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Fri 10th Nov 2023
Blackburn Rovers FC (First Team) v Preston North End FC (First Team)    Live on Sky Sports
Football League Championship
Referee: Bramall, Thomas
Assistant Referee: Wilkes, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Meredith, Steven
Fourth Official: Kitchen, Andrew

Sat 11th Nov 2023
Cardiff City FC (First Team) v Norwich City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Welch, Rebecca
Assistant Referee: Hunt, Jonathan
Assistant Referee: Taylor, Craig
Fourth Official: Simpson, Scott

Coventry City FC (First Team) v Stoke City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Backhouse, Anthony
Assistant Referee: Cooper, Ian
Assistant Referee: Wilson, James
Fourth Official: Howard, Paul

Hull City (First Team) v Huddersfield Town FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Donohue, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Hodskinson, Paul
Assistant Referee: Byrne, George
Fourth Official: Drysdale, Darren

Ipswich Town F.C. (First Team) v Swansea City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Singh Gill, Sunny
Assistant Referee: Hudson, Shaun
Assistant Referee: Kane, Graham
Fourth Official: Doughty, Leigh

Leeds United AFC (First Team) v Plymouth Argyle FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Smith, Josh
Assistant Referee: Mainwaring, James
Assistant Referee: Aspinall, Natalie
Fourth Official: Tallis, Scott

MIDDLESBROUGH (First Team) v Leicester City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Langford, Oliver
Assistant Referee: Karaivanov, Hristo
Assistant Referee: Singh Gill, Bhupinder
Fourth Official: Kitchen, Andrew

Queens Park Rangers FC (First Team) v Bristol City (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Eltringham, Geoff
Assistant Referee: Smith, Rob
Assistant Referee: Dallison, Andrew
Fourth Official: Breakspear, Charles

Sheffield Wednesday FC (First Team) v Millwall FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Ward, Gavin
Assistant Referee: Venamore, Lee
Assistant Referee: Read, Greg
Fourth Official: Herczeg, Adam

Southampton FC (First Team) v West Bromwich Albion FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Nield, Tom
Assistant Referee: Jones, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Lewis, Sam
Fourth Official: Middleton, Daniel

Sunderland AFC (First Team) v Birmingham City F C (First Team)     Live on Sky Sports
Football League Championship    
Referee: Whitestone, Dean
Assistant Referee: Stevens, Mark
Assistant Referee: James, Alex
Fourth Official: Bell, James

Watford FC (First Team) v Rotherham United FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Martin, Stephen
Assistant Referee: Dwyer, Mark
Assistant Referee: Hyde, Robert
Fourth Official: Davies, Andy

Plymouth have another appointment with SG1 material….

Tom Nield with probably the biggest game he’s done in the Championship this season.

Can't ever remember Dean Whitestone ever being at the SOL before.

Quote from: robbieg on Mon 06 Nov 2023 18:26

Can't ever remember Dean Whitestone ever being at the SOL before.

Some big mileage claims this weekend coming!

Like every weekend.

Look at some of the National League appointments for even more!

Have the national league appointments been posted

Yes, in the non-league section.

Got to watch Gavin Ward today for the first ever time.  Certainly performed vastly better than any of Wednesday's players, but I can see why he is viewed as "safe" rather than someone for progression.  First half there was a 5 on 9 challenge, he was happy to let it go but once it broke for a promising attack he pulled it back for a "safe" defensive free kick.  Then similar again a few minutes later but up the other end.

And he repeatedly does the thing that I hate, finding issues at a corner that just don't exist.  In the first few minutes he stopped a corner being taken to talk to two players who literally weren't within touching distance of each other, then did this a couple of other times during the game.  It really is infuriating, something I always refused to do as a referee no matter how many times I was told I should.   

EFL highlights show Paul Howard must have replaced Anthony Backhouse at some point during Coventry v Stoke

Yeah, that was a half time sub