Meet The Ref - Cambridge United v Latics

Next up for the Latics in the Easter programme is an away trip on Monday to the Abbey Stadium to face Cambridge United, who are fighting for their League One lives, the referee for the game will be Cumbria based official, 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 20 games so far this campaign, 10 have been in the Championship.

Previous Games

Backhouse has refereed the Latics seven times previously, four of which came at the DW Stadium, the three away days all came this season, Blackpool, a 2:1 defeat in September, a 1:1 draw against Northampton in January and his last Latics game, the 4:2 defeat at Fleetwood, where Backhouse only lasted 40 minutes before having to be replaced due to injury.

Backhouse’s last Cambridge game came last season, their goalless draw away at Curzon Ashton in the 1^st round of the FA Cup.

Anthony Backhouse’s Last Six Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
02 Mar 2024	League One	Fleetwood 4:2 Latics	1Y
13 Jan 2024	League One	Northampton 1:1 Latics	6Y
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

Anthony Backhouse Card Watch 2023/24

Games – 20

Yellows –93

Reds – 1

Penalty Awards – 3

Cambridge United v Wigan Athletic
Referee – Anthony Backhouse
Assistants – Ian Cooper and Garry Maskell
Fourth Official – Carl Brook

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

Meet The Ref - Latics v Burton Albion

Latics start the Easter programme off at the DW Stadium on Good Friday,  Burton Albion, who are fighting for their League One lives, are the vistors, the referee for the game will be Lincolnshire based official, Darren Drysdale.

The 52 year old official is a sergeant in the RAF and currently based at RAF Waddington. So he’ll be used to handing out the ‘marching orders’ if any player steps out of line, he does have a bit of a reputation as a tough man too.

A veteran of over 550 games, Drysdale is a vastly experienced referee.

Previous Games

This will be the 7^th Latics game for Drysdale, his last one coming in December when he stood in for Ben Toner in our League One 2:0 home win against Carlisle, booking Liam Morrison, Sean Clare and Liam Shaw, plus 6 Carlisle players.

Darren Drysadale’s last Burton game was their 1:0 defeat at Bolton on New Year’s Day.

Darren Drysdale’s Last Six Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
29 Dec 2023	League One	Latics 2:0 Carlisle	3Y
26 Jan 2021	League 1	Latics 0:5 Blackpool	1Y
01 Dec 2017	FA Cup	AFC Fylde 1:1 Latics	0
22 Aug 2017	EFL Cup	Aston Villa 4:1 Latics	1Y
30 Jan 2016	League 1	Latics 3:0 Port Vale	0
26 Jan 2021	League 1	Latics 0:5 Blackpool	1Y

Darren Drysdale Card Watch 2023/24

Games – 29

Yellows –104

Reds – 4

Penalty Awards – 8

 Wigan Athletic v Burton Albion
Referee – Darren Drysdale
Assistants – Chris Ward and Wayne Grunnill
Fourth Official – Danny Jarvis

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

Meet The Ref - Latics v Blackpool

Latics are back at the DW Stadium on Saturday, playoff chasing Blackpool are in town, the referee for the game will be Isle of Wight official, James Linington.

 

The 45 year old will be taking charge of his 12^th Latics game on Saturday, he is an experienced ref and been around in the EFL since the 2008, clocking up over 500 games. Being a Select Group 2 official, Linington spends most of his time in the Championship.

Previous Games

The first of Linington’s 11 Latics game came on Sunday, the 10th November 2013 an away Championship game at Yeovil, we won the game 0:1, it was played on a Sunday due to our involvement in the Europa League, we’d been away to Rubin Kazan on the Thursday and only arrived back in the UK on the Saturday before the match. Leon Barnett, Ryan Shotton, Ben Watson and Mark Albrighton all ended up with yellow cards.

James Linington last refereed Blackpool last season, an FA Cup 3^rd round tie at Bloomfield Road, the game ended well for the Tangerines, a 4:1 win over Premier League side Nottingham Forest.

15 of James Linington’s 18 games this season have been in the Championship.

James Linington’s Last Six Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
18 Jan 2020	Championship	Swansea 2:1 Latics	1Y
14 Apr 2019	Championship	Latics 1:1 Norwich	2Y
29 Dec 2018	Championship	Swansea 2:2 Latics	4Y
23 Oct 2018	Championship	Millwall 2:1 Latics	2Y
17 Apr 2017	Championship	Brighton 2:1 Latics	0
21 Feb 2017	Championship	QPR 2:1 Latics	4Y

James Linington Card Watch 2023/24

Games – 18

Yellows –76

Reds – 1

Penalty Awards – 5

Wigan Athletic v Blackpool
Referee – James Linington
Assistants – Dan Leach and Rob Merchant
Fourth Official – Aaron Jackson

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

Meet The Ref - Wycombe Wanderers v Latics

Latics are back in action on Tuesday, a trip down the M40 to face Wycombe Wanderers at Adams Park, the referee for the game will be Birmingham official, Scott Tallis.

 

Tallis is in his first season as a National List official, he’s spent the previous three years plying his trade in the National League.

Previous Games

Scott Tallis has refereed the Latics once previously, that game came in the EFL Trophy on the 10^th October 2023

A group game against League One rivals Fleetwood, we drew 3:3 on the night, two goals down, Latics fought back through Stevie Humphrys and Josh Stones, then a wicked free-kick from Tom Pearce looked to have sewn up the match in our favour only for a last second equaliser for the Cod Men to spoil the party, but we took the bonus point courtesy of a 7:6 penalty shout-out win.

Just the one previous Wycombe game for Tallis too, that also came earlier this season, on the 30 September, this time in the league.

A home win over Carlisle United, 2:0, Tallis sent off the Cumbrians goalkeeper on 29 minutes for handball outside the area with the game goalless, 10 minutes later he awarded Wycombe a penalty, which Luke Leahy dispatched, Sam Vokes wrapped the game up in the 2^nd half.

Scott Tallis’ Latics Game

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
16 Apr 2022	EFL Trophy	Latics 3:3 Fleetwood	3Y

Scott Tallis Card Watch 2023/24

Games – 27

Yellows –109

Reds – 2

Penalty Awards – 6

Wycombe Wanderers v Wigan Athletic
Referee – Scott Tallis
Assistants – Alan Cresswell and Paul Lister-Flynn
Fourth Official – Craig Hicks

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

Meet The Ref - Latics v Leyton Orient

Latics are at the DW Stadium on Saturday, Leyton Orient are in town for the first time since February 1997, the referee for the game will be Poulton-Le-Fylde official, Scott Oldham.

The 40 year old broke onto the National List for the start of the 2017/18 season, his first game was a League 2 encounter between Cheltenham and Crawley which finished 1:0 to the home side

Since hitting the big time Scott Oldham has gone on to take charge of 232 games with a ratio of 3 yellows per game and just 22 reds in total, during the 2020/21 season he was redless across 33 games. The two he issued last campaign were both 2^nd yellows, though he has handed out two straight reds this season so far.  

 Previous Games

This will be Scott Oldham’s fifth Latics game, his first was in our administration season, a 1:1 draw with Plymouth at the DW Stadium, Curtis Tilt finding his way into the notebook with both sides picking up a booking apiece as well as a goal each.

His last was our opening game this season away at Derby, a great win to get the campaign off to a flyer.

Oldham has been in charge of one Orient game this season, their 1:0 defeat away at Chesterfield in the FA Cup on the 3^rd December.

Scott Oldham Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
16 Aug 2023	League One	Derby 1:2 Latics	2Y
13 Apr 2022	League One	Lincoln 1:3 Latics	4Y
10 Nov 2021	EFL Trophy	Latics 2:0 Shrewsbury	1Y
24 Oct 2020	League One	Latics 1:1 Plymouth	1Y

 Scott Oldham Card Watch 2023/24

Games – 28

Yellows –82

Reds – 4

Penalty Awards – 4

Wigan Athletic v Leyton Orient
Referee – Scott Oldham
Assistants – Chris Husband and Steven Rushton
Fourth Official – Paul Stonier

 

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