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Sat 25th Mar 2023
Charlton Athletic FC (First Team) v Wycombe Wanderers FC (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Oldham, Scott
Assistant Referee: Butler, Stuart
Assistant Referee: Bonneywell, Daniel
Fourth Official: Whitaker, Ryan

Exeter City FC (First Team) v Accrington Stanley FC (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Langford, Oliver
Assistant Referee: Read, Greg
Assistant Referee: Russell, Mark
Fourth Official: Finnie, Will

Fleetwood Town FC (First Team) v Lincoln City FC (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Welch, Rebecca Bourne, Declan
Assistant Referee: Simpson, Joe
Assistant Referee: Antrobus, Blake
Fourth Official: Yates, Ollie

Milton Keynes Dons FC (First Team) v Morecambe FC (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Parsons, Thomas
Assistant Referee: Khan, Abbas
Assistant Referee: O'Shea, Declan
Fourth Official: Ajibola, Aji

Peterborough United FC (First Team) v Derby County FC (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Brook, Carl
Assistant Referee: Cresswell, Alan
Assistant Referee: Viccars, Gareth
Fourth Official: Jarvis, Danny

Portsmouth FC (First Team) v Port Vale FC (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Hair, Neil
Assistant Referee: Crowhurst, Leigh
Assistant Referee: Kelly, Paul Bennett, Andy
Fourth Official: Bennett, Andy Amey, Justin

Sun 26th Mar 2023
Forest Green Rovers (First Team) v Sheffield Wednesday FC (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Rock, David
Assistant Referee: Ogles, Samuel
Assistant Referee: Stokes, Joseph
Fourth Official: Kirk, Thomas

Tue 28th Mar 2023
Exeter City FC (First Team) v Barnsley FC (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Handley, Darren
Assistant Referee: Morris, Kevin
Assistant Referee: James, Alex
Fourth Official: Amey, Justin Derrien, Mark

Wed 29th Mar 2023
Cheltenham Town (First Team) v Sheffield Wednesday FC (First Team)
Football League 1    
Referee: Oldham, James  Howard, Paul
Assistant Referee: Wilding, Darren
Assistant Referee: Flynn, Daniel
Fourth Official: Lewis, Robert






Sat 25th Mar 2023
Barrow AFC (First Team) v AFC Wimbledon (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Allison, Sam
Assistant Referee: Karaivanov, Hristo
Assistant Referee: Woodward, Daniel
Fourth Official: Kitchen, Andrew

Colchester United FC (First Team) v Tranmere Rovers FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Boyeson, Carl
Assistant Referee: Brown, Stephen
Assistant Referee: Williams, Scott
Fourth Official: Bandara, Damith

Crawley Town (First Team) v Rochdale AFC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Purkiss, Sam
Assistant Referee: James, Alex
Assistant Referee: Derrien, Mark
Fourth Official: Laver, Andrew Harrison, David

Doncaster Rovers FC (First Team) v Northampton Town FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Herczeg, Adam
Assistant Referee: Williams, Ollie
Assistant Referee: Edwards, Helen  West, Richard
Fourth Official: Stockbridge, Sebastian

Gillingham FC (First Team) v Carlisle United (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Bell, James
Assistant Referee: Waters, Adrian
Assistant Referee: Fitch-Jackson, Carl
Fourth Official: Breakspear, Charles

Grimsby Town FC (First Team) v Walsall FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Lewis, Robert
Assistant Referee: Hall, Bradley
Assistant Referee: Bickle, Oliver
Fourth Official: Ward, Christopher

Hartlepool United FC (First Team) v Leyton Orient FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Duckworth, Ed
Assistant Referee: Wade, Stephen
Assistant Referee: Mulraine, Kevin
Fourth Official: Backhouse, Anthony

Mansfield Town F.C. (First Team) v Sutton United FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Mather, Simon
Assistant Referee: Parry, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Wigglesworth, Richard Brown, Conor
Fourth Official: Harty, Thomas

Stevenage FC (First Team) v Salford City FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Drysdale, Darren
Assistant Referee: Howick, Kevin
Assistant Referee: Flynn, Daniel
Fourth Official: Madley, Robert

Swindon Town FC (First Team) v Stockport County FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Young, Alan
Assistant Referee: Treleaven, Dean
Assistant Referee: Vallance, James
Fourth Official: Ricketts, Adam

Tue 28th Mar 2023
AFC Wimbledon (First Team) v Walsall FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Speedie, Benjamin
Assistant Referee: Whitaker, Ryan
Assistant Referee: Brown, Stephen
Fourth Official: Butler, Stuart

Crawley Town (First Team) v Grimsby Town FC (First Team)
Football League 2    
Referee: Swabey, Lee
Assistant Referee: Bennett, Andy
Assistant Referee: Ogles, Samuel
Fourth Official: Howick, Kevin

Big game at the bottom for Purkiss.

Congratulations to Mr Duckworth for his EFL debut but personally that is not a game that should be being used as a trial game. A team scrapping for their future in the EFL vs a team, ableit basically there, still looking to acheive promotion. I know that it should be a formality but that shouldnt be a factor in appointments. There are other games in league 2 this weekend that would have been more suited to trial a referee.

Im all for this new system of trialling referees all through the season but some of the games being selected could really backfire. Its not the first time this season an important game has been used as a trial match either, Scott Oldham in the championship for Sunderland vs Luton springs to mind. For referees on the NL already how must they feel when a game with something riding on it is given to a lower level referee and they are left to pad fixture list out so to speak.

Quote from: TVOS on Mon 20 Mar 2023 16:40

Quote from: TheThingFromLewes on Mon 20 Mar 2023 16:30

Big game at the bottom for Purkiss.

It won't be so big if Crawley win tomorrow night.

Donny have a huge injury list, and our faint play off hopes fizzled out on Saturday, so I don't think we'll be able to help you tomorrow night. Sorry 😞

Don't be; we haven't helped ourselves.

Breakspear now refereeing at Gillingham

Hopefully nothing too serious for James Bell given he has just come back from a lengthy lay off.

Only 6 yellows today for Breakspear!

And only the 13(!) yellows for Boyeson!!!

Afraid on this showing, it may be time for Mr Boyeson to think about hanging up his whistle. Nearly all of the cards came in the second half, things coming to a head after a Colchester forward was booked for a dive in a penalty shout. That no penalty call was from the AR and after a conversation with his colleague, he then decided to issue a YC. A few minutes later he did award a penalty to the home side, booking two Rovers players in the process and from there on it seemed like a card for every foul. One, for Rovers forward Harvey Saunders, who fell in the box after a clear shirt tug, with Mr Boyeson well behind the action and the AR on the opposite side of the pitch looked plain wrong.