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Sat 7th – Wed 11th FEB 2026
By: aaa Date: February 2, 2026, 10:12 am
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Sat 7th Feb 2026
AFC Wimbledon (First Team) v Reading FC (First Team)
Football League 1
Referee: Baines, Dale
Assistant Referee: [s]Wilson, Marc[/s] Lugg, Nigel
Assistant Referee: Butler, Stuart
Fourth Official: Blair, Harrison
Bolton Wanderers FC (First Team) v Barnsley FC (First Team)
Football League 1
Referee: Oldham, Scott
Assistant Referee: Nolan, Oliver
Assistant Referee: Stonier, Paul
Fourth Official: Brown, Declan
Huddersfield Town FC (First Team) v Blackpool FC (First Team)
Football League 1
Referee: Joyce, Ross
Assistant Referee: Hall, Bradley
Assistant Referee: Bickle, Oliver
Fourth Official: Jackson, Aaron
Luton Town (First Team) v Bradford City FC (First Team) Live
on SkySports+
Football League 1
Referee: Eley, Richard
Assistant Referee: McKittrick, Harley
Assistant Referee: Taylor, Grant
Fourth Official: Walchester, Callum
Mansfield Town F.C. (First Team) v Exeter City FC (First Team)
Football League 1
Referee: Mather, Simon
Assistant Referee: Sowerby, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Cavanagh, William
Fourth Official: Wright, Peter
Northampton Town FC (First Team) v Stevenage FC (First Team)
Football League 1
Referee: Yates, Ollie
Assistant Referee: Smith, Rob
Assistant Referee: Jones, Matthew
Fourth Official: Mulhall, Sam
Peterborough United FC (First Team) v Wigan Athletic FC (First
Team)
Football League 1
Referee: Parkinson, Stephen
Assistant Referee: Block, Jonathon
Assistant Referee: [s]Cresswell, Alan[/s] Myatt, Christopher
Fourth Official: Dale, Alan
Plymouth Argyle FC (First Team) v Lincoln City FC (First Team)
Football League 1
Referee: Martin, Stephen
Assistant Referee: Singh Gill, Bhupinder
Assistant Referee: Venamore, Lee
Fourth Official: Durkin, James
Port Vale FC (First Team) v Burton Albion FC (First Team)
Live on SkySports+
Football League 1
Referee: Finnie, Will
Assistant Referee: Clayton, Samuel
Assistant Referee: Hallam, Aaron
Fourth Official: Jackson, Scott
Rotherham United FC (First Team) v Cardiff City FC (First Team)
Football League 1
Referee: Stockbridge, Sebastian
Assistant Referee: Wade, Stephen
Assistant Referee: Ford, Declan
Fourth Official: Burgin, Melissa
Stockport County FC (First Team) v Leyton Orient FC (First Team)
Football League 1
Referee: Humphries, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Chalkley, Scott
Assistant Referee: Larkin, Joseph
Fourth Official: Drysdale, Darren
Wycombe Wanderers FC (First Team) v Doncaster Rovers FC (First
Team)
Football League 1
Referee: Dowle, Kirsty
Assistant Referee: O'Shea, Declan
Assistant Referee: Aylott, Andrew
Fourth Official: Martin, Ross
Bristol Rovers (First Team) v Chesterfield FC (First Team)
Football League 2
Referee: Russell, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Rothwell, Sean
Assistant Referee: Durnall, Steve
Fourth Official: Middleton, David
Cheltenham Town (First Team) v Milton Keynes Dons FC (First
Team)
Football League 2
Referee: Brook, Carl
Assistant Referee: Flynn, Daniel
Assistant Referee: Amphlett, Marvyn
Fourth Official: Robinson, Daniel
Colchester United FC (First Team) v Shrewsbury Town FC (First
Team)
Football League 2
Referee: Oldham, James
Assistant Referee: [s]Chard, Michael[/s] Farrell, Conor
Assistant Referee: [s]Farrell, Conor[/s] Bandara, Damith
Fourth Official: Whitaker, Ryan
Crawley Town (First Team) v Crewe Alexandra FC (First Team)
Live on SkySports+
Football League 2
Referee: Speedie, Benjamin
Assistant Referee: Webb, Michael
Assistant Referee: Carmichael, Marcus
Fourth Official: Cartmel, Wayne
Fleetwood Town FC (First Team) v Bromley FC (First Team)
Football League 2
Referee: Hair, Neil
Assistant Referee: Moss, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Cooke, Thomas
Fourth Official: Mustafa, Zharir
Gillingham FC (First Team) v Tranmere Rovers FC (First Team)
Football League 2
Referee: Hicks, Craig
Assistant Referee: Read, Greg
Assistant Referee: Finch, Stephen
Fourth Official: Norton, Matthew
Harrogate Town FC (First Team) v Cambridge United FC (First
Team)
Football League 2
Referee: Duckworth, Edward
Assistant Referee: Woodward, Daniel
Assistant Referee: Wigglesworth, Richard
Fourth Official: Dutton, Drew
Newport County AFC (First Team) v Grimsby Town FC (First Team)
Football League 2
Referee: Bourne, Declan
Assistant Referee: Ellis, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Plane, Steven
Fourth Official: Clench, Jack
Notts County F.C. (First Team) v Barrow AFC (First Team)
Football League 2
Referee: Barlow, Michael
Assistant Referee: Guest, Danny
Assistant Referee: Forrest, Keiran
Fourth Official: Roberts, Jason
Swindon Town FC (First Team) v Oldham Athletic FC (First Team)
Live on SkySports+
Football League 2
Referee: Rock, David
Assistant Referee: Morris, Richard J.
Assistant Referee: Staten, Thomas
Fourth Official: Wager, Harry
Walsall FC (First Team) v Barnet FC (First Team)
Football League 2
Referee: Marsden, Paul
Assistant Referee: Lehane, Jacob
Assistant Referee: Jarvis, Danny
Fourth Official: Hetherington, Harley
Aldershot Town (First Team) v FC Halifax Town (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Ajibola, Aji
Assistant Referee: Wright, Joe
Assistant Referee: Amey, Justin
Fourth Official: Wilks, Jonathon
Altrincham FC (First Team) v Yeovil Town FC (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Thomas, Gareth
Assistant Referee: O'Regan, Declan
Assistant Referee: Sibley , Francis
Fourth Official: Jones, David
Boston United FC (First Team) v Sutton United FC (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Scholes, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Burgess, Adam
Assistant Referee: Sear, Karl
Fourth Official: Hughes, Kenwyn
[s]Brackley Town FC (First Team) v Solihull Moors FC (First
Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Bannister, Aaron
Assistant Referee: Walker, Timothy
Assistant Referee: Donaghey, Karl
Fourth Official: Warren, George [/s]
Eastleigh FC (First Team) v Wealdstone FC (First Team) Live
on DAZN
National League - Premier
Referee: Richardson, Jason
Assistant Referee: Hurst, James
Assistant Referee: Bradley, Alex
Fourth Official: Breen, Tommy
[s]Gateshead FC (First Team) v Braintree Town FC (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Watson, Dean
Assistant Referee: Waters, Jamie
Assistant Referee: Wood, Curtis
Fourth Official: Newhouse, Paul[/s]
Morecambe FC (First Team) v Truro City FC (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Kennard-Kettle, Zac
Assistant Referee: Harland, Thomas
Assistant Referee: Robinson, Simon
Fourth Official: Moosa, Bilal
Rochdale AFC (First Team) v Carlisle United (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Breakspear, Charles
Assistant Referee: Parry, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Buckley, Karl
Fourth Official: Jones, Callum
Scunthorpe United FC (First Team) v Southend United FC (First
Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Atkinson, Ben
Assistant Referee: Fyvie, Graeme
Assistant Referee: Ledgeway, Conor
Fourth Official: Mulligan, John
Tamworth FC (First Team) v Hartlepool United FC (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Mcquillan, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Nicholson, David
Assistant Referee: Wilson, Adam
Fourth Official: Evans, Robert
[s]Woking FC (First Team) v Boreham Wood (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Westgate, James
Assistant Referee: Kane, Stuart
Assistant Referee: Fudge, Samuel
Fourth Official: Bonneywell, Daniel[/s]
YORK CITY (First Team) v Forest Green Rovers (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Coy, Martin
Assistant Referee: Archibald, Matt
Assistant Referee: Gray, Alex
Fourth Official: Henry, Scott
#Post#: 101012--------------------------------------------------
Re: Sat 7th – Wed 11th FEB 2026
By: aaa Date: February 2, 2026, 10:12 am
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Tue 10th Feb 2026
Mansfield Town F.C. (First Team) v Peterborough United FC (First
Team) Live on SkySports+
Football League 1
Referee: Brook, Carl
Assistant Referee: Grunnill, Wayne
Assistant Referee: Wesson, Sam
Fourth Official: Bourne, Declan
[s]Stevenage FC (First Team) v Barnsley FC (First Team)
Live on SkySports+
Football League 1
Referee: Dowle, Kirsty
Assistant Referee: Murphy, Ross
Assistant Referee: Whitaker, Ryan
Fourth Official: Mackey, Oliver[/s]
Wigan Athletic FC (First Team) v Reading FC (First Team)
Live on SkySports+
Football League 1
Referee: Swabey, Lee
Assistant Referee: Ford, Declan
Assistant Referee: Hughes, Kenwyn
Fourth Official: Yates, Ollie
Tue 10th Feb 2026
Crawley Town (First Team) v Cambridge United FC (First Team)
Live on SkySports+
Football League 2
Referee: Chilowicz, Alex
Assistant Referee: Treleaven, Dean
Assistant Referee: Mathieson, Alex
Fourth Official: Read, Greg
Shrewsbury Town FC (First Team) v Barrow AFC (First Team)
Football League 2
Referee: Corlett, Matt
Assistant Referee: Ellis, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Husband, Christopher
Fourth Official: Joyce, Matthew
Wed 11th Feb 2026
Grimsby Town FC (First Team) v Accrington Stanley FC (First
Team) Live on SkySports+
Football League 2
Referee: Byrne, Abigail
Assistant Referee: Clayton, Samuel
Assistant Referee: Wigglesworth, Richard
Fourth Official: Burgess, Adam
Swindon Town FC (First Team) v Newport County AFC (First Team)
Live on SkySports+
Football League 2
Referee: Drysdale, Darren
Assistant Referee: Senior, Mark
Assistant Referee: Evans, Robert
Fourth Official: Morris, Kevin
Tue 10th Feb 2026
Altrincham FC (First Team) v Wealdstone FC (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Jones, Callum Level 2 Referee
Assistant Referee: Soneye, Adewunmi
Assistant Referee: Bates, Mark
Fourth Official: Parry, Matthew
Boston United FC (First Team) v Gateshead FC (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Burgin, Melissa
Assistant Referee: Beard, Martin
Assistant Referee: Scott, Gavin
Fourth Official: Dawson, Lewis
Carlisle United (First Team) v Scunthorpe United FC (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Parsons, Thomas
Assistant Referee: Newhouse, Paul
Assistant Referee: Robinson, Simon
Fourth Official: Beckett, Alexander
Morecambe FC (First Team) v Tamworth FC (First Team) Live
on DAZN
National League - Premier
Referee: Davis, William
Assistant Referee: Brooks, Jordan
Assistant Referee: Lawson, Steven
Fourth Official: Langdon, Matthew
Solihull Moors FC (First Team) v Eastleigh FC (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Rhodes, Garreth
Assistant Referee: Buckley, Karl
Assistant Referee: Wilson, Adam
Fourth Official: Gray, Wayne
Truro City FC (First Team) v Woking FC (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Durkin, James
Assistant Referee: Middleton, David
Assistant Referee: Hooper, James
Fourth Official: O'Shea, Declan
Wed 11th Feb 2026
[s]Aldershot Town (First Team) v Southend United FC (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Dale, Alan
Assistant Referee: Kornasiewicz, Grzegorz
Assistant Referee: Holden, Thomas
Fourth Official: Pilling, David[/s]
Boreham Wood (First Team) v Yeovil Town FC (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Blair, Harrison
Assistant Referee: Bria, Nicoleta
Assistant Referee: Sear, Karl
Fourth Official: Read, Samuel
Brackley Town FC (First Team) v FC Halifax Town (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Jackson, Scott
Assistant Referee: McILravey, Ryan
Assistant Referee: Felton, Niall
Fourth Official: Chalkley, Scott
Rochdale AFC (First Team) v Forest Green Rovers (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: [s]Woods, Martin[/s] Eley, Richard
Assistant Referee: Simpson, Joe
Assistant Referee: Moore, Anthony
Fourth Official: Rogers, Darren
Sutton United FC (First Team) v Braintree Town FC (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Jackson, Aaron
Assistant Referee: Bonneywell, Daniel
Assistant Referee: Kelly, Paul
Fourth Official: Blades, Dan
YORK CITY (First Team) v Hartlepool United FC (First Team)
National League - Premier
Referee: Brown, Declan
Assistant Referee: Rushworth, Stephen
Assistant Referee: O'Regan, Declan
Fourth Official: Malton, Matthew
#Post#: 101017--------------------------------------------------
Re: Sat 7th – Wed 11th FEB 2026
By: TheThingFromLewes Date: February 2, 2026, 10:16 am
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A rare visit to Spotland for Breakspear, I don’t recall seeing
his name on a Rochdale home game for quite a while.
Macho Man with a trek to Charlieboy country!
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Re: Sat 7th – Wed 11th FEB 2026
By: olliebcafc Date: February 2, 2026, 10:30 am
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Marsden and Hicks both have games, suggesting no ipad was used
on Saturday..
I feel that’s really unfair for Abi Byrne to be sent to Grimsby
considering a fellow female referee made a terrible decision
there on Saturday. There’ll be plenty of “fans” thinking it’s
the same ref again and/or giving her abuse even before kick off
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Re: Sat 7th – Wed 11th FEB 2026
By: TVOS Date: February 2, 2026, 10:56 am
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[quote author=TheThingFromLewes
link=topic=7683.msg101017#msg101017 date=1770048984]
A rare visit to Spotland for Breakspear, I don’t recall seeing
his name on a Rochdale home game for quite a while.
Macho Man with a trek to Charlieboy country!
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Twice in the 21/22 season versus Tranmere and Barrow.
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Re: Sat 7th – Wed 11th FEB 2026
By: Leggy Date: February 2, 2026, 12:20 pm
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[quote author=olliebcafc link=topic=7683.msg101023#msg101023
date=1770049829]
Marsden and Hicks both have games, suggesting no ipad was used
on Saturday..
I feel that’s really unfair for Abi Byrne to be sent to Grimsby
considering a fellow female referee made a terrible decision
there on Saturday. There’ll be plenty of “fans” thinking it’s
the same ref again and/or giving her abuse even before kick off
[/quote]
I do worry that this suggests all female referees look the same!
I know that some fans are one-eyed, but really?
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Re: Sat 7th – Wed 11th FEB 2026
By: elbee94 Date: February 2, 2026, 1:59 pm
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Not a particularly exciting fixture list, a lot of top vs bottom
half but big games at the bottom for Matt Corlett and Aaron
Jackson in midweek and a decent TV game for Richard Eley.
Very happy with James Oldham, a referee i’m keen on but not one
i’ve seen for nearly 3 years. Hopefully a good showing for the
home side and the officials.
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Re: Sat 7th – Wed 11th FEB 2026
By: Ryanellis Date: February 3, 2026, 4:03 am
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Crewe get Ben Speedie for the 12:30 game down south. A referee
we hadn’t had since 4th March 2025, where I described his
performance as inconsistent. Let’s see how he fares on Saturday
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Re: Sat 7th – Wed 11th FEB 2026
By: XRef23 Date: February 3, 2026, 11:30 am
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Paul Marsden gets a lot of stick on this forum and some of it to
be fair is justified however he stood up to the plate with his
correct intervention at Bradford to advise his on-field
colleagues to disallow a goal for hand-ball. Really good to see
a great example of getting the big decision right and it doesn’t
matter who it is of the 4 match officials that has the vital
piece of information….in this case Paul, though I would ask why
it wasn’t identified on-field but correct outcome achieved.
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Re: Sat 7th – Wed 11th FEB 2026
By: olliebcafc Date: February 7, 2026, 10:18 am
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Luton Town (First Team) v Bradford City FC (First Team) Live
on SkySports+
Football League 1
Referee: Eley, Richard
Assistant Referee: McKittrick, Harley
Assistant Referee: Taylor, Grant
Fourth Official: Walchester, Callum
Sorry to say that was probably the worst refereeing performance
I’ve seen in League 1 this season. It all boiled over after the
final whistle and I would say part of that was down to Richard’s
poor game management.
There were 4 yellow cards which were all correct. However, foul
detection and restart decisions were really poor from early in
the game, from which both teams suffered. Mullin got nothing at
all despite being thrown about all first half, but minor contact
was penalised with a foul. Early in the second half, Clark
simply fell off the pitch trying to keep the ball in play.
Bradford had possession, but to the confusion of everybody the
whistle went with no signal and eventually Richard signalled a
Luton free kick, followed by AR1 (who was also really poor, AR2
seemed to have a good game) flagging vigorously even though he
clearly didn’t think there was an offence otherwise he would
have flagged sooner. Luton’s winning goal came from the same
passage of play.
Finally, this applies to any match not just today’s but what’s
the point of cautioning a goalkeeper if he is going to take even
longer over goal kicks afterwards?
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