Meet The Ref - Latics v Luton FA Cup Replay

Latics are back at the DW Stadium on Tuesday for an FA Cup 3^rd round replay against Luton Town, the referee for the game will be Manchester official, Matt Donohue. 

Matt Donohue

 

The former Denton PE Teacher was appointed to the National List of EFL referees at the start of the 2018/19 season and subsequently to the Select Group 2 of Ref’s the following summer, obviously a high flyer.

In his career in the EFL, Matt Donohue has taken charge of 150 games, issued 521 yellow and 29 red cards, pointing to the penalty spot on 28 occasions.

Previous Games

Donohue has taken charge of five Latics’ games previously, all in the Championship, his last Latics game was our draw away at Norwich at the start of this season.

Donohue’s last refereed Luton on New Years Day, their 1:2 away win at Huddersfield.

So far this season Matt Donohue has refereed 19 games, of which 16 have come in the Championship.

 

Matt Donohue’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
06 Aug 2022	Championship	Norwich 1:1 Latics	4Y
24 Aug 2019	Championship	QPR 3:1 Latics	4Y
20 Oct 2019	Championship	Latics 1:0 Nottm Forest	3Y
29 Dec 2019	Championship	Nottm Forest 2:0 Latics	3Y
04 Jul 2020	Championship	Brentford 3:0 Latics	1Y 1R

 

Matt Donohue Card Watch 2022/23

Games – 19

Yellows – 64

Reds – 1

Penalty Awards – 3

 

Wigan Athletic v Luton Town
Referee – Matt Donohue
Assistants – Paul Hodskinson and Jonathan Hunt
Fourth Official – Ben Toner

 

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