Meet The Ref - Latics v Reading

Saturday sees us welcome playoff chasing Reading to the Brick Community Stadium, the referee for the game is scheduled to be Staffordshire official, Oliver Yates.

Ollie Yates made it on to the National List of referees back in 2016, his first game coming in the League 2 meeting between Yeovil Town and Notts County on the 6^th August, since making his debut he has taken charge of over 250 games.

Previous Games

Yates has been in charge of four Latics games previously, the last of which was our defeat away at Donny in the EFL Trophy back in 2024, a 1:1 draw on the night but going out the competition in a penalty shoot out.

The other three all came in League One, two away, Charlton and Wimbledon in the administration season and last season Yates was at the DW Stadium for our 2:1 win over highflying Peterborough, Sessegnon, Lang and Godo picking up yellows in that game.

Ollie Yates’ Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
16 Jan 2024	EFL Trophy	Doncaster 1:1 Latics	2Y
07 Nov 2023	League One	Latics 2:1 Peterborough	3Y
23 Oct 2021	League One	Wimbledon 0:2 Latics	3 Y
17 Oct 2020	League One	Charlton 1:0 Latics	4 Y

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Games – 19

Yellows – 87

Reds – 3

Penalties – 3

Wigan Athletic v Reading

Referee – Oliver Yates

Assistants – Mark Cunliffe & David Holmes

4^th Official – Scott Jackson

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Huddersfield Reaction

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Reading Preview

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Meet The Ref - Latics v Huddersfield Town

Tuesday evening 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

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Games – 21

Yellows – 87

Reds – 2

Penalties – 0

Wigan Athletic v Huddersfield Town

Referee – Ross Joyce

Assistants – Sam Clayton & Matt Parry

4^th Official – Aaron Jackson

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Wycombe Reaction

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• MotM
• Scoring Stats

U18s

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Meet The Ref - Wycombe v Latics

Latics are on the road again on Saturday, a trip to high flying Wycombe Wanderers, the referee for the game is scheduled to be Freckleton official, Leigh Doughty.

A highly thought of referee, Doughty went from refereeing in the National League back in May 2019 to the Select Group 2 of full time refs by the start 2020-21 season.

The 34 year old former PE Teacher has 199 games under his belt with 89 of those coming at Championship level.

 Previous Games

Leigh Doughty has taken charge of two Latics games previously, they both came at the Brick, a 0:2 defeat by Sunderland in the EFL Cup in 2021 and a hammering from Middlesbrough, 1:4, in October 2022.

So far this season, Doughty has been in charge of 16 games, 12 of those in the Championship.

 Leigh Doughty Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
19 Oct 2022	Championship	Latics 1:4 Middlesbrough	1Y
21 Sep 2021	EFL Cup	Latics 0:2 Sunderland	1Y

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Games – 16

Yellows – 71

Reds – 1

Penalties – 1

Wycombe Wanderers v Wigan Athletic

Referee – Leigh Doughty

Assistants – Nigel Lugg & Abbas Khan

4^th Official – Isaac Searle

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Crawley Reaction

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Club News

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