Meet The Ref - Coventry City v Latics

Latics are back in action on Tuesday evening with a trip to the CBS Arena to face Coventry City in a rearranged Championship fixture, the referee for the game is Staffordshire based official, Steve Martin.

 

Steve Martin

Martin has been working in the EFL since the 2012/13 season, his potential was quickly noticed and he had his first Championship game in his first season, he is now part of the Select Group 2 body of referees.

 Previous Games

Over the 11 seasons since his debut, Steve Martin has taken charge of 362 games, issued 841 yellow and 34 red cards. not too bad an average just around 3 per season, though he did issue three in one game back on the 14^th April 2015, Latics defeat away at Millwall, Jason Pearce and Martin Waghorn seeing red for us with Ed Upson going for an early bath for our hosts in what was a turbulent end of season game.

Steve Martin has been in charge of 15 Latics games previously, the last one coming in the final game of last season away at Shrewsbury where we were crowned Champions.

Martin last refereed Coventry earlier this season, their 1:0 home win over Middlesbrough on the 1^st October.

 Last Game

Steve Martin’s last game in charge was the Championship fixture between Bristol City and Sheffield United at Ashton Gate on Saturday 1^st November, Sheffield United winning the game 0:1, 8 yellow cards issued and a straight red. 

 

Steve Martin’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
11 Jan 2020	League One	Shrewsbury 0:3 Latics	0
11 Jan 2020	Championship	Latics 0:2 Bristol City	1 Y
14 Dec 2019	Championship	Latics 1:1 Huddersfield	1 Y
27 Apr 2019	Championship	Birmingham 1:1 Latics	1 Y
02 Mar 2019	Championship	Latics 0:0 Boro	1 Y
25 Aug 2018	Championship	QPR 1:0 Latics	1 Y
24 Apr 2018	League One	Bristol Rvrs 1:1 Latics	0
03 Feb 2017	Championship	Latics 0:1 Sheff Weds	1 Y
17 Sep 2016	Championship	Latics 0:0 Fulham	1 Y
06 Feb 2016	League One	Sheff Utd 0:2 Latics	0
17 Oct 2015	League One	Latics 5:0 Colchester	0
14 Apr 2015	Championship	Millwall 2:0 Latics	2 Y & 2 R
24 Jan 2015	Championship	Latics 0:1 Huddersfield	3 Y
26 Dec 2013	Championship	Latics 0:0 Birmingham	0
27 Oct 2013	Championship	Charlton 0:0 Latics	0

 

Steve Martin Card Watch 2022/23

Games – 12

Yellows – 46

Reds – 2

Penalty Awards – 0

 

Coventry City v Wigan Athletic
Referee – Steve Martin
Assistants – Mark Dwyer and Lee Venamore
Fourth Official – John Busby

 

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