Meet The Ref - Blackpool v Latics

Latics travel up the M6 and M55 on Saturday to face Blackpool, 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, promoted to the Select Group 2 last season and elevated to Select Group 1 referees at the start of this season.

So far in his career, Tom Bramall has taken charge of 225 games, issued 593 yellow and 30 red cards, pointing to the penalty spot on 50 occasions.

Previous Games

Tom Bramall has refereed the Latics in 5 games previously, the last time was our 2:1 away defeat against Preston at Deepdale, awarding a ridiculous penalty to North End which completely turned the course of the game. 

Bramall has refereed Blackpool twice this season, both at Bloomfield Road, both games ended goalless, against Birmingham in December and Burnley in March.

Tom Bramall has refereed 30 games so far this season, 5 of which have been in the Premier League and 14 in the Championship. 

Back in March, Bramall was out in the Far East, Japan to be precise, he officiated in 2 games in the J League and 1 in the J League Cup.

 

Tom Bramall’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
25 Feb 2023	Championship	Preston 2:1 Latics	1Y
22 Feb 2022	League One	Wycombe 1:3 Latics	1Y
24 Aug 2021	EFL Cup	Latics 0:0 Bolton	5Y
27 Feb 2021	League One	Peterborough 2:1 Latics	1Y
13 Sep 2020	League One	Ipswich 2:0 Latics	1Y

 

Tom Bramall Card Watch 2022/23

Games – 30

Yellows – 95

Reds – 4

Penalty Awards – 6

 

Blackpool v Wigan Athletic

Referee – Tom Bramall
Assistants – Derek Eaton and Steve Meredith

Fourth Official – Sam Allison

 

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