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Sunday, 5 February 2023

Meet The Ref - Blackburn Rovers v Latics

Latics travel to Ewood Park on Monday for a Championship fixture against Blackburn Rovers in what will be Shaun Maloney’s first game as Wigan Athletic manager, the referee for the match is 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 EFL career, Matt Donohue has taken charge of 152 games, issued 528 yellow and 29 red cards, pointing to the penalty spot on 28 occasions.

Previous Games

Donohue has taken charge of seven Latics’ games previously, three of which have come this season, Norwich away and Watford at home in the Championship plus the FA Cup 3rd round replay against Luton a couple of weeks back.

Donohue last refereed Blackburn back in August, their 0:1 away win at Blackpool.

So far this season Matt Donohue has refereed 21 games, of which 16 have come in the Championship.

 

Matt Donohue’s Latics Games

Date

Competition

Result

Latics Cards

17 Jan 2023

FA Cup Replay

Latics 1:2 Luton

4Y

29 Oct 2022

Championship

Latics 0:1 Watford

2Y

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 – 21

Yellows –71

Reds – 1

Penalty Awards – 3

 

Blackburn Rovers v Wigan Athletic
Referee
– Matt Donohue
Assistants – Paul Hodskinson and Richard Wild
Fourth Official – David Webb

 

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

 

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