Meet The Ref - Reading v Latics

Latics travel down to Berkshire on Saturday for our last away game of the season, a must win game for both ourselves and opponents Reading , the referee for the game will be Hampshire based official, Andy Davies

 

Andy Davies

Davies is a very rare breed in the referee circles having been a professional football player for Gillingham, Portsmouth and Yeovil, before injury forced him to retire at the tender age of 28.

Not one to feel sorry for himself, Andy immediately through himself into becoming a ref and he graduated rapidly onto the National List in 2012 and two years later he was taking charge of Championship games.

Since becoming an EFL referee, Andy Davies has taken charge of 336 games, issued 1233 yellow and 57 red cards, pointing to the penalty spot on 91 occasions.

Previous Games

Davies has taken charge of thirteen Latics’ games previously, four of which have come this season, three wins, Birmingham and Rotherham away and Blackpool at the DW Stadium plus the defeat away at Sheffield United on Good Friday..

Davies last refereed Reading earlier this season, a 3:2 defeat away at Swansea back in October.

So far this season Andy Davies has refereed 24 games, of which 17 have come in the Championship.

Andy Davies’ Last Six Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
07 Apr 2023	Championship	Sheff Utd 1:0 Latics	1Y
13 Feb 2023	Championship	Latics 2:1 Blackpool	3Y
01 Oct 2022	Championship	Rotherham 0:2 Latics	1Y
20 Aug 2022	Championship	Birmingham 0:1 Latics	2Y 1R
11 Dec 2019	Championship	Latics 1:1 West Brom	1Y
09 Nov 2019	Championship	Latics 0:3 Brentford	2Y 1R

 

Andy Davies Card Watch 2022/23

Games – 24

Yellows – 83

Reds – 2

Penalty Awards – 3

 

Reading v Wigan Athletic
Referee – Andy Davies
Assistants – Craig Taylor and Akil Howson

Fourth Official –Oliver Langford

 

Grab a listen to the latest podcast featuring a preview of the Reading game.