Meet The Ref - Latics v Cambridge United

A massive game at the Brick Community Stadium on Saturday when relegation threatened Cambridge United are in town, the referee is scheduled to be Chesterfield born official, Matt Corlett. 

 

33 year old Matt Corlett is in his second season in the EFL following promotion to the National List of refs in August 2023.

Previous Games

Corlett hasn’t refereed either the Latics nor Cambridge United previously, in fact he’s got just 14 League One games under his belt, 8 of those coming this campaign.

He also appears to love making a decision, 128 cards - including 7 reds - and 8 penalties in just 27 games suggests we could be in for an eventful 90 minutes on Saturday.

Matt Corlett Card Watch 2024/25

Games – 27

Yellows – 121

Reds – 7

Penalties – 8

Wigan Athletic v Cambridge United

Referee – Matt Corlett

Assistants – Graeme Fyvie & Garry Maskell

4^th Official – Aaron Bannister

Grab a listen to the latest podcast featuring a preview of the Cambridge United game.

Meet The Ref - Mansfield Town v Latics

Tuesday sees managerless Latics head off to Field Mill to face Mansfield Town in a crucial League One clash, the referee is scheduled to be Luton based official, Will Finnie.

30 year old Will Finnie was promoted to the Select Group 2 at the start of this season after making his debut on the National List in August 2019.

Previous Games

Finnie has taken charge of three Latics games previously, a 2:2 draw away at Portman Road in April 2022 and our 1:2 defeat at home to Portsmouth in September 2023, Charlie Wyke got his marching orders in that game.  

The last meeting coming at the start of this season saw us exit the Carabao Cup at home, defeat to Barnsley in a penalty shoot out with James Carragher picking up a yellow card.

Will Finnie’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
16 Jan 2024	EFL Cup	Latics 1:1 Barnsley (3:5)	1Y
30 Sep 2023	League One	Latics 1:2 Portsmouth	3Y & 1R
05 Apr 2022	League One	Ipswich Town 2:2 Latics	2Y

Will Finnie Card Watch 2024/25

Games – 28

Yellows – 87

Reds – 1

Penalties – 7

Mansfield Town v Wigan Athletic

Referee – Will Finnie

Assistants – Oliver Bickel & Ceri Williams

4^th Official – James Oldham

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