Meet The Ref - Latics v Pompey

Latics are back at the DW Stadium on Saturday, league leaders Portsmouth will be in town for a tough looking fixture, the referee for the game is Luton based official, Will Finnie.

 

Will Finnie

Will Finnie was promoted to the National List of ref’s at the start of the 2019/20 season, in the four and a bit seasons that followed his appointment, Finnie has taken charge of 138 games, issued 406 yellow cards, issued 15 reds and awarded 33 penalties.

Although Finnie hasn’t refereed a game above League One level, he has been the 4^th official at 23 Championship games.

Of Will Finnie’s 9 games so far this season, 4 have come in League One, 3 in League Two and 2 in the EFL Cup.

Previous Games

This will be Will Finnie’s 2nd Latics game, but his first visit to the DW Stadium, in Finnie’s previous encounter with Wigan Athletic, away at Ipswich, two Will Keane goals gave us a share of the spoils, there were 19 free kicks in total, Latics awarded 12 of those, with both Callum Lang and Kell Watts picking up yellow cards for committing fouls.

Finnie last refereed Portsmouth last campaign in their League One away at Forest Green back in October.

Last Game

The last game that Will Finnie was in charge of was the League One fixture between Fleetwood and Oxford United at Highbury on 16^th September, Oxford won 0:3 and Finnie awarded 19 free kicks and issued two yellows, both to Fleetwood players.

 Will Finnie’s One Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
05 Apr 2022	League One	Ipswich Town 2:2 Latics	2Y

 

Will Finnie Card Watch 2023/24

Games – 9

Yellows – 27

Reds – 2

Penalty Awards – 1

Wigan Athletic v Portsmouth
Referee – Will Finnie
Assistants – Paul Hodskinson and Mark Pottage
Fourth Official – Andy Miller

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