RateTheRef

Fri 2nd Apr 2021
AFC Bournemouth (First Team) v MIDDLESBROUGH (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Hooper, Simon
Assistant Referee: Wood, Timothy
Assistant Referee: Hyde, Robert
Fourth Official: Linington, James

Barnsley FC (First Team) v Reading FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Eltringham, Geoff
Assistant Referee: Merchant, Robert
Assistant Referee: Wilson, James
Fourth Official: Bond, Darren

Birmingham City F C (First Team) v Swansea City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Harrington, Tony
Assistant Referee: Hudson, Shaun
Assistant Referee: Hunt, Jonathan
Fourth Official: Smith, Joshua

Bristol City (First Team) v Stoke City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Salisbury, Michael
Assistant Referee: Hodskinson, Paul
Assistant Referee: Smith, Wade
Fourth Official: Smith, Lewis

Cardiff City FC (First Team) v Nottingham Forest F.C. (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Ward, Gavin
Assistant Referee: Kane, Graham
Assistant Referee: Fox, Andrew
Fourth Official: Donohue, Matthew

Derby County FC (First Team) v Luton Town (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Woolmer, Andy
Assistant Referee: Dwyer, Mark
Assistant Referee: George, Michael
Fourth Official: Nield, Tom

Millwall FC (First Team) v Rotherham United FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Brooks, John
Assistant Referee: Greenhalgh, Nick
Assistant Referee: Howson, Akil
Fourth Official: Robinson, Tim

Preston North End FC (First Team) v Norwich City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Whitestone, Dean
Assistant Referee: Barnard, Nik
Assistant Referee: McGrath, Matthew
Fourth Official: Barrott, Samuel

Queens Park Rangers FC (First Team) v Coventry City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Simpson, Jeremy
Assistant Referee: Lugg, Nigel
Assistant Referee: Venamore, Lee
Fourth Official: Quelch, Adrian

Watford FC (First Team) v Sheffield Wednesday FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Kavanagh, Chris
Assistant Referee: Cook, Dan
Assistant Referee: Jones, Matthew
Fourth Official: Gillett, Jarred

Wycombe Wanderers FC (First Team) v Blackburn Rovers FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Webb, David
Assistant Referee: Lewis, Sam
Assistant Referee: Gill, Bhupinder
Fourth Official: Stroud, Keith

Huddersfield Town FC (First Team) v Brentford FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Langford, Oliver
Assistant Referee: Wild, Richard
Assistant Referee: Taylor, Craig
Fourth Official: Oldham, Scott

I watched Woolmer in the Derby-Luton game yesterday - there were three incidents where I thought he absolutely showed his experience.

1. The penalty - spot on decision.
2. An incident in the second half where Nathan Byrne decided to hold down Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall for about 5 seconds during a Luton attack. KDH tries to release himself and pushes Byrne back to the ground and as a result holds his face to try and get him sent off. At first viewing I thought KDH had stamped on him and whilst the referee and 4O were miles from the incident, a yellow card each was a sensible decision. I thought he would've got sent off at first viewing for his reaction.
3. Colin Kazim-Richards causing aggro at the end of the game - managed to diffuse the situation and sensibly gave him a yellow after the final whistle.

To be honest, I wasn't Woolmer's biggest fan - I always thought he was a knit pickety ref, but seemed to have good control yesterday.

Geoff Eltringham replaced Leigh Doughty in the middle at Coventry today - not sure who took over board duties?