Meet The Ref - Preston North End v Latics

Latics take the short trip up the M6 on Saturday to face neighbours Preston North End in a Championship fixture at Deepdale, the referee for the game will be Sheffield based official, Tom Bramall.

 

Tom Bramall

The 32 year old was promoted to the EFL at the start of the 2018/19 season, unfortunately, during the preseason build up for the 2019/20 campaign he suffered a serious ACL injury which kept him sidelined until February 2020.

Having been promoted to the Select Group 2 only last season, Bramall must have impressed as he has now been elevated to Select Group 1 referees and is a fully fledged Premier League ref.

So far in his career, Tom Bramall has taken charge of 147 games, issued 466 yellow and 19 red cards, pointing to the penalty spot on 26 occasions.

Previous Games

Tom Bramall has refereed the Latics 4 times, the last time was our 1:3 away win at Wycombe last season on our way to winning the League One title. 

Bramall last refereed Preston in their 2:1 defeat away at Wolves in the EFL Cup back in August at the start of the current campaign.

Tom Bramall has refereed 23 games so far this season, 5 of which have been in the Premier League and 11 in the Championship.

Tom Bramall’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
22 Feb 2022	League One	Wycombe 1:3 Latics	1Y
24 Aug 2021	EFL Cup	Latics 0:0 Bolton	5 Y
27 Feb 2021	League One	Peterborough 2:1 Latics	1 Y
13 Sep 2020	League One	Ipswich 2:0 Latics	1 Y

 

Tom Bramall Card Watch 2022/23

Games – 23

Yellows – 67

Reds – 1

Penalty Awards – 7

 

Preston North End v Wigan Athletic
Referee – Tom Bramall
Assistants – Natalie Aspinall and Wade Smith
Fourth Official – Seb Stockbridge

 

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