Any Previous? Latics v Blackpool

Latics and Blackpool have met 49 times down the years with the Latics having slightly the better of things with 21 wins to Blackpool’s 18.

 

Our first meeting came on the 24^th November 1979, an FA Cup 1^st round tie away at Bloomfield Road, Colin Methven scoring for the Latics in a 1:1 draw.

The replay came at Springfield Park four days later, a crowd of 14,589 witnessed a Latics 2:0 win under the lights, Frank Corrigan and Tommy Gore on the score sheet

The last meeting was one to forget from our point of view, 26^th January 2021, deep in administration, the club was in a very precarious position, Blackpool taking full advantage of our misfortunes to win 0:5 at the DW Stadium.

Classic Encounter

07^th March 2000, Latics in 4^th spot in League Division 2 entertained a Blackpool side fighting for survival at the wrong end of the table, an entertaining game finished 5:1 to the Latics despite an early scare.

Liddell, Griffiths, Haworth, Barlow and Sheridan all on the score sheet.

Latics – Carroll, Green, Griffiths, De Zeeuw, Bradshaw; Sheridan, Nicholls, Cooke, Liddell; Howarth, Roberts (Barlow 45)

Att – 6,451

Highlights – Latics 5:1 Blackpool

 

Blackpool Current Form

Blackpool currently sit 21^st in the Championship with 22pts from 20 games, their recent form, 4 defeats in their last 6 games and not having scored a goal in any of their 3 games in November. 

Blackpool's last 6 results LWWLLL.

Blackpool’s 10 away games so far this season in the league have brought 12 points, 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats, scoring 11 goals and conceding 15.

In contrast the Latics home form at the moment is 10 games, 1 win, 3 draws and 6 defeats, scoring 6 goals whilst conceding 17.

Player To Watch – Jerry Yates

 

Jerry Yates

26 year old forward, Jerry Yates is the current leading scorer at Blackpool.

Yates joined the Seasiders in the summer of 2020 from Rotherham having spent the previous season on loan at Swindon Town.

With 9 goals and 2 assists from 20 games, Yates is the main man in the Blackpool attack.

The Last Six Meetings

Date	Competition	Result
26 Jan 2021	League One	Latics 0:5 Blackpool
03 Nov 2020	League One	Blackpool 1:0 Latics
13 Feb 2018	League One	Latics 0:2 Blackpool
21 Oct 2017	League One	Blackpool 1:3 Latics
29 Aug 2017	EFL Trophy	Blackpool 1:1Latics
08 Aug 2017	League Cup	Latics 2:1 Blackpool

  

Full Record v Blackpool

Played – 49

Won – 21

Drawn – 10

Lost – 18

 

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Meet The Ref - Latics v Blackpool

Latics face Blackpool on Saturday at the DW Stadium, the referee for the game will be Portsmouth official, Andy Davies.

 

Andy Davies

Davies is a very rare breed in the referee circles having been a professional football player for Gillingham, Portsmouth and Yeovil, before injury forced him to retire at the tender age of 28.

Not one to feel sorry for himself, Andy immediately through himself into becoming a ref and he graduated rapidly onto the National List in 2012 and two years later he was taking charge of Championship games.

Since becoming an EFL referee Andy Davies has taken charge of 333 games, issued 1113 yellow and 6 red cards, pointing to the penalty spot on 91 occasions.

Previous Games

This will be Andy Davies’ twelfth Latics game, his first was our Championship 2:2 draw against Wolves at Molineux in the 2014/15 season.

Davies has already refereed the Latics twice this season, both away and we won them both Rotherham in October and Birmingham back in August where he wrongly dismissed Joe Bennett after 10 minutes.

Andy Davies’ most recent Blackpool game came earlier this season, 16 August, a 0:1 away win at QPR.

 Andy Davies’ Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
01 Oct 2022	Championship	Rotherham 0:2 Latics	1Y
20 Aug 20022	Championship	Birmingham 0:1 Latics	2Y 1R
11 Dec 2019	Championship	Latics 1:1 West Brom	1 Y
09 Nov 2019	Championship	Latics 0:3 Brentford	2Y 1R
21 Sep 2019	Championship	Latics 2:0 Charlton	1 Y
09 Mar 2019	Championship	Reading 3:0 Latics	3 Y
26 Jan 2019	Championship	Nottm Forest 3:1 Latics	2 Y
04 Nov 2018	Championship	Latics 1:2 Leeds	2 Y
15 Oct 2016	Championship	Latics 0:0 Burton	0
29 Mar 2016	League One	Swindon 1:4 Latics	2 Y
14 Oct 2014	Championship	Wolves 2:2 Latics	4 Y

 

Andy Davies Card Watch 2022/23

Games – 15

Yellows – 45

Reds – 1

Penalty Awards – 2

 

Wigan Athletic v Blackpool
Referee – Andy Davies
Assistants – Craig Taylor and Mark Stevens
Fourth Official – Anthony Backhouse

 

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