Saturday sees us welcome Stockport County back to the Brick Community Stadium for Part 2 of this week’s serial, the referee for this game is scheduled to be Cleveland official, Ross Joyce. |
The 37 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 11 Latics’ games was our 3:1 home win over Chesterfield in his first season officiating in the League, he had one Latics’ game last season, our rearranged home fixture with Huddersfield in February which we won 2:1.
Joyce works as a sports development coach in his day job.
Ross Joyce’s Last Six Latics Games
|
Date |
Competition |
Result |
Latics Cards |
|
25 Feb 2025 |
League One |
Latics 2:1 Huddersfield |
1Y |
|
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 |
Ross Joyce Card Watch 2025/26
Games – 3
Yellows – 7
Reds – 0
Penalties – 1
Wigan Athletic v Stockport County
Referee – Ross Joyce
Assistants – Ashley Allen & Matt Parry
4th Official – Elliott Swallow
Grab a listen to the latest podcast featuring a preview of the Stockport game.
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