Meet The Ref - Birmingham City v Latics

Latics travel 100 miles down the M6 on Saturday, a trip to St Andrews to take on big spending Birmingham City in a League One clash, the referee for the match will be Berkshire official, Sunny Singh Gill.

 

Sunny Singh Gill

Gill was promoted to the National List of ref’s at the start of the 2022/23 season, in doing so he followed in the footsteps of his dad, Jarnail Singh who was a veteran of 200 games across the EFL from 2004 until he hung up his whistle in 2010.

Previous Games

Sunny Singh Gill has refereed the Latics’ twice previously, both of those games coming last season, a 2:1 League One defeat away at Burton in October and a 2:0 home win over Stockport County in the Bristol Street Motors Trophy in December.

Sunny Singh Gill’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
06 Dec 2023	Championship	Latics 2:0 Stockport	1Y
03 Oct 2023	Championship	Burton Albion 2:1 Latics	3Y

Sunny Singh Gill Card Watch 2024/25

Games – 4

Yellows – 10

Reds – 0

Penalty Awards – 1

Birmingham City v Wigan Athletic
Referee – Sunny Singh Gill
Assistants – Mike Webb and Alistair Nelson
Fourth Official – James Oldham

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

Meet The Ref - Latics v Crawley Town

The Latics look to get their first points of the season on Saturday when Crawley Town visit the Brick Community Stadium for the first ever league meeting between the two clubs, the referee for the match will be Bournemouth official, Keith Stroud.

 

Keith Stroud

The 53 year old started refereeing way back in 1988 and made his Football League debut in August 2004. Stroud was promoted to the Select Group 1 of officials and refereed the Latics away at Reading in the Premier League in 2007, unfortunately for Keith he was dropped back down to the Championship after just two seasons, being replaced by Kevin Friend.

Since becoming a Football League ref, Stroud has been in charge of over 700 games, issuing nearly 2,682 yellow and 126 red cards whilst awarding 161 penalties.

Previous Games

Keith Stroud has 18 Latics’ games under his belt, the vast majority of which have come in the Championship. Of those 18 games we have won just 3.

Stroud’s last three Latics’ games came in our last season in the Championship, our 2:1 away defeat at Sunderland in October and the 1:1 draw at Millwall in December and a 1:1 at Ashton Gate against Bristol City in February 2023 keeping up his averages there.

Keith Stroud’s Last Six Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
15 Feb 2023	Championship	Bristol City 1:1Latics	3Y
10 Dec 2022	Championship	Millwall 1:1 Latics	2Y
15 Oct 2022	Championship	Sunderland 2:1 Latics	2Y
23 Oct 2019	Championship	Derby 1:0 Latics	2Y
20 Aug 2019	Championship	Middlesbrough 1:0 Latics	2Y
06 Apr 2019	Championship	Bristol City 2:2 Latics	1Y

Keith Stroud Card Watch 2024/25

Games – 2

Yellows – 5

Reds – 0

Penalty Awards – 1

Wigan Athletic v Crawley Town
Referee – Keith Stroud
Assistants – Richard Wild and Mark Russell
Fourth Official – Steve Copeland

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

Meet The Ref - Reading v Latics

We're off down to Berkshire on Saturday to face Reading in a League One fixture, the referee for the game will be Isle-Of-Wight based official, James Linington

 

James Linington

The 46 year old is an experienced ref and been around in the EFL since the 2008 season, 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 12 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 Reading in March 2022, a 1:0 win home over Blackburn in the Championship

James Linington’s Last Six Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
16 Mar 2024	League One	Latics 1:0 Blackpool	4Y
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

James Linington Card Watch 2023/24

Games – 23

Yellows –104

Reds – 1

Penalty Awards – 7

Reading v Wigan Athletic
Referee – James Linington
Assistants – Ian Cooper and Richard Woodward
Fourth Official – Abigail Byrne

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