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Fri 14th - Mon 17th Aug 2026
DIR By: ben
Date: August 10, 2026, 10:06 am
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Friday 14th August 2026
Wolverhampton Wanderers (First Team) v Blackburn Rovers FC
(First Team) Live on Sky Sports Main Event
Football League Championship
Referee: Hallam, Farai
Assistant Referee: Stevens, Mark
Assistant Referee: Harrison, David
Fourth Official: Kitchen, Andrew
Saturday 15th August 2026
Bolton Wanderers FC (First Team) v Preston North End FC (First
Team) Live on Sky Sports+
Football League Championship
Referee: Herczeg, Adam
Assistant Referee: Lewis, Sam
Assistant Referee: Lehane, Jacob
Fourth Official: Smith, Josh
Bristol City (First Team) v Millwall FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Smith, Lewis
Assistant Referee: Fox, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Cresswell, Alan
Fourth Official: Mackey, Oliver
Charlton Athletic FC (First Team) v Derby County FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Speedie, Benjamin
Assistant Referee: Leach, Daniel Hodskinson, Paul
Assistant Referee: Cooke, Thomas
Fourth Official: Drysdale, Darren
MIDDLESBROUGH (First Team) v Lincoln City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Madley, Robert
Assistant Referee: Meredith, Steven
Assistant Referee: Bartlett, Conall
Fourth Official: Parsons, Thomas
Norwich City FC (First Team) v West Bromwich Albion (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Robinson, Tim
Assistant Referee: Gilroy, Hugh
Assistant Referee: Cooper, Ian
Fourth Official: Farmer, Aaron
Portsmouth FC (First Team) v Queens Park Rangers FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Finnie, Will
Assistant Referee: Lugg, Nigel
Assistant Referee: Webb, Michael
Fourth Official: Hicks, Craig
Sheffield United FC (First Team) v Birmingham City (First Team)
Live on Sky Sports Main Event
Football League Championship
Referee: Ward, Gavin
Assistant Referee: Singh Gill, Bhupinder
Assistant Referee: Williams, Darren
Fourth Official: Hair, Neil
Stoke City FC (First Team) v Swansea City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Langford, Oliver
Assistant Referee: Byrne, George
Assistant Referee: Clayton, Simon Clayton, Samuel
Fourth Official: Mather, Simon
Sunday 16th August 2026
Burnley FC (First Team) v West Ham United (First Team) Live on
Sky Sports Main Event
Football League Championship
Referee: Smith, Josh
Assistant Referee: Hudson, Shaun
Assistant Referee: Bickerdike, Johnathon
Fourth Official: Nield, Tom
Watford FC (First Team) v Southampton FC (First Team) Live on
Sky Sports Main Event
Football League Championship
Referee: Donohue, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Graham, Jacob
Assistant Referee: Block, Jonathon
Fourth Official: Allison, Samuel
Monday 17th August 2026
Cardiff City FC (First Team) v Wrexham FC (First Team) Live on
Sky Sports Main Event
Football League Championship
Referee: Kitchen, Andrew
Assistant Referee: James, Alex
Assistant Referee: Brown, Conor
Fourth Official: Bell, James
#Post#: 110223--------------------------------------------------
Re: Fri 14th - Mon 17th Aug 2026
DIR By: TA_Ref
Date: August 10, 2026, 10:08 am
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And just like that the EFL is back and Hallam to open up at
Wolves.
Great game for Josh Smith at Turf Moor and for Andrew Kitchen at
Cardiff.
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Re: Fri 14th - Mon 17th Aug 2026
DIR By: TC021002
Date: August 10, 2026, 10:20 am
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No surprise to see quite a few National Group AR's considering
the "Championship Assistants" list is smaller this year.
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Re: Fri 14th - Mon 17th Aug 2026
DIR By: Failed Ref
Date: August 10, 2026, 10:32 am
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As a Wolves supporter I wanted a good referee. Actually, all of
those appointed are good, there is some strength there imho.
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Re: Fri 14th - Mon 17th Aug 2026
DIR By: Mackem ref
Date: August 10, 2026, 11:31 am
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And just like that the season is back! Some intriguing opening
weekend matches and some decent appointments. Hallam to open the
season should be a safe pair of hands…think this will be a big
season for him. Decent derby for Herczeg, ‘Super Sunday’ line up
could well find themselves regulars in the PL this term. I feel
Kitchen is also thought of as going places with plenty of
European fourth official gigs and starts with a canny outing on
Monday night. Overall, a decent set.
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Re: Fri 14th - Mon 17th Aug 2026
DIR By: robbieg
Date: August 10, 2026, 1:51 pm
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I am hoping to see Farai Hallam promoted to SG1 soon.
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Re: Fri 14th - Mon 17th Aug 2026
DIR By: ben
Date: August 10, 2026, 4:30 pm
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> I am hoping to see Farai Hallam promoted to SG1 soon.
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Select Groups are now a thing of the past.
PGMO has been rebranded, and with it comes a merged group of
SG1, 2 and the Supplementary Group.
More details in here:
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Re: Fri 14th - Mon 17th Aug 2026
DIR By: HChip
Date: August 11, 2026, 5:59 am
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Unless Alex James supports Bristol or Millwall/West Ham, I’m
guessing they’ve had abit of a shuffle as hes not with Lewis
Smith.
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Re: Fri 14th - Mon 17th Aug 2026
DIR By: Claretman
Date: August 11, 2026, 3:35 pm
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A nice set of appointments to kick things off.
Slightly surprised Josh Smith and Andrew Kitchen arent appointed
to each others games.
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Re: Fri 14th - Mon 17th Aug 2026
DIR By: HChip
Date: August 15, 2026, 7:12 am
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Are Samuel and Simon Clayton related at all?
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