Meet The Ref - Latics v Carlisle United

Latics face Carlisle United at the DW Stadium on Friday evening in our latest festive clash, the referee for the game will be Blackburn official, Ben Toner.

Ben Toner

Now in his 9^th season as an EFL referee, Ben Toner worked his apprenticeship during three seasons at National League level, he was subsequently promoted to the National List of Ref’s in the summer of 2015 and began refereeing Football League games that coming season, a quiet debut AFC Wimbledon v Plymouth League Two game on the 8^th August 2015, a two-nil away win for Argyle and just the one yellow card.

Previous Games

Ben Toner has refereed the Latics on five occasions previously, the last game was our away win at Crewe Alex in March 2022, a goal apiece from Josh Magennis and Will Keane giving the Latics a 0:2 win on o0ur way to lifting the League One title.

Toner’s last Carlisle games came last season, there were two, both at Brunton Park, early season in the EFL Trophy, a 1:2 defeat to Manchester United U21s and a 0:4 League Two defeat against Mansfield in February.

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
15 Mar 2022	League One	Crewe Alex 0:2 Latics	2Y
25 Jan 2022	EFL Trophy	Latics 1:0 Arsenal	2 Y
20 Mar 2021	League One	Accrington 3:1 Latics	1 Y
03 Nov 2020	League One	Blackpool 1:0 Latics	0
24 Feb 2018	League One	Latics 1:0 Rochdale	0

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Games – 17

Yellows – 84

Reds –1

Penalty Awards – 6

Wigan Athletic v Carlisle United
Referee – Ben Toner
Assistants – Steve Brown and Lee Freeman

Fourth Official – Bradley Hall

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December 27, 2023

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