Blackpool are the visitors at the Brick Community Stadium on Saturday for a lunch-time League One fixture. The referee for the game will be Select Group 2 official, John Busby.
The Oxfordshire based whistle blower became a National List ref in 2016 after serving as an EFL Assistant Referee for eight seasons, he was promoted to the Select Group 2 refereeing list for season 2021/22 and now spends most of his time refereeing in the Championship.
In his EFL career John Busby has taken charge of almost 400 games.
Previous Games
Busby has four Latics games under his belt, his first coming in our League One title winning campaign in the 2017/18 season, a home meeting with Southend United, we won that game 3:0, Busby issuing just one card, a straight red to Southend’s Jermaine McGlashan for a two footed lunge on Callum Elder.
John Busby ref’d us twice in our last Championship season, 22/23, once at the DW Stadium when we entertained Bristol City, that game ending 1:1, Busby booking Joe Bennett who was lucky not to get a red card and our 3:0 away defeat to Burnley, sending off Omar Rekik and issuing five yellows in that game.
Busby’s most recent Latics game came in February 2024, our one-nil home win over Bolton, Stevie Humphries scoring and Josh Magennis, Matt Smith and Scott Smith all ending up with yellow cards and current Blackpool boss, Ian Evatt making a turkey out of himself, as usual, with some after match antics on the pitch.
Of John Busby's 12 games so far this season, 7 have come in the Championship, 2 in League One and 3 EFL Cup games.
John Busby Latics Games
|
Date |
Competition |
Result |
Latics Cards |
|
27 Feb 2024 |
League One |
Latics 1:0 Bolton |
3Y |
|
11 Mar 2023 |
Championship |
Burnley 3:0 Latics |
5Y &1R |
|
13 Aug 2022 |
Championship |
Latics 1:1 Bristol City |
1Y |
|
14 Oct 2017 |
League One |
Latics 3:0 Southend |
0 |
John Busby Card Watch 2025/26
Games – 12
Yellows – 53
Reds – 2
Penalty Awards – 4
Wigan
Athletic v Blackpool
Referee – John Busby
Assistants – Sam Lewis and Mark Dwyer
Fourth Official – Scott Jackson
Grab a listen to the latest PWU Latics podcast featuring a preview of the Blackpool game.
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