Meet The Ref - Latics v Sheffield United

Latics are back in action on Monday evening, televised on Sky Sports, the Championship fixture against promotion chasing Sheffield United will be refereed by Northants official, Dean Whitestone.

Dean Whitestone

 

Whitestone is a vastly experienced ref, he began his career in the EFL back in 2005 and took charge of his first game in the Championship just two years later when he refereed the QPR v Colchester United match on the 22^nd December 2007.

The current serving Met Police Officer is a veteran of 586 games, 172 of those coming at Championship level. During his career, Whitestone has issued 1628 yellow cards, 85 reds and awarded 162 penalties.

 Previous Games

Dean Whitestone has 6 Latics’ games under his belt, the last of which was our 2:1 defeat away at QPR back in October, he booked Graeme Shinnie and Curtis Tilt in that particular game. Whitestone was also the 4^th official in our last game, away at the Den on Saturday, the 1:1 draw with Millwall.

This will be Dean Whitestone’s first Sheffield United game of the current campaign, he last refereed the Blades last season, on the 9^th April, a goalless home draw against Bournemouth.

Dean Whitestone has taken charge of 15 games so far this season, 10 of which have come in the Championship.

 

Dean Whitestone’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
22 Oct 2022	Championship	QPR 2:1 Latics	2Y
26 Nov 2019	Championship	Millwall 2:2 Latics	1Y
13 Aug 2019	EFL Cup	Latics 0:1 Stoke	1Y
21 Apr 2018	League One	Fleetwood 0:4 Latics	0
10 Mar 2018	League One	Latics 3:3 Scunthorpe	2Y
09 Apr 2016	League One	Latics 1:0 Coventry	0

 

Dean Whitestone Card Watch 2022/23

Games – 15

Yellows – 45

Reds – 1

Penalty Awards – 4

 

Wigan Athletic v Sheffield United
Referee – Dean Whitestone
Assistants – Mark Russell and Paul Hodskinson
Fourth Official – Oliver Langford

 

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