RateTheRef

Fri 4th Aug 2023
Sheffield Wednesday FC (First Team) v Southampton FC (First Team)         Live on Sky Sports
Football League Championship
Referee: Madley, Robert
Assistant Referee: Taylor, Craig
Assistant Referee: Lugg, Nigel
Fourth Official: Smith, Josh

Sat 5th Aug 2023
Blackburn Rovers FC (First Team) v West Bromwich Albion FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Whitestone, Dean
Assistant Referee: Venamore, Lee
Assistant Referee: McGrath, Matthew
Fourth Official: Simpson, Jeremy

Bristol City (First Team) v Preston North End FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Webb, David
Assistant Referee: Smith, Rob
Assistant Referee: Kane, Graham
Fourth Official: Brook, Carl

MIDDLESBROUGH (First Team) v Millwall FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Ward, Gavin
Assistant Referee: Crysell, Adam
Assistant Referee: Hudson, Shaun
Fourth Official: Eltringham, Geoff

Norwich City FC (First Team) v Hull City (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Stroud, Keith
Assistant Referee: Smith, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Hyde, Robert
Fourth Official: Doughty, Leigh

Plymouth Argyle FC (First Team) v Huddersfield Town FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Donohue, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Hodskinson, Paul
Assistant Referee: Byrne, George
Fourth Official: Jackson, Scott

Stoke City FC (First Team) v Rotherham United FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Busby, John
Assistant Referee: Wild, Richard
Assistant Referee: Hunt, Jonathan
Fourth Official: Nield, Tom

Swansea City FC (First Team) v Birmingham City F C (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Linington, James
Assistant Referee: Fox, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Read, Greg
Fourth Official: Bell, James

Watford FC (First Team) v Queens Park Rangers FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Bramall, Thomas
Assistant Referee: Howson, Akil
Assistant Referee: Karaivanov, Hristo
Fourth Official: Langford, Oliver

Sun 6th Aug 2023
Leeds United AFC (First Team) v Cardiff City FC (First Team)         Live on Sky Sports
Football League Championship    
Referee: Smith, Josh
Assistant Referee: Jones, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Lewis, Sam
Fourth Official: Simpson, Jeremy

Leicester City FC (First Team) v Coventry City FC (First Team)          Live on Sky Sports
Football League Championship    
Referee: Bond, Darren
Assistant Referee: Perry, Marc
Assistant Referee: Scholes, Mark
Fourth Official: Eltringham, Geoff

Sunderland AFC (First Team) v Ipswich Town F.C. (First Team)         Live on Sky Sports
Football League Championship    
Referee: Barrott, Sam
Assistant Referee: Singh Gill, Bhupinder
Assistant Referee: Cooper, Ian
Fourth Official: Madley, Robert

Agreed, a very big opener for Sam Barrott. Good on him; I hope he does well.

Good appointment for Barrott. The only one of the six refs promoted/realigned to SG2 to feature in the Championship's opening weekend fixtures.

My early season prediction is that Barrott will have had at least one trial game in the PL by the end of the season.