Meet The Ref - Latics v Orient

Latics are back at the Brick Community Stadium on Thursday, a League One game against Leyton Orient, the referee for the game will be Birmingham based official, Tom Reeves.

On the National List since the 2021/22 season, Reeves, a graduate of Warwick University, spent five years as a PE Teacher before joining Coventry City’s Community team in 2018.

He is currently the PL Sport Manager working alongside former Sky Blues centre back and Head of Community, David Busst.

Previous Games

Tom Reeves has refereed the Latics six times previously, two of those games were against Crewe, a 2:0 defeat in the Pizza Trophy at Gresty Rd in October 2021, and a 2:0 win over the Railway Men in a League 1 fixture that same season, that game came in February 2022.

Back in August 2023, Tom, along with the Latics enjoyed a visit to the Toughsheet Stadium in Horwich, a four goals to nil victory for us that day. Reeves’ last Latics game came earlier this campaign in the Carabao Cup, a 1:0 home victory over Stockport.

Since that first game against Crewe in 2021, Tom Reeves next five Latics’ games have all ended in victories without us conceding a goal.

Tom Reeves 6 Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
26 Aug 2025	EFL Cup	Latics 1:0 Stockport	0
23 Nov 2024	League One	Barnsley 0:1 Latics	3Y
20 Jan 2024	League One	Latics 1:0 Reading	2Y
19 Aug 2023	League One	Bolton 0:4 Latics	1Y
15Feb 2022	League One	Latics 2:0 Crewe	1Y
05 Oct 2021	EFL Trophy	Crewe 2:0 Latics	3Y

Tom Reeves Card Watch 2025/26

Games – 32

Yellows – 98

Reds – 1

Penalties – 6

 Barnsley v Wigan Athletic

Referee – Tom Reeves

Assistants – Joe Larkin & Steve Durnall

4^th Official – Mark Cunliffe

Grab a listen to the latest podcast featuring a preview of the Orient game