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Sat 11th Apr 2026
Blackpool FC (First Team) v Peterborough United FC (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Breakspear, Charles
Assistant Referee: Archibald, Matt
Assistant Referee: Stonier, Paul
Fourth Official: Hallam, Aaron

Bradford City FC (First Team) v Stevenage FC (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Reeves, Tom
Assistant Referee: Topp, Jake
Assistant Referee: Guest, Danny
Fourth Official: Brooks, Jordan

Burton Albion FC (First Team) v AFC Wimbledon (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Woods, Martin
Assistant Referee: Buckley, Karl
Assistant Referee: Roberts, Jason
Fourth Official: Morris, Kevin

Cardiff City FC (First Team) v Bolton Wanderers FC (First Team)      Live on SkySports+
Football League 1    
Referee: Bell, Elliot
Assistant Referee: Harrison, David
Assistant Referee: Hyde, Robert
Fourth Official: Blair, Harrison

Doncaster Rovers FC (First Team) v Reading FC (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Jackson, Scott
Assistant Referee: Nolan, Oliver
Assistant Referee: Sowerby, Matthew
Fourth Official: Forrest, Keiran

Huddersfield Town FC (First Team) v Wycombe Wanderers FC (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Oldham, James
Assistant Referee: Murphy, Ross
Assistant Referee: Wade, Stephen
Fourth Official: Aspinall, Richard

Lincoln City FC (First Team) v Leyton Orient FC (First Team)        Live on SkySports+
Football League 1    
Referee: Joyce, Ross
Assistant Referee: Smith, Daniel
Assistant Referee: Bickle, Oliver
Fourth Official: Thomas, Gareth

Plymouth Argyle FC (First Team) v Exeter City FC (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Corlett, Matt
Assistant Referee: Fudge, Samuel
Assistant Referee: Kane, Stuart
Fourth Official: Martin, Ross

Rotherham United FC (First Team) v Barnsley FC (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Swabey, Lee
Assistant Referee: Cooke, Thomas
Assistant Referee: Allen, Ashley
Fourth Official: Jackson, Aaron

Wigan Athletic FC (First Team) v Mansfield Town F.C. (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Yates, Ollie
Assistant Referee: Tewson, James
Assistant Referee: Clayton, Samuel
Fourth Official: Marsden, Paul



Fri 10th Apr 2026
Colchester United FC (First Team) v Swindon Town FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Howard, Paul
Assistant Referee: Block, Jonathon
Assistant Referee: Bradley, Alex
Fourth Official: Kelly, Paul

Sat 11th Apr 2026
Accrington Stanley FC (First Team) v Fleetwood Town FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Watkins, Richie
Assistant Referee: Mulraine, Kevin
Assistant Referee: Ryder, Mark
Fourth Official: Newhouse, Paul

Barnet FC (First Team) v Barrow AFC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Mather, Simon
Assistant Referee: Williams, Scott
Assistant Referee: Myatt, Christopher
Fourth Official: Bonneywell, Daniel

Bristol Rovers (First Team) v Crawley Town (First Team)      Live on SkySports+
Football League 2    
Referee: Oldham, Scott
Assistant Referee: Holden, Thomas
Assistant Referee: Robinson, Daniel
Fourth Official: Durkin, James

Cambridge United FC (First Team) v Notts County F.C. (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Speedie, Benjamin
Assistant Referee: Bennett, Andy
Assistant Referee: Carmichael, Marcus
Fourth Official: Sandoe, Lewis

Chesterfield FC (First Team) v Tranmere Rovers FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Stockbridge, Sebastian
Assistant Referee: Woodward, Daniel
Assistant Referee: Dutton, Drew
Fourth Official: Cartmel, Wayne

Grimsby Town FC (First Team) v Crewe Alexandra FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Rock, David
Assistant Referee: Cavanagh, William
Assistant Referee: Hall, Bradley
Fourth Official: Smith, Rob

Milton Keynes Dons FC (First Team) v Bromley FC (First Team)        Live on SkySports+
Football League 2    
Referee: Finnie, Will
Assistant Referee: D'Urso, Daniel
Assistant Referee: McKittrick, Harley
Fourth Official: Wager, Harry

Newport County AFC (First Team) v Harrogate Town FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Hair, Neil
Assistant Referee: Lewis, Sam
Assistant Referee: Kane, Graham
Fourth Official: Nicholson, David

Salford City FC (First Team) v Gillingham FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Parkinson, Stephen
Assistant Referee: Ellis, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Larkin, Joseph
Fourth Official: Felton, Niall

Shrewsbury Town FC (First Team) v Oldham Athletic FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Heaslip, Emily
Assistant Referee: Harty, Thomas
Assistant Referee: Durnall, Steve
Fourth Official: Walker, Timothy

Walsall FC (First Team) v Cheltenham Town (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Dale, Alan
Assistant Referee: Cresswell, Alan
Assistant Referee: Lehane, Jacob
Fourth Official: Woolmer, Joe



Sat 11th Apr 2026
Aldershot Town (First Team) v Gateshead FC (First Team)
National League - Premier    
Referee: Smith, Niall
Assistant Referee: Hickman, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Bandara, Damith
Fourth Official: Briers, Will

Altrincham FC (First Team) v Eastleigh FC (First Team)
National League - Premier    
Referee: Kennard-Kettle, Zac
Assistant Referee: Daniels, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Parry, Matthew Cunliffe, Mark
Fourth Official: Eaton, George

Boreham Wood (First Team) v Hartlepool United FC (First Team)        Live on DAZN
National League - Premier    
Referee: Davis, William
Assistant Referee: Darling, Christopher
Assistant Referee: Shipp, Alexander
Fourth Official: Cunningham, Zachary

Boston United FC (First Team) v Truro City FC (First Team)
National League - Premier    
Referee: Rhodes, Garreth
Assistant Referee: Hetherington, Harley
Assistant Referee: Joyce, Matthew
Fourth Official: Jones, Harry

Carlisle United (First Team) v Sutton United FC (First Team)
National League - Premier    
Referee: Brown, Declan
Assistant Referee: Gray, Alex
Assistant Referee: Vaughan, William
Fourth Official: Moosa, Bilal

Forest Green Rovers (First Team) v Braintree Town FC (First Team)
National League - Premier    
Referee: Baines, Dale
Assistant Referee: Rolfe, Alex
Assistant Referee: Saward, Ryan
Fourth Official: Duffy, John

Rochdale AFC (First Team) v Wealdstone FC (First Team)          Live on DAZN
National League - Premier    
Referee: Miles, Jacob
Assistant Referee: Waters, Jamie
Assistant Referee: Rushworth, Stephen
Fourth Official: King, Charles

Scunthorpe United FC (First Team) v Brackley Town FC (First Team)
National League - Premier    
Referee: Searle, Isaac
Assistant Referee: Donaghey, Karl
Assistant Referee: Lawson, Steven
Fourth Official: Bell, Mark

Southend United FC (First Team) v Solihull Moors FC (First Team)
National League - Premier    
Referee: Bannister, Aaron
Assistant Referee: Blogg, Nick
Assistant Referee: Sarao, Amarjit
Fourth Official: Conn, Morgan

Tamworth FC (First Team) v YORK CITY (First Team)         Live on DAZN
National League - Premier    
Referee: O'Connor, Jamie
Assistant Referee: Wilding, Darren
Assistant Referee: Beard, Martin
Fourth Official: Barlow, Ciaran

Woking FC (First Team) v Morecambe FC (First Team)
National League - Premier    
Referee: Dowle, Kirsty
Assistant Referee: Hooper, James Howick, Kevin
Assistant Referee: Conn, Aaron
Fourth Official: Sear, Karl

Yeovil Town FC (First Team) v FC Halifax Town (First Team)
National League - Premier    
Referee: Massey-Ellis, Robert
Assistant Referee: Lowe, Peter
Assistant Referee: Hayden, Michael
Fourth Official: Ellsmore, Tom

Any thoughts on Niall Smith ?

Hope the red carpet is rolled out at Spotland!

Big match for Finnie and Kettle Jnr back at Altrincham.

Most of the big games go to trusted officials in consideration for SG2, such as Elliot Bell, Matt Corlett, Will Finnie and Ben Speedie but that’s back to back matchweeks with a huge relegation battle for Neil Hair (with SG2 assistants this weekend too), so perhaps the higher ups think he’s had a strong season. Sam Mulhall seems to be on the rise too, with some good appointments this season and probably his best one yet at Bromley.

Paul Howard and Jacob Miles take the trip to Colchester, I think the latter might have one of the easiest games of his career with both Colchester and Accrington on the beach!

Jacob Miles hasn't refereed since 4th January and is brought back into a potentially crunch game for the National League title, live on DAZN (minus 'enhanced coverage'). Does anyone know if he's been injured?

Quote from: TVOS on Tue 07 Apr 2026 21:37

Jacob Miles hasn't refereed since 4th January and is brought back into a potentially crunch game for the National League title, live on DAZN (minus 'enhanced coverage'). Does anyone know if he's been injured?

He went off injured, yes. Slipped over apparently during the game

Thanks

Colchester United FC (First Team) v Swindon Town FC (First Team)
Football League 2   
Referee: Howard, Paul
Assistant Referee: Block, Jonathon
Assistant Referee: Bradley, Alex
Fourth Official: Kelly, Paul

Putting aside the KMI for now, a very good night’s work for Paul Howard and team. A dominant game for the hosts and that led to a fairly easy night for the officials. Paul was fit and decisive and did everything he needed to do. I don’t think bookings were required for timewasting but I would have liked Paul to actively speed up both teams at different times.

As for the red card awarded, i’m very split. It was a wild, out of control tackle by Ball but the actual point of contact wasn’t particularly dangerous. I think i’d lean red card based on the fact there was no control and it could have been dangerous, but I wouldn’t have complained either way. It looked worse in real speed and I think Paul made the correct decision given he’s only had one view.

A second red card followed for the ever delightful Ian Holloway in the second half, with his team outplayed and 3-0 down. I think Swindon fans are as fed up with his conduct as opposition fans are so perhaps a break from the dugout will be good for all parties.