Meet The Ref - Latics v Charlton

Latics play their third game in seven days at the DW Stadium on Tuesday evening, Charlton Athletic are the visitors for a League One clash, the referee for the match will be London based official, Paul Howard.

 

Paul Howard

This is Paul Howards 4^th season on the National List, he has refereed a total of 99 games since being promoted, issuing a modest 273 yellow cards and 12 reds, awarding 24 penalties.

An interesting fact, well two actually, Paul Howard has only once issued a red card in a League 1 game. 

Howard has also taken charge of a Scottish Challenge Cup tie between League of Ireland club Waterford and Hearts FC B side, Waterford winning 1:0 and just 1 yellow card issued.

 Previous Games

Paul Howard has taken charge of three Latics games previously, two in the 20/21 season, our home defeat to Oxford in November 2020 and the away draw at AFC Wimbledon in the middle of March, and once in 2022, a goalless draw away at Cheltenham where he produced that solitary League One red card to Cheltenham defender, Ben Williams, we have yet to win a game that he has been in charge of.

Paul Howard was in charge of two Charlton games last season, their EFL Trophy 2:1 home win v Brighton U21s in November 2022 and in February this year a defeat away at Derby 2:0.

Paul Howard Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
29 Jan 2022	League One	Cheltenham 0:0 Latics	2Y
16 Mar 2021	League One	Wimbledon 1:1 Latics	0
21 Nov 2020	League One	Latics 1:2 Oxford United	2Y

 

Paul Howard Card Watch 2023/24

Games – 10

Yellows – 35

Reds – 1

Penalty Awards – 0

Wigan Athletic v Charlton Athletic
Referee – Paul Howard
Assistants – Mark Jones and Steve Ward
Fourth Official – Jamie O’Connor

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

 

Meet The Ref - Latics v Shrewsbury Town

Latics are back in action at the DW Stadium on Saturday, Shrewsbury Town will be the  visitors for a League One clash, the referee appointed for the game is Derbyshire official, Dan Middleton.

 

Dan Middleton

This is Dan’s first season on the National List, though he has been refereeing in the National League for the past six seasons.

 Previous Games

Middleton has refereed the Latics once previously, that game also coming at the DW Stadium, 6^th November 2021, our FA Cup 1^st round meeting with non-league Solihull Moors, the game ended goalless with both Jason Kerr and Tendayi Darikwa finding their way into his notebook with a yellow card apiece.

This will be the first time that Dan Middleton has had any involvement with a Shrewsbury Town game..

Dan Middleton Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
06 Nov 2021	FA Cup	Latics 0:0 Solihull Moors	2Y

 Dan Middleton Card Watch 2023/24

Games – 11

Yellows – 28

Reds – 2

Penalty Awards – 5

Wigan Athletic v Shrewsbury Town
Referee – Dan Middleton
Assistants – Ollie Williams and Declan Ford
Fourth Official – Karl Buckley

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

 

Meet The Ref - Latics v Oxford United

Back to League action and the first of three home games in one week on Tuesday, when Oxford United are the visitors to the DW Stadium. The referee for the game will be Hertfordshire official, David Rock.

 

David Rock

Rock is now in his fifth season in the EFL, so far this campaign he has been in charge of 10 games, 4 in each of League One & League Two, plus he’s had 1 game in the EFL Trophy and the 1 in the EFL Cup.

Previous Games

David Rock has refereed the Latics three times previously, two away days and once at the DW Stadium, all three of those games came in 2021, but spread across two separate seasons.

Rock was last in charge of an Oxford game last season, their 4:0 League One home win over Port Vale on the 12^th November.

Away from football, Rock works as a PE Training and Development officer for a sports education company.

David Rock Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
08 Dec 2021	League 1	Latics 2:1 Shrewsbury	1 Yellow
20 Apr 2021	League 1	Shrewsbury 1:2 Latics	2 Yellow
02 Feb 2021	League 1	Swindon 1:0 Latics	2 Yellow

David Rock Card Watch 2023/24

Games – 10

Yellows – 34

Reds – 3

Penalty Awards – 1

Wigan Athletic v Oxford United
Referee – David Rock
Assistants – Lee Freeman and Lisa Rashid
Fourth Official – Dale Baines

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