Lewis smith refereed Argyles promotion clincher vs burton last weekend, he was very good better than most , calm assured , accurate and had good player management in a high stress environment. If I didn’t know otherwise I would have easily said he’d been refereeing in league one for years .
A quick check on Soccerbase (so may not be 100% accurate) show Lewis Smith has had 5 League 1 games and 7 League 2 games this season so a Championship game so soon is some achievement.
I saw him do Walsall v Bradford in early March and he was exactly as charlieboy said in that Plymouth game...except for the high stress environment as it was a dull, mainly KMI-free, 0-0 between two poor teams - Walsall seemingly permanently poor, Bradford poor on that particular night before any Bradford fans come at me!).
Saying that, even those games have to be handle well and efficiently yet there are plenty of L1/L2 referees I've seen over the years who have poorly managed those type of games.
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