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Final League Match - Sat 2nd May 2026
DIR By: ben
Date: April 29, 2026, 4:03 am
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All live on Sky Sports+ unless stated
Saturday 2nd May 2026
Blackburn Rovers FC (First Team) v Leicester City FC (First
Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Doughty, Leigh
Assistant Referee: Woodward, Richard
Assistant Referee: Massey-Ellis, Sian
Fourth Official: Webb, David
Bristol City (First Team) v Stoke City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Toner, Ben
Assistant Referee: Brown, Conor
Assistant Referee: Lugg, Nigel
Fourth Official: Mather, Simon
Derby County FC (First Team) v Sheffield United FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Nield, Tom
Assistant Referee: Stevens, Mark
Assistant Referee: Graham, Jacob
Fourth Official: Whitestone, Dean
Hull City (First Team) v Norwich City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Smith, Josh
Assistant Referee: Lewis, Sam
Assistant Referee: Hudson, Shaun
Fourth Official: Kitchen, Andrew
Ipswich Town F.C. (First Team) v Queens Park Rangers FC (First
Team) Live on Sky Sports Main Event
Football League Championship
Referee: Ward, Gavin
Assistant Referee: James, Alex
Assistant Referee: Venamore, Lee
Fourth Official: Hallam, Farai
Millwall FC (First Team) v Oxford United (First Team). Live on
Sky Sports Football
Football League Championship
Referee: Backhouse, Anthony
Assistant Referee: Dallison, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Cooper, Ian
Fourth Official: Bell, James
Portsmouth FC (First Team) v Birmingham City F C (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Brooks, John
Assistant Referee: Bennett, Simon
Assistant Referee: Aspinall, Natalie
Fourth Official: Mackey, Oliver
Preston North End FC (First Team) v Southampton FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Martin, Stephen
Assistant Referee: Byrne, George
Assistant Referee: McGrath, Matthew
Fourth Official: Drysdale, Darren
Sheffield Wednesday FC (First Team) v West Bromwich Albion FC
(First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Smith, Lewis
Assistant Referee: Leach, Daniel
Assistant Referee: Hyde, Robert
Fourth Official: Swallow, Elliott
Swansea City FC (First Team) v Charlton Athletic FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Finnie, Will
Assistant Referee: Nelson, Alistair
Assistant Referee: Hopton, Nick
Fourth Official: Martin, Ross
Watford FC (First Team) v Coventry City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Ricardo, Ruebyn
Assistant Referee: Smith, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Kane, Graham
Fourth Official: Hicks, Craig
Wrexham FC (First Team) v MIDDLESBROUGH (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Langford, Oliver
Assistant Referee: Carney, Emily
Assistant Referee: Fox, Andrew
Fourth Official: Kirk, Thomas
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Re: Final Games - Sat 2nd May 2026
DIR By: TA_Ref
Date: April 29, 2026, 4:07 am
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Well then, there are some surprises in here all right.
Ward at Ipswich, Backhouse at Millwall and Langford at Wrexham
vs Boro. I don’t think I’d have predicted those in a million
years.
Josh Smith at Hull and Tom Nield at Derby
I’d suggest Hallam and Kirk are in line for playoff games as
they only have 4O.
Good luck to all teams on the final day.
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Re: Final League Match - Sat 2nd May 2026
DIR By: callum17077
Date: April 29, 2026, 4:28 am
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Very suprised to have SG1 John Brooks at Fratton Park for a
complete dead rubber game, compared to some of the other games
and the significance of them.
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Re: Final League Match - Sat 2nd May 2026
DIR By: Claretman
Date: April 29, 2026, 5:01 am
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Superb game for Emily Carney, a possible promotion around the
corner for her.
Very surprising appointments and can hear the groans from
Ipswich, Wrexham and Middlesbrough.
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Re: Final League Match - Sat 2nd May 2026
DIR By: DerbyLad90
Date: April 29, 2026, 6:20 am
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Derby only had Tom Nield 3rd April … 3 games ago but not
surprised, can’t remember last time we had a SG1 for a home game
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Re: Final League Match - Sat 2nd May 2026
DIR By: ls1889
Date: April 29, 2026, 6:37 am
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Tom Nield for us at Derby on Saturday had him for quite a few
games this season
Backhouse will have no problems at Millwall in my opinion he’s
had an excellent season.
Very surprised with the appointment at Wrexham but hope it goes
well for Mr Langford
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Re: Final League Match - Sat 2nd May 2026
DIR By: Peter Wren
Date: April 29, 2026, 7:22 am
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Gavin ward on a key game again, someone somewere clearly has no
idea on how awful.he is
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Re: Final League Match - Sat 2nd May 2026
DIR By: HChip
Date: April 29, 2026, 7:38 am
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Emily Carney is one of the promotion favourites for me. Very
highly rated by UEFA and FIFA, and clearly the PGMO as well.
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Re: Final League Match - Sat 2nd May 2026
DIR By: TA_Ref
Date: April 29, 2026, 7:53 am
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--- Quote from: Peter Wren link ---
>
> Gavin ward on a key game again, someone somewere clearly has
no idea on how awful.he is
>
--- End Quote ---
To be totally fair to Mr Ward, I have seen him twice on key live
TV games this season (Millwall vs Charlton and Sheffield Utd vs
Middlesbrough) and I thought he was very good on both occasions.
Like all referees at this level, he is prone to a bad game but
more often than not he’s a very safe official.
I am surprised to see him at Portman Road on Saturday but that’s
not to say I’m disappointed.
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Re: Final League Match - Sat 2nd May 2026
DIR By: TC021002
Date: April 29, 2026, 9:29 am
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Hopton back after a long time out. Maybe not a surprise Brooks
gets a lower profile game considering his injury issues and
probably not at 100% yet.
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