship level.

 

Keith Stroud’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
23 Oct 2019	Championship	Derby 1:0 Latics	2Y
20 Aug 2019	Championship	Middlesbrough 1:0 Latics	2Y
06 Apr 2019	Championship	Bristol City 2:2 Latics	1Y
13 Feb 2019	Championship	Latics 0:0 Stoke	1Y
05 Jan 2019	Championship	West Brom 1:0 Latics	2Y
28 Nov 2018	Championship	Latics 3:1 Blackburn	3Y
17 Dec 2016	Championship	Latics 2:3 Ipswich	3Y
13 Sep 2016	Championship	Norwich 2:1 Latics	3Y
28 Nov 2015	League One	Southend 0:0 Latics	3Y
28 Feb 2015	Championship	Blackpool 1:3 Latics	2Y
20 Dec 2014	Championship	Latics 1:2 Rotherham	2Y
21 Apr 2014	Championship	Burnley 2:0 Latics	4Y
13 Sep 2011	EFL Cup	Crystal Palace 2:1 Latics	0
22 Sep 2007	Premier League	Reading 2:1 Latics	2Y
16 Apr 2005	Championship	Leicester 0:2 Latics	2Y

 

Keith Stroud Card Watch 2022/23

Games – 11

Yellows – 57

Reds – 2

Penalty Awards – 1

 

Sunderland v Wigan Athletic
Referee – Keith Stroud
Assistants – Ian Cooper and Sam Lewis
Fourth Official – Scott Oldham

 

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