Meet The Ref - Oxford United v Latics

The Latics are back at it on Tuesday, a trip down the M40 to face Oxford United, the referee for the game will be Carnforth official, Jeremy Simpson.

 

The 48 year old is a former Premier League and FIFA International assistant referee, switching to blowing the whistle rather than running the line, Simpson was at National League level in 2012 and by the 2015/16 season in the Championship and part of the Select Group 2 of professional referees.

Previous Games

Jeremy Simpson’s first Latics game came in the Championship, back in August 2016, a 1:1 draw at the DW Stadium against Birmingham City, Craig Davies scoring a 90^th minute equaliser, subsequently he’s been in charge of 16 Latics games, 8 of those games have been away from the DW Stadium, of which we’ve won one and lost four. In fact we have only won four games in which Jezza has been in charge, not the best of records.

Simpson last refereed Oxford earlier this season, 12^th August, their 1:0 home win over Carlisle United in a League One fixture, the four yellow cards in the game were all handed out to Carlisle players.

Jeremy Simpson’s Last Six Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
14 Jan 2023	Championship	Cardiff 1:1 Latics	2Y
13 Sep 2023	Championship	Huddersfield 1:2 Latics	2Y
18 Feb 2022	League One	Rotherham 1:1 Latics	4Y
30 Jun 2020	Championship	Latics 3:0 Stoke	1Y
22 Feb 2020	Championship	Latics 1:0 Millwall	1Y
20 Nov 2019	Championship	Latics 1:3 Reading	2Y

Jeremy Simpson Card Watch 2023/24

Games – 13

Yellows – 53

Reds – 3

Penalty Awards – 1

Oxford United v Wigan Athletic
Referee – Jeremy Simpson
Assistants – Blake Antrobus and Alex James
Fourth Official – Ryan Atkin

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