Meet The Ref - Northampton Town v Latics

The Latics go in search of a first double of the season with a trip to Sixfields on Saturday, we will face Northampton Town hoping to keep our run of good form at the home of Cobblers bobbing along, the referee scheduled for this game is Cumbria official, Anthony Backhouse.

Anthony Backhouse

 

The 30 year old has been a National List referee since the 2017/18 season, he was promoted to the Select Group 2 last summer and of his 13 games so far this campaign 6 have been in the Championship.

Previous Games

Backhouse has refereed the Latics five times previously, four of which came at the DW Stadium, his last Latics game though was an away day at the seaside against Blackpool earlier this season, we lost 2:1.

Anthony Backhouse has previously refereed a Latics v Northampton game, September 2017 at the DW Stadium, Latics winning 1:0 courtesy of a Michael Jacobs goal, Sammy Morsy – unsurprisingly – and Jacobs getting booked, whilst Dean Bowditch picked up a yellow for the Cobblers.

Backhouse’s last Northampton game came last season, their 1:3 away win at Bradford on their way to promotion from League 2.

Anthony Backhouse’s Five Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
02 Sep 2023	League One	Blackpool 2:1 Latics	3Y
05 Apr 2022	League One	Latics 3:0 Accrington	1Y
17 Aug 2021	League One	Latics 1:1 Wycombe	3 Y
06 Mar 2021	League One	Latics 3:0 MK Dons	1 Y
19 Sep 2017	League One	Latics 1:0 Northampton	2 Y

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Games – 13

Yellows –53

Reds – 1

Penalty Awards – 2

Northampton Town v Wigan Athletic
Referee – Anthony Backhouse
Assistants – Ian Cooper and Mark Pottage
Fourth Official – Carl Brook

 

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