Meet The Vertu Trophy Ref - Chesterfield v Latics

Latics travel down to Derbyshire on Tuesday, a visit to our old friends at Chesterfield for an EFL Vertu Trophy cup tie, the referee for the game is scheduled to be Wolverhampton lad, Greg Rollason.

In his early 30s, Greg has been refereeing in the National League for the past two seasons.

Rollason has yet to referee in the EFL but he has been 4^th Official on 9 occasions across the Championship (1), League One (6) and League Two (2).

Greg Rollason has just one previous experience of officiating an EFL side, that came about in an FA cup game, which he wasn’t scheduled to take charge of, stepping up from 4^th official in the Wimbledon v Dagenham & Redbridge 2^nd round tie on 30^th November when ref Craig Hicks was injured.

A former Geography teacher now teaching PE & Sport, Rollason is also the director of operations at the Whistle Foundation.

Greg Rollason’s Card Watch 2024/25

Games – 11

Yellows – 41

Reds – 0

Penalties – 0

Chesterfield FC v Wigan Athletic

Referee – Greg Rollason

Assistants – Oliver Nolan & Matt Sowerby

4^th Official – Karl Buckley

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

Meet The Ref - Latics v Leyton Orient

Latics are back at the Brick Community Stadium on Saturday, Leyton Orient are in town for a League One fixture, the referee for the game is scheduled to be Durham based official, Martin Coy.

Coy joined the National List of referees in August 2017, he is a former PE and Maths teacher. 

Previous Games

Martin Coy has seven Latics games under his belt so far, his most eventful one came in March 2022, issuing 3 yellows, all to our lads, Darikwa, Shinnie and Power and he also issued straight reds to both James McClean and Fleetwood's Joe Garner. 

That wasn’t the only game where the 51 year old flashed a red at the DW Stadium, November 2020, Adam Long was given his marching orders in our FA Cup defeat to local rivals Chorley.

His last Latics game came last season, our 0:1 away win over Lincoln City in April.

Martin Coy’s Last Six Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
13 Apr 2024	League One	Lincoln 0:1 Latics	5Y
01 Mar 2022	League One	Latics 2:0 Fleetwood	3Y & 1R
10 Aug 2021	EFL Cup	Hull City 1:1 Latics	0
08 Nov 2020	FA Cup 1st Rd	Latics 2:3 Chorley	2 Y & 1R
10 Oct 2020	League One	Crewe 3:0 Latics	0
14 Mar 2018	League One	Bradford City 0:1 Latics	4Y

Martin Coy Card Watch 2024/25

Games – 12

Yellows – 42

Reds – 1

Penalties – 2

Wigan Athletic v Leyton Orient

Referee – Martin Coy

Assistants – Bradley Hall & Jonathan Bickerdike

4^th Official – Paul Marsden

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