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Thursday, 9 November 2023

Meet The Ref - Cheltenham v Latics


On Saturday the Latics travel down to the West Country to face League One strugglers, Cheltenham Town, the referee for the game is Hastings based official, Carl Brook.

 

Carl Brook

The 48 year old is in his fourth season as a Football League ref, though he has been a referee for 30 seasons in the lower leagues of the football pyramid, he only made the graduation to the big time in the 2020/21 campaign.

During his National List career, Brook has taken charge of 111 games, issued 430 yellow cards, 16 reds and awarded 26 penalties.

 Previous Games

This will be the fourth Wigan Athletic game that Carl Brook has been in charge of, all the previous three came in 2021 but spread over two seasons.

Away at Bristol Rovers in the admin season, Scott Wooton's last gasp winner, Burton at the DW on St Andrews Day 2021, Jonny Smith seeing red for a chest high challenge on Curtis Tilt and our 2nd round FA Cup win away at Colchester in early December.

Brook took charge of three Cheltenham games last season, two in League One, a 1:0 away defeat at Barnsley in August and a home win, 2:0, over Shrewsbury in October, plus an EFL Trophy win by 3:1 over Salford in January.

Carl Brook Latics Games

Date

Competition

Result

Latics Cards

05 Dec 2021

FA Cup

Colchester Utd 1:2 Latics

1Y

30 Nov 2021

League One

Latics 2:0 Burton

2 Y

23 Feb 2021

League One

Bristol Rovers 1:2 Latics

3Y

Carl Brook Card Watch 2023/24

Games – 14

Yellows – 61

Reds – 1

Penalty Awards – 2

Cheltenham Town v Wigan Athletic
Referee
– Carl Brook
Assistants – Justin Amey and Dan Flynn
Fourth Official
– Adam Ricketts

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

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