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Friday 26th September 2025

West Bromwich Albion FC (First Team) v Leicester City FC (First Team)  Live on Sky Sports
Football League Championship   
Referee: Martin, Stephen
Assistant Referee: Lewis, Sam
Assistant Referee: Graham, Jacob
Fourth Official: Smith, Lewis

Saturday 27th September 2025

Charlton Athletic FC (First Team) v Blackburn Rovers FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Backhouse, Anthony
Assistant Referee: Gough, Callum
Assistant Referee: Dallison, Andrew
Fourth Official: Miles, Jacob

Coventry City FC (First Team) v Birmingham City F C (First Team)  Live on Sky Sports
Football League Championship   
Referee: Kirk, Thomas
Assistant Referee: Bickerdike, Johnathon
Assistant Referee: Woodward, Richard
Fourth Official: Doughty, Leigh

Ipswich Town F.C. (First Team) v Portsmouth FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Kitchen, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Hudson, Shaun
Assistant Referee: Harrison, David
Fourth Official: Chilowicz, Alex

Oxford United (First Team) v Sheffield United FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Speedie, Benjamin
Assistant Referee: Antrobus, Blake
Assistant Referee: McGrath, Matthew
Fourth Official: Wright, Peter

Preston North End FC (First Team) v Bristol City (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Madley, Robert
Assistant Referee: Carney, Emily
Assistant Referee: Fitch-Jackson, Carl
Fourth Official: Kennard-Kettle, Zac

Sheffield Wednesday FC (First Team) v Queens Park Rangers FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Brooks, John
Assistant Referee: James, Alex
Assistant Referee: Hodskinson, Paul
Fourth Official: Smith, Josh

Southampton FC (First Team) v MIDDLESBROUGH (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Hallam, Farai
Assistant Referee: Fox, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Singh Gill, Bhupinder
Fourth Official: Hicks, Craig

Stoke City FC (First Team) v Norwich City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Bell, Elliot
Assistant Referee: Smart, Edward
Assistant Referee: Kane, Graham
Fourth Official: O'Connor, Jamie

Swansea City FC (First Team) v Millwall FC (First Team)  Live on Sky Sports
Football League Championship   
Referee: Whitestone, Dean
Assistant Referee: Leach, Daniel
Assistant Referee: Karaivanov, Hristo
Fourth Official: Durkin, James

Watford FC (First Team) v Hull City (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Langford, Oliver
Assistant Referee: Stevens, Mark
Assistant Referee: Hyde, Robert
Fourth Official: Ward, Gavin

Wrexham FC (First Team) v Derby County FC (First Team)  Live on Sky Sports
Football League Championship   
Referee: Nield, Tom
Assistant Referee: Brown, Conor
Assistant Referee: Lugg, Nigel
Fourth Official: Busby, John




Tue 30th September 2025  All on Sky Sports+ unless stated

Birmingham City F C (First Team) v Sheffield Wednesday FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Donohue, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Graham, Jacob
Assistant Referee: Byrne, George
Fourth Official: Langford, Oliver

Blackburn Rovers FC (First Team) v Swansea City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Doughty, Leigh
Assistant Referee: Woodward, Richard
Assistant Referee: Wilson, James
Fourth Official: Madley, Robert

Bristol City (First Team) v Ipswich Town F.C. (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Busby, John
Assistant Referee: Hodskinson, Paul
Assistant Referee: Dallison, Andrew
Fourth Official: Martin, Stephen

Derby County FC (First Team) v Charlton Athletic FC (First Team)  Live on Sky Sports Football
Football League Championship   
Referee: Ward, Gavin
Assistant Referee: Harrison, David
Assistant Referee: Hyde, Robert
Fourth Official: Hallam, Farai

Hull City (First Team) v Preston North End FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Smith, Josh
Assistant Referee: Lewis, Sam
Assistant Referee: Bickerdike, Johnathon
Fourth Official: Backhouse, Anthony

Leicester City FC (First Team) v Wrexham FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Bell, Elliot
Assistant Referee: Kane, Graham
Assistant Referee: Russell, Mark Karaivanov, Hristo
Fourth Official: Linington, James

MIDDLESBROUGH (First Team) v Stoke City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Webb, David
Assistant Referee: Hudson, Shaun
Assistant Referee: Nelson, Alistair
Fourth Official: Kitchen, Andrew

Sheffield United FC (First Team) v Southampton FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Herczeg, Adam
Assistant Referee: Gough, Callum
Assistant Referee: Stevens, Mark
Fourth Official: Kirk, Thomas

Wednesday 1st October 2025

Millwall FC (First Team) v Coventry City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Smith, Lewis
Assistant Referee: James, Alex
Assistant Referee: Smith, Matthew
Fourth Official: Linington, James

Norwich City FC (First Team) v West Bromwich Albion FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Allison, Samuel
Assistant Referee: Fox, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Cooper, Ian
Fourth Official: Nield, Tom

Portsmouth FC (First Team) v Watford FC (First Team)
Football League Championship   
Referee: Toner, Ben
Assistant Referee: Leach, Daniel Fitch-Jackson, Carl
Assistant Referee: Karaivanov, Hristo Russell, Mark
Fourth Official: Whitestone, Dean

Queens Park Rangers FC (First Team) v Oxford United (First Team)  Live on Sky Sports Football
Football League Championship   
Referee: Ricardo, Ruebyn
Assistant Referee: Carney, Emily
Assistant Referee: Venamore, Lee
Fourth Official: Bell, James

Kirk with a big West Midlands derby, I’m pretty sure he will be getting a PL trial game before the season is out.

Macho Man with a good game at the Hawthorns, and a smattering of SG1 assistants with the SG2 this weekend.

Excited to see Kitchen at home this time! In my eyes he was not at fault for the Birmingham vs Ipswich game descending into mayhem, it was always bound to happen.

Are the midweek games for Tuesday/Wednesday next week not being posted with these or have they not been released? Will we find out the Monday?

They'll be up as soon as they are released.

Tom Kirk with a cracking set of appointments this week

Tom Kirk with a cracking set of appointments this week

Sam Barrott 2.0 👀

Fully expecting Kirk to get some PL games towards the end of this season/start of next season if he keeps it up.

Looking at the appointments from recent weeks, I’m not overly sure who’s going to get the East Anglian derby next game week.

I thought Kitchen but he has us (Ipswich) this week.

Then I thought Webb but he had Norwich last week.

We’ve already had Bobby Madley and Donohue this season already. Josh Smith had this fixture at Portman Road last season so don’t think he’d get it again (Donohue had the other that season).

That doesn’t mean there are loads of options left. James Bell maybe? Lewis Smith? Or are they planning for SG1? I’d love to have either Tom Bramall or Tony Harrington.

Was literally having the exact same thoughts. Although, as we see with other derbies, the big hitters, Taylor and Oliver, usually do repeats some times.

I would love to have someone like Bramall or Harrington but if they didn’t give SG1 for the derby earlier this season and they stuck with SG2 for most of them last season, I can’t inagine they will give us SG1. Although, those two seem to be the ones getting the least action this season that are not injured.

I am praying for Josh Smith, he is someone I love watching and I am a strong believer that he would be in the PL right now if it wasn’t for injuries.

I think the most likely to get it is Lewis Smith or Oliver Langford IF they won’t repeat appointments from last time. If they go for Tim Robinson, I don’t want to know how especially our fans will react given our many games with him last season that didn’t seem to go too well.

If they go for an ‘underdog’, I would say someone like Bell, Ricardo, Kirk. Ricardo seems to be getting a lot of hype the past few years, he seems to be flying up the leagues. Kirk already has got some good appointments, 4O in Man Utd vs Chelsea, a midlands derby. I think be will be getting a few PL games sometimes soon.

Pleased to see Tom Kirk, getting some good appointments and has been stated he is doing well, observed him when he was coming through the the ranks in Cheshire, and  looked if he had potential to get to the standard he has achieved so far, lets hope it continues, and he make the Premier League.

I commented last season that Tom Neild was nowhere near the level required to officiate in the Championship and having seen his outrageous decision not to send Obrian off for Wrexham further enhances my opinion. The only thing I would add slightly in his defence is what did his colleagues see/advise? A truly shocking challenge.