|
The first game of 2025 sees us welcome high flying Huddersfield Town to the Brick Community Stadium, the referee for the game is scheduled to be Cleveland official, Ross Joyce. |
The 36 year old from Eston near Middlesbrough began refereeing as a punishment, let me explain, Joyce was sent off in a youth team game for a tirade of foul language aimed at the match official, as part of his punishment he was ordered to attend a six week refereeing programme.
Ross says - "It was a one-off, a cup game, which was important, and I lost my temper, got a bit upset and swore at the referee, so he sent me off for it
"The club I was playing for recommended I did the course and it went from there.
"I love being a referee. It's very enjoyable and exciting as every game brings a new challenge. It's a great way to be involved in the game and although it takes a lot of commitment, it's definitely worth it come a Saturday afternoon."
Ross Joyce was promoted to the National List of ref’s for the 2015/16 season, he has now got over 300 games in League Football under his belt.
Previous Games
The first of Joyce’s 10 Latics game was our 3:1 home win over Chesterfield in his first season officiating in the League, he had two Latics’ games last season, our first home game of the campaign against Northampton and an EFL Trophy away day at Tranmere.
Joyce works as a sports development coach in his day job.
Ross Joyce’s Last Six Latics Games
|
Date |
Competition |
Result |
Latics Cards |
|
14 Nov 2023 |
EFL Trophy |
Tranmere 0:0 Latics |
3Y |
|
12 Aug 2023 |
League One |
Latics 2:1 Northampton |
2Y |
|
16 Apr 2022 |
League One |
Latics 1:2 Cambridge |
2Y |
|
04 Jan 2022 |
EFL Trophy |
Oldham 0:6 Latics |
0 |
|
02 Nov 2021 |
League One |
Fleetwood 2:3 Latics |
2Y |
|
27 Mar 2021 |
League One |
Latics 0:0 Ipswich |
3Y |
Ross Joyce Card Watch 2024/25
Games – 13
Yellows – 67
Reds – 1
Penalties – 0
Wigan Athletic v Huddersfield Town
Referee – Ross Joyce
Assistants – Adam Burgess & Declan Ford
4th Official – Will Davis
Grab a listen to the latest podcast featuring a preview of the Huddersfield game.
No comments:
Post a Comment