RateTheRef

Fri 4th Oct 2024
Sunderland AFC (First Team) v Leeds United AFC (First Team)       Live on SkySports
Football League Championship
Referee: Robinson, Tim
Assistant Referee: West, Richard Burt, Stuart
Assistant Referee: Meredith, Steven
Fourth Official: Langford, Oliver

Sat 5th Oct 2024
Burnley FC (First Team) v Preston North End FC (First Team)       Live on SkySports
Football League Championship    
Referee: Ward, Gavin
Assistant Referee: Venamore, Lee
Assistant Referee: Read, Greg
Fourth Official: Middleton, Daniel

Coventry City FC (First Team) v Sheffield Wednesday FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Whitestone, Dean
Assistant Referee: Wilson, James
Assistant Referee: Dallison, Andrew
Fourth Official: Martin, Stephen

Derby County FC (First Team) v Queens Park Rangers FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Webb, David
Assistant Referee: Smith, Rob  Lugg, Nigel
Assistant Referee: Woodward, Richard
Fourth Official: Corlett, Matt

Norwich City FC (First Team) v Hull City (First Team)          Live on SkySports+
Football League Championship    
Referee: Nield, Tom
Assistant Referee: Wild, Richard
Assistant Referee: Hunt, Jonathan
Fourth Official: Bourne, Declan Humphries, Andrew

Plymouth Argyle FC (First Team) v Blackburn Rovers FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Linington, James
Assistant Referee: Cooper, Ian
Assistant Referee: Byrne, George
Fourth Official: Miles, Jacob

Portsmouth FC (First Team) v Oxford United (First Team)        Live on SkySports+
Football League Championship    
Referee: Smith, Lewis
Assistant Referee: Dwyer, Mark
Assistant Referee: Singh Gill, Bhupinder
Fourth Official: Breakspear, Charles

Sheffield United FC (First Team) v Luton Town (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Brooks, John
Assistant Referee: Bennett, Simon
Assistant Referee: Robathan, Daniel
Fourth Official: Kirk, Thomas Madley, Robert

Swansea City FC (First Team) v Stoke City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Davies, Andy
Assistant Referee: Kane, Graham
Assistant Referee: Karaivanov, Hristo
Fourth Official: Parkinson, Stephen

Watford FC (First Team) v MIDDLESBROUGH (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Donohue, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Hodskinson, Paul
Assistant Referee: Fitch-Jackson, Carl
Fourth Official: Busby, John

West Bromwich Albion FC (First Team) v Millwall FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Finnie, Will
Assistant Referee: Smith, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Fox, Andrew
Fourth Official: Allison, Sam

Sun 6th Oct 2024
Bristol City (First Team) v Cardiff City FC (First Team)       Live on SkySports
Football League Championship
Referee: Madley, Robert
Assistant Referee: Antrobus, Blake
Assistant Referee: Williams, Darren
Fourth Official: Doughty, Leigh

Gavin Ward on the Lancashire derby. Good to see Will Finnie getting another outing, from the start, I always thought he showed potential.

I am perplexed as to what the powers that be see in Ward.

Clearly he is receiving good reports on his performances to warrant such high profile clashes…but I am at a loss to explain how this is the case!

My prediction is to see barrott on Friday evening

Keith Stroud has not referred a game in the whole of September. I wonder if he might be carrying an injury. Anyone know?
Also there has been no sight of Jeremy Simpson at all this season. Again, injured
It’s interesting that Geoff Eltringham has not reffed a Championship game this season, though has been 4O on a few occasions. Strange

Gavin Ward is clearly impressing someone as he’s had some good and regular appointments this season including a middle at Old Trafford in the league cup 

Whitestone did this game last year

Quote from: TheThingFromLewes on Mon 30 Sep 2024 17:02

Quote from: Acme Thunderer on Mon 30 Sep 2024 16:47

Gavin Ward on the Lancashire derby. Good to see Will Finnie getting another outing, from the start, I always thought he showed potential.

I am perplexed as to what the powers that be see in Ward.

Clearly he is receiving good reports on his performances to warrant such high profile clashes…but I am at a loss to explain how this is the case!

agreed wholeheartedly he refereed plymouth 3 x last season and once already this and he was dreadful in all 4 just totally inept unless of course he just dislikes argyle but I don't think so ,I think he’s just a very poor referee.

Well it seems we were right in our assessment. Ward and his assistants are being slammed by both sets of fans on BBC’s Have your say, with one poster going so far as to say it was probably the worst performance he has seen in 40 years of watching football. Interesting to see what view the powers that be take and what match he gets in the next round of appointments.

In fairness to WR I did think it was a foul prior to Blackburn's equaliser although I am sure the manner in which his displeasure was communicated was the reason he was dismissed