Meet The Ref - Stockport v Latics

The Latics are on the road for a Greater Manchester derby on Saturday with our first visit to Edgeley Park for a league game for 21 years. Stockport County will be our hosts and the referee is scheduled to be Hastings official, Carl Brook.

 

Carl Brook

The 49 year old is in his 5^th season as a Football League ref, though he has been a referee for 30 seasons in the lower leagues of the football pyramid, he only made the graduation to the big time in the 2020/21 campaign.

During his National List career, Brook has taken charge of 128 games, issued 513 yellow cards, 18 reds and awarded 33 penalties.

Previous Games

Brook has taken charge of four Latics’ games previously, three of those came in 2021 but they were spread over two seasons.

Away at Bristol Rovers in the admin season, Scott Wooton's last gasp winner, Burton at the DW on St Andrews Day 2021, Jonny Smith seeing red for a chest high challenge on Curtis Tilt and our 2^nd round FA Cup win away at Colchester in early December.

Brook’s last Latics game came last season, away at Cheltenham back in November, Liam Shaw, Omar Rekik and Jordan Jones all picking up yellow cards in a 1:1 draw.

Brook was at Edgeley Park on two occasions last season, Stockport’s goalless draw with Swindon and their 5:0 demolition of Wrexham.

Carl Brook Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
11 Nov 2023	League One	Cheltenham 1:1Latics	3Y
05 Dec 2021	FA Cup	Colchester Utd 1:2 Latics	1Y
30 Nov 2021	League One	Latics 2:0 Burton	2 Y
23 Feb 2021	League One	Bristol Rovers 1:2 Latics	3Y

Carl Brook Card Watch 2024/25

Games – 6

Yellows – 22

Reds – 0

Penalty Awards – 1

Stockport County v Wigan Athletic
Referee – Carl Brook
Assistants – Steve Durnall and Paul Stonier
Fourth Official – Elliott Swallow

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

Meet The Ref - Latics v Peterborough

The Latics are back at the Brick Community Stadium on Tuesday when Peterborough United will be the visitors, the referee for the match will be Hampshire official, Andy Davies.

 

Andy Davies

Davies is a very rare breed in the referee circles having been a professional football player for Gillingham, Portsmouth and Yeovil, before injury forced him to retire at the tender age of 28.

Not one to feel sorry for himself, Andy immediately through himself into becoming a ref and he graduated rapidly onto the National List in 2012 and

Previous Games

Davies has taken charge of fourteen Latics’ games previously, five of which came in our last season in the Championship, 2022/23, there were three wins, Birmingham and Rotherham away and Blackpool at the DW Stadium plus the defeat away at Sheffield United on Good Friday, and a draw in our final away day at Reading which effectively relegated us.

Davies last refereed Peterborough last season, a 5:0 defeat away at Oxford back in April.

Andy Davies’ Last Six Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
29 Apr 2023	Championship	Reading 1:1Latics	3Y
07 Apr 2023	Championship	Sheff Utd 1:0 Latics	1Y
13 Feb 2023	Championship	Latics 2:1 Blackpool	3Y
01 Oct 2022	Championship	Rotherham 0:2 Latics	1Y
20 Aug 2022	Championship	Birmingham 0:1 Latics	2Y 1R
11 Dec 2019	Championship	Latics 1:1 West Brom	1Y

Andy Davies Card Watch 2024/25

Games – 6

Yellows – 24

Reds – 0

Penalty Awards – 1

Wigan Athletic v Peterborough United
Referee – Andy Davies
Assistants – James Wilson and Darren Williams
Fourth Official – Paul Marsden

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

Meet The Ref - Latics v Exeter

The Latics are back in action on Saturday when Exeter visit the Brick Community Stadium, the referee for the match will be Stoke official, Scott Simpson.

 

Scott Simpson

Simpson is in his 2^nd season as an EFL referee, and this will be his 2^nd Latics game.

He was promoted to the National List of Ref’s in the summer of 2023 following a baptism of fire the previous April in his first EFL game, the League Two encounter between AFC Wimbledon and Swindon Town, which finished 1:5 in Swindon’s favour, 8 yellow cards, 1 red and 2 penalties awarded!

Previous Games

Scott Simpson has refereed the Latics once previously, our Bristol Street Motors Trophy win over Leicester City U21s last season, the game finished 7:1 in our favour.

Scott Simpson’s Latics Game

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
19 Sep 2023	BSM Trophy	Latics 7:1 Leicester U21	3Y

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Games – 6

Yellows – 23

Reds – 0

Penalty Awards – 1

Wigan Athletic v Exeter City
Referee – Scott Simpson
Assistants – Conor Brown and Adam Burgess
Fourth Official – Darren Drysdale

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

Meet The Ref - Latics v Stevenage

The Latics are back in action on Tuesday when Stevenage visit the Brick Community Stadium, the referee for the match will be Blackburn official, Ben Toner.

Ben Toner

 

Toner is now in his 10^th season as an EFL referee, he worked his apprenticeship during three seasons at National League level.

He was promoted to the National List of Ref’s in the summer of 2015 and began refereeing Football League games that coming season, a quiet debut AFC Wimbledon v Plymouth League Two game on the 8^th August 2015, a two-nil away win for Argyle and just the one yellow card.

Since becoming a Football League ref, Toner has been in charge of over 300 games, issuing nearly 1,200 yellow and 48 red cards whilst awarding 93 penalties.

Previous Games

Ben Toner has refereed the Latics on six occasions previously, the last game ironically enough was our home encounter with Stevenage last season, we lost that game 2:3 and picked 4 yellow cards, there was a Latics goal mysteriously disallowed on the stroke of half time, which would have put us 3:1 up.

Toner’s last Stevenage game came last season, following our meeting he was also in charge of their 1:2 home defeat to Burton in April.

Ben Toner’s Six Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
27 Jan 2024	Championship	Latics 2:3 Stevenage	4Y
15 Mar 2022	League One	Crewe Alex 0:2 Latics	2Y
25 Jan 2022	EFL Trophy	Latics 1:0 Arsenal	2 Y
20 Mar 2021	League One	Accrington 3:1 Latics	1 Y
03 Nov 2020	League One	Blackpool 1:0 Latics	0
24 Feb 2018	League One	Latics 1:0 Rochdale	0

Ben Toner Card Watch 2024/25

Games – 6

Yellows – 23

Reds – 0

Penalty Awards – 1

Wigan Athletic v Stevenage
Referee – Ben Toner
Assistants – Olive Bickle and Jacob Lehane
Fourth Official – Ben Wyatt

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