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.