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Sat 20th Nov 2021
Barrow AFC (First Team) v Crawley Town (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Barrott, Samuel
Assistant Referee: Brown, Conor
Assistant Referee: Fyvie, Graeme
Fourth Official: Stockbridge, Sebastian

Bradford City FC (First Team) v Northampton Town FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Boyeson, Carl
Assistant Referee: Atkin, Robert
Assistant Referee: Newhouse, Paul
Fourth Official: Bourne, Declan Cheosiaua, Ravel

Bristol Rovers (First Team) v Tranmere Rovers FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Reeves, Tom
Assistant Referee: Kidd, Christopher
Assistant Referee: Begley, Michael
Fourth Official: Amey, Justin

Exeter City FC (First Team) v Carlisle United (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Finnie, Will
Assistant Referee: Flynn, Daniel
Assistant Referee: Marks, Louis
Fourth Official: Wade, Christopher

Harrogate Town FC (First Team) v Salford City FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Breakspear, Charles
Assistant Referee: Grunnill, Wayne
Assistant Referee: Stankovic, Ivan
Fourth Official: Hall, Bradley Wilson, Marc

Hartlepool United FC (First Team) v Forest Green Rovers (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Martin, Stephen
Assistant Referee: Barnard, Nik
Assistant Referee: Wild, Richard
Fourth Official: Woods, Martin

Leyton Orient FC (First Team) v Sutton United FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Oldham, Scott
Assistant Referee: Cooper, Nicholas
Assistant Referee: Yates, Paul
Fourth Official: Bennett, Andy

Mansfield Town F.C. (First Team) v Scunthorpe United FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Speedie, Benjamin
Assistant Referee: Morris, Richard
Assistant Referee: Hendley, Andrew
Fourth Official: Woodward, Richard

Newport County AFC (First Team) v Swindon Town FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Bell, James
Assistant Referee: Clark, Joe
Assistant Referee: Laver, Andrew
Fourth Official: Harty, Thomas

Oldham Athletic FC (First Team) v Port Vale FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Brook, Carl
Assistant Referee: Ford, Declan
Assistant Referee: Karaivanov, Hristo
Fourth Official: Cunliffe, Mark

Stevenage FC (First Team) v Colchester United FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Kettle, Trevor
Assistant Referee: Treleaven, Dean
Assistant Referee: Finch, Stephen
Fourth Official: Lister, Paul

Walsall FC (First Team) v Rochdale AFC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Purkiss, Sam
Assistant Referee: Bickerdike, Johnathon
Assistant Referee: Parry, Matthew Hilton, Gary
Fourth Official: Jones, Mark





Tue 23rd Nov 2021
Carlisle United (First Team) v Harrogate Town FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Stockbridge, Sebastian
Assistant Referee: Williams, Darren
Assistant Referee: Hilton, Gary
Fourth Official: Herczeg, Adam Clayton, Simon

Colchester United FC (First Team) v Exeter City FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Nield, Tom
Assistant Referee: Wilson, Marc
Assistant Referee: Whitaker, Ryan
Fourth Official: Brown, Stephen

Crawley Town (First Team) v Newport County AFC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Allison, Sam
Assistant Referee: Da Costa, Anthony
Assistant Referee: Lister, Paul
Fourth Official: Treleaven, Dean

Forest Green Rovers (First Team) v Barrow AFC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Sarginson, Christopher
Assistant Referee: Harty, Thomas
Assistant Referee: Smith, Matthew
Fourth Official: Wilding, Darren

Northampton Town FC (First Team) v Oldham Athletic FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Huxtable, Brett
Assistant Referee: Jones, Mark
Assistant Referee: Farrell, Conor
Fourth Official: Middleton, Daniel

Port Vale FC (First Team) v Walsall FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Mather, Simon
Assistant Referee: Taylor, Grant
Assistant Referee: Plane, Steven
Fourth Official: Brown, Conor

Rochdale AFC (First Team) v Stevenage FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Oldham, Scott
Assistant Referee: Fyvie, Graeme
Assistant Referee: Mulraine, Kevin
Fourth Official: Isherwood, Chris

Salford City FC (First Team) v Bristol Rovers (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Toner, Ben
Assistant Referee: Bickerdike, Johnathon
Assistant Referee: Rushton, Steven
Fourth Official: Ward, Christopher

Scunthorpe United FC (First Team) v Leyton Orient FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Barrott, Samuel
Assistant Referee: Clayton, Alan
Assistant Referee: Ford, Declan
Fourth Official: Freeman, Lee

Sutton United FC (First Team) v Mansfield Town F.C. (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Rock, David
Assistant Referee: Bandara, Damith
Assistant Referee: Howick, Kevin
Fourth Official: Cook, Daniel

Swindon Town FC (First Team) v Hartlepool United FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Swabey, Lee
Assistant Referee: Wade, Christopher
Assistant Referee: Morris, Richard
Fourth Official: Hendley, Andrew

Tranmere Rovers FC (First Team) v Bradford City FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Coy, Martin
Assistant Referee: Bickle, Oliver
Assistant Referee: Woodward, Richard
Fourth Official: Simpson, Joe

Oh dear….. Gavin Ward at Ipswich and Alan Young at Plymouth…

This weekends reports on here could be fun to read!

Oh dear….. Gavin Ward at Ipswich and Alan Young at Plymouth…

This weekends reports on here could be fun to read!

Alan Young's return to League One sees him take charge of first versus fourth.  The injury time incident at Leyton Orient seems to be behind him now.

Tom Reeves takes charge of the battle of the Rovers and an unfamiliar referee for my first visit to the Memorial Ground. He seemed to be viewed favourably by JCFC in a report from 2019, joined the FL list this season. Anyone seen Mr Reeves in action more recently?

Tom Reeves takes charge of the battle of the Rovers and an unfamiliar referee for my first visit to the Memorial Ground. He seemed to be viewed favourably by JCFC in a report from 2019, joined the FL list this season. Anyone seen Mr Reeves in action more recently?

Yes, Boz, I saw Tom Reeves in action last week (Wed 10th Nov) in the Walsall v Forest Green EFL Trophy match.

Can’t recall many debateable decisions or key match incidents so probably not the best game to judge him on but he can only referee what is in front of him and (to my eyes) had a decent game.

Kept up with play well, clear verbal instructions and signals, seemed to talk to players too rather than appearing aloof or trying to referee solely with his cards.

Saying that, 6 cautions may seem a lot from a not very physical game however most, if not all, were warranted - late tackles, shirt pulling after a player had gone past etc. You could argue some were the sort where maybe if he had let 1 or 2 go then another couple wouldn't have been yellows either but on the other hand you could argue he was being consistent.

Although some have set a very low bar, I would say Mr Reeves certainly had one of the better games I’ve seen a referee have at Walsall so far this season, along with Kettle 😳 😉 and Hicks.

Goodness me that’s a harsh red card for Oluwu of Doncaster given by Stephen Martin…. sparking a few handbags and ugly exchanges.