Progress With Unity - The Unofficial Wigan Athletic Fan Podcast: December 2022

Saturday, 31 December 2022

Meet The Ref - Latics v Hull City

Latics meet Hull City in our first game of 2023 at the DW Stadium on Monday afternoon, the referee for the game will be County Durham based official, Geoff Eltringham

Geoff Eltringham

Jack Dee and Geoff Eltringham have never been seen in the same room at the same time.

Previous Games

The 42 year old has been on the National List of referees since the 2009/10 season, his first game coming on the 8^th August 2009, a 2-2 draw in League 2 between Morecambe and Hereford.

So far in his career, Geoff Eltringham has taken charge of 441 games, issued 1287 yellow and 81 red cards, pointing to the penalty spot on 126 occasions.

Previous Latics Games

This will be Eltringham’s 15th Latics game as a referee, his first was our 0:4 away win at Barnsley in August 2013, our first Championship game following relegation from the Premier League. His last one was our 2:0 defeat away at Stoke in last season’s FA Cup 4^th round, sending off Gwion Edwards.

Geoff Eltringham last refereed Hull City in their 3:1 defeat away at Derby in February 2022.

Part of the Select Group 2, Eltringham officiates across the EFL, of his 10 games so far this campaign, 2 have come in the Championship, 4 in League One, 1 in League Two and he has also refereed in the National League this campaign.

Geoff Eltringham’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
05 Feb 2022	FA Cup	Stoke 1:0 Latics	2Y & 1R
08 Jul 2020	Championship	Latics 1:0 QPR	1 Y
26 Feb 2020	Championship	Reading 0:3 Latics	1 Y
23 Nov 2019	Championship	Stoke 2:1 Latics	2 Y
18 Aug 2018	Championship	Latics 2:2 Nottm Forest	2 Y
04 Mar 2018	League One	Blackburn 2:2 Latics	3 Y
25 Feb 2017	Championship	Latics 0:0 Nottm Forest	1 Y
31 Dec 2016	Championship	Derby 0:0 Latics	0
09 Aug 2016	EFL Cup	Oldham 2:1 Latics	1 R
05 Mar 2016	League One	Latics 1:1 Peterborough	1 Y
29 Sep 2015	League One	Latics 2:2 Millwall	1 Y
07 Mar 2015	Championship	Latics 0:1 Leeds	1 Y
11 Jan 2014	Championship	Latics 3:0 Bournemouth	1 Y
03 Aug 2013	Championship	Barnsley 0:4 Latics	1 Y

Geoff Eltringham Card Watch 2022/23

Games – 10

Yellows – 38

Reds – 1

Penalty Awards – 4

Wigan Athletic v Hull City

Referee – Geoff Eltringham
Assistants – Dan Leach and Mark Stevens
Fourth Official – Tom Parsons

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

Wednesday, 28 December 2022

Any Previous? Latics v Sunderland

Latics and Sunderland have met on 27 occasions down the years.

Our first meeting with the Mackems came in Division 3, in the 1987/88 season, a 4:1 defeat away at Roker Park in October 1987, that was followed by the infamous ‘mud slide’ game at Springfield Park in March ‘88 which ended 2:2.

Our first victory over Sunderland was our first ever Premier League win, 27 August 2005, a Jason Roberts penalty 2 minutes into the game enough to seal those historic 3 points.

We have lost the last four meetings with Sunderland, three of those coming last season and one earlier this campaign, back in October at the Stadium of Light, despite Charlie Wyke putting us a goal up our hosts came back strong in the 2^nd half, winning the match 2:1.

Classic Encounter

The administration buster, a great performance from the lads to come back from a goal down and complete the double over Sunderland that season.

Latics: Jones; Darikwa, Tilt, Johnston, Robinson; Evans, Ojo, Lang, Solomon-Otabor (Whelan 82), Keane (Aagaard 87); Dodoo (Proctor 90)

Unused Subs: Evans, Clough, Gradner, Long

Goals: Latics - Keane (42) & Lang (58), Sunderland – Wyke (32)

Highlights - Latics 2:1 Sunderland

Sunderland Current Form

Sunderland currently sit 9^th in the Championship with 34pts from 24 games, their recent form, 2 defeats in their last 6 games, gaining.3 wins and a draw, beating Blackburn 2:1 on Boxing Day in their latest game, the last 6 results LWWLDW.

Sunderland’s 12 away games so far this season in the league have brought 18 points, 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats, scoring 17 goals and conceding 14.

In contrast the Latics home form at the moment is 12 games, 2 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats, scoring 9 goals whilst also conceding 20.

Player To Watch – Ross Stewart

Ross Stewart

26 year old former striker, joined Sunderland in the 2020/21 season from Scottish Premiership club Ross County.

Stewart had an excellent season last time out, scoring 24 goals as Sunderland gained promotion to the Championship via the playoffs. This season, despite missing 11 games through injury, Stewart is bang in form, 7 goals and 3 assists from 9 games.

Tall and gangly, Stewart can appear awkward at times, but he has certainly been making life awkward for Championship defences this season.

The Last Six Meetings

Date	Competition	Result
15 Oct 2022	Championship	Sunderland 2:1 Latics
26 Feb 2022	League One	Latics 0:3 Sunderland
21 Sep2021	EFL Cup	Latics 0:2 Sunderland
07 Aug 2021	League One	Sunderland 2:1 Latics
13 Apr 2021	League One	Latics 2:1 Sunderland
05 Dec 2020	League One	Sunderland 0:1 Latics

Full Record v Sunderland

Played – 27

Won – 9

Drawn – 7

Lost – 11

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

Meet The Ref - Latics v Sunderland

Latics meet Sunderland at the DW Stadium on Thursday evening, the referee for the game will be Lancashire based official, Mike Salisbury

Mike Salisbury

The 36 year old has been an EFL ref since the 2016/17 season when he took charge of Leyton Orient's home defeat by Newport County

Following four seasons on the National List, Salisbury was promoted to the Select Group 2 in 2020/21 and after just one season he impressed so much that he was subsequently promoted to the Select Group 1 for the start of last season, refereeing in the Premier League.

Previous Games

So far in his career, Mike Salisbury has taken charge of 202 games, issued 588 yellow and 37 red cards, pointing to the penalty spot on 47 occasions.

Previous Latics Games

This will be Mike Salisbury’s second Latics game as a referee, his first was our 1:0 defeat away at Fleetwood in the EFL Cup back in August, booking Charlie Hughes, Ryan Nyambe and Graeme Shinnie.

Mike Salisbury last refereed Sunderland in their 1:0 defeat away at Coventry in League One back on the 1^st March 2020.

Part of the Select Group 1, Salisbury now mainly officiates in the Premier League, of his 13 games so far this campaign, 7 have come in the top flight.

Michael Salisbury’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
09 Aug 2022	EFL Cup	Fleetwood 1:0 Latics	3Y

Mike Salisbury Card Watch 2022/23

Games – 13

Yellows – 44