Meet The Ref - Latics v Cheltenham Town

Back at home on Friday for the first of two home games in four days when Cheltenham Town are the visitors to the DW Stadium. The referee for the game will be Hertfordshire official, David Rock.

Rock is now in his fifth season in the EFL, he has clocked up 153 games, issued 530 yellow cards, 24 reds and awarded 26 spot kicks.

 Previous Games

David Rock has refereed the Latics four times previously, two away days and twice at the DW Stadium, three of those games came in 2021, but spread across two separate seasons, the fourth was our 2:0 home win over Oxford in October, booking Baba Adeeko, Liam Shaw and Callum Lang.

Rock was last in charge of a Cheltenham game earlier this season, their 0:3 League One home defeat at the hands of Bolton on the 12^th August.

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
24 Oct 2023	League One	Latics 2:0 Oxford	3Y
08 Dec 2021	League One	Latics 2:1 Shrewsbury	1 Y
20 Apr 2021	League One	Shrewsbury 1:2 Latics	2 Y
02 Feb 2021	League One	Swindon 1:0 Latics	2 Y

David Rock Card Watch 2023/24

Games – 28

Yellows – 106

Reds – 7

Penalty Awards – 5

Wigan Athletic v Cheltenham Town
Referee – David Rock
Assistants – Emily Carney and Darren Williams
Fourth Official – Matt Sowerby

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