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Friday 24th April 2026

Leicester City FC (First Team) v Millwall FC (First Team)  Live on Sky Sports Football
Football League Championship   
Referee: Hallam, Farai
Assistant Referee: Nelson, Alistair
Assistant Referee: Gilroy, Hugh
Fourth Official: Martin, Stephen

Saturday 25th April 2026

Birmingham City F C (First Team) v Bristol City (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Jones, Robert
Assistant Referee: Greenhalgh, Nick
Assistant Referee: West, Richard
Fourth Official: Doughty, Leigh

Charlton Athletic FC (First Team) v Hull City (First Team)  Live on Sky Sports+
Football League Championship   
Referee: Nield, Tom
Assistant Referee: Byrne, George
Assistant Referee: Lewis, Sam
Fourth Official: Ward, Gavin

MIDDLESBROUGH (First Team) v Watford FC (First Team)  Live on Sky Sports+
Football League Championship   
Referee: Herczeg, Adam
Assistant Referee: Gough, Callum
Assistant Referee: Stevens, Mark
Fourth Official: Mather, Simon

Norwich City FC (First Team) v Swansea City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Parsons, Thomas
Assistant Referee: Harrison, David
Assistant Referee: McGrath, Matthew
Fourth Official: Toner, Ben

Oxford United (First Team) v Sheffield Wednesday FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Madley, Robert
Assistant Referee: James, Alex
Assistant Referee: Hodskinson, Paul
Fourth Official: Hair, Neil

Queens Park Rangers FC (First Team) v Derby County FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Busby, John
Assistant Referee: Russell, Mark
Assistant Referee: Bickerdike, Johnathon
Fourth Official: Smith, Lewis

Sheffield United FC (First Team) v Preston North End FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Kitchen, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Wilson, James
Assistant Referee: Fitch-Jackson, Carl
Fourth Official: Byrne, Abigail

Stoke City FC (First Team) v Portsmouth FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Webb, David
Assistant Referee: Williams, Darren
Assistant Referee: Leach, Daniel
Fourth Official: Woods, Martin

West Bromwich Albion FC (First Team) v Ipswich Town F.C. (First Team)  Live on Sky Sports Football
Football League Championship   
Referee: Donohue, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Fox, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Dwyer, Mark
Fourth Official: Whitestone, Dean

Sunday 26th April 2026

Coventry City FC (First Team) v Wrexham FC (First Team)  Live on Sky Sports Football
Football League Championship   
Referee: Allison, Samuel
Assistant Referee: Brown, Conor
Assistant Referee: Woodward, Richard
Fourth Official: Ricardo, Ruebyn

Tuesday 28th April 2026

Southampton FC (First Team) v Ipswich Town F.C. (First Team)  Live on Sky Sports Football
Football League Championship   
Referee: Kirk, Thomas
Assistant Referee: Karaivanov, Hristo
Assistant Referee: Graham, Jacob
Fourth Official: Smith, Josh

If Ipswich want to get promoted, our 100% defeat rate with Donohue in charge will have to change. No complaints with him in the middle at all though. I’ll be in the away end on Saturday and will be my second live viewing of Donohue (hopefully much better than the first).

And as I predicted, Tom Kirk for our massive game down on the south coast with it potentially a winner takes all clash.

Tom Parsons in line for promotion? He has another championship game.

Nield, Herczeg and Madley with games that have something on the line. (And Hallam)

If Ipswich want to get promoted, our 100% defeat rate with Donohue in charge will have to change. No complaints with him in the middle at all though. I’ll be in the away end on Saturday and will be my second live viewing of Donohue (hopefully much better than the first).

And as I predicted, Tom Kirk for our massive game down on the south coast with it potentially a winner takes all clash.

Tom Parsons in line for promotion? He has another championship game.

Nield, Herczeg and Madley with games that have something on the line.

We had a similar “bogey” phenomenon when we kept getting Stroud at Fulham in the EFL, in that our win late was very low when he was on the field.

One of those oddities in life!

Happy with Donohue and Kirk!

Parsons getting another Championship appointment before making his debut! Must be right at the top of the list!

He made his Championship debut at Hillsborough on Saturday.

Kitchen on a “dead rubber” sums up his fall from grace as Kirk and Hallam stride on with impressive performances, his KMI errors this season have ultimately cost him but he will learn from his mistakes…albeit there have been many this season.

Be interesting to see where they go with the last rounds of fixtures coming up.

They’ll be more dead rubbers in there to give to a few NL officials as SG2 is needed higher up the food chain with all the injuries in the top tier.

A large majority of games in the championship are going to be dead rubbers if we’re being honest.

Relegation places are virtually all but confirmed.

Playoffs almost confirmed but will go to the last day. Similar with the promotion race - may not go to the last day if Ipswich win their next two (as I don’t see Millwall making up a 17 goal swing on GD).

I have a feeling SG1 will be at Wrexham vs Boro. Maybe a Pawson or Attwell.

But then there are loads of dead rubbers.

Blackburn vs Leicester
Bristol City vs Stoke
Portsmouth vs Birmingham
Sheffield Wednesday vs West Brom
Watford vs Coventry 

National List could well be in use for some of them.

I expect to see Finnie, Reeves and Speedie on a host of them games. Definite candidates for SG2 as we already need 2 officials to replace Simpson and Linington.

Not forgetting those heading upwards too! We will need some to replace Hallam and Kirk upon their impending departure from SG2 into SG1.

A minimum of six dead rubbers already to end the season for the last championship games…