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

 

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