The match official appointments for this weekend's Sky Bet Football League fixtures have been announced, check them out below.

Written by Nathan Mattick

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Premier League Match Official Appointments - Matchday 5 14 Oct 20 | Matchday

Friday 16th October 

Sky Bet Championship

Derby County v Watford (KO: 19:45)

Referee: Geoff Eltringham
Assistant Referees: Robert Merchant and James Wilson
Fourth Official: Tim Robinson

Saturday 17th October 

Sky Bet Championship

AFC Bournemouth v Queens Park Rangers 

Referee: John Brooks
Assistant Referees: Nick Greenhalgh and Akil Howson
Fourth Official: Andy Davies

Barnsley v Bristol City 

Referee: Leigh Doughty
Assistant Referees: Matthew McGrath and Rob Smith
Fourth Official: Matthew Donohue

Birmingham City v Sheffield Wednesday 

Referee: Graham Scott
Assistant Referees: James Mainwaring and Timothy Wood
Fourth Official: Ross Joyce

Blackburn Rovers v Nottingham Forest 

Referee: Jarred Gillett
Assistant Referees: Philip Dermott and Paul Hodskinson
Fourth Official: Stephen Martin

Brentford v Coventry City 

Referee: Andy Woolmer
Assistant Referees: Ian Cooper and Wade Smith
Fourth Official: Robert Hyde

Luton Town v Stoke City 

Referee: Jeremy Simpson
Assistant Referees: Daniel Leach and Nigel Lugg
Fourth Official: Bhupinder Gill

Middlesbrough v Reading 

Referee: Darren Bond
Assistant Referees: Mark Jones and Mark Dwyer
Fourth Official: Richard Wild

Rotherham United v Norwich City 

Referee: David Webb
Assistant Referees: Sam Lewis and George Byrne
Fourth Official: Natalie Aspinall

Swansea City v Huddersfield Town 

Referee: Tony Harrington
Assistant Referees: Mark Pottage and Craig Taylor
Fourth Official: James Linington

Wycombe Wanderers v Millwall 

Referee: Andrew Madley
Assistant Referees: Scott Ledger and Derek Eaton
Fourth Official: Kevin Johnson

Sky Bet League One

Milton Keynes Dons v Gillingham (13:00)

Referee: Neil Hair
Assistant Referees: Geoffrey Russell and David Hunt
Fourth Official: Matthew Lee

AFC Wimbledon v Shrewsbury Town 

Referee: Joshua Smith
Assistant Referees: Adrian Waters and Michael George
Fourth Official: Lee Venamore

Bristol Rovers v Burton Albion 

Referee: Charles Breakspear
Assistant Referees: Ollie Williams and Kevin Howick
Fourth Official: Christopher Husband

Charlton Athletic v Wigan Athletic

Referee: Ollie Yates
Assistant Referees: Adrian Tranter and Gregory Read
Fourth Official: Darren Blunden

Crewe Alexandra v Blackpool 

Referee: Peter Wright
Assistant Referees: Conor Brown and Andrew Hendley
Fourth Official: Ravel Cheosiaua

Fleetwood Town v Lincoln City 

Referee: Anthony Backhouse
Assistant Referees: Robert Atkin and Billy Smallwood
Fourth Official: Andy Haines

Ipswich Town v Accrington Stanley 

Referee: Robert Lewis
Assistant Referees: Daniel Cook and Alasdair Ross
Fourth Official: Will Finnie

Peterborough United v Oxford United 

Referee: Carl Boyeson
Assistant Referees: Anthony Da Costa and Andrew Aylott
Fourth Official: Darren Drysdale

Plymouth Argyle v Northampton Town 

Referee: Craig Hicks
Assistant Referees: Mark Derrien and Robert Dabbs
Fourth Official: Scott Jackson

Portsmouth v Doncaster Rovers 

Referee: Brett Huxtable
Assistant Referees: Stephen Brown and Paul Yates
Fourth Official: Simon Shaw

Rochdale v Hull City 

Referee: Gavin Ward
Assistant Referees: Andrew Fox and Matthew Jones
Fourth Official: Shaun Hudson

Swindon Town v Sunderland 

Referee: Ben Toner
Assistant Referees: Conor Farrell and Michael Begley
Fourth Official: David Rock

Sky Bet League Two

Bolton Wanderers v Oldham Athletic 

Referee: Robert Madley
Assistant Referees: Richard Woodward and Kevin Mulraine
Fourth Official: Thomas Bramall

Carlisle United v Colchester United 

Referee: Martin Coy
Assistant Referees: Daniel Woodward and Scott Williams
Fourth Official: Peter Gooch

Crawley Town v Morecambe

Referee: John Busy
Assistant Referees: Stuart Butler and Damith Bandara
Fourth Official: Andrew Laver

Forest Green Rovers v Stevenage 

Referee: James Bell
Assistant Referees: Christopher Kidd and Louis Marks
Fourth Official: Richard Morris

Harrogate Town v Barrow 

Referee: Declan Bourne
Assistant Referees: Gareth Mellor and Richard Wigglesworth
Fourth Official: Sebastian Stockbridge

Mansfield Town v Bradford City 

Referee: Paul Howard
Assistant Referees: Abbas Khan and Paul Graham
Fourth Official: Trevor Kettle

Newport County v Tranmere Rovers 

Referee: Antony Coggins
Assistant Referees: John Flynn and Kevin Morris
Fourth Official: Darren Wilding

Port Vale v Salford City 

Referee: James Adcock
Assistant Referees: Marvyn Amphlett and Danny Gratton
Fourth Official: Anthony Moore

Scunthorpe United v Cambridge United

Referee: Christopher Sarginson
Assistant Referees: Barry Gordon and Alistair Nelson
Fourth Official: Declan Ford

Southend United v Cheltenham Town 

Referee: James Oldham
Assistant Referees: Paul Kelly and Michael Webb
Fouth Official: Joseph Stokes

Walsall v Exeter City 

Referee: Benjamin Speedie
Assistant Referees:Gary Hilton and Marc Wilson
Fourth Official: Matthew Smith

Leyton Orient v Grimsby Town (17:30)

Referee: Tom Nield
Assistant Referees: Ryan Whitaker and Gareth Viccars
Fourth Official: Michael Chard

Sunday 18th October 

Sky Bet Championship

Preston North End v Cardiff City (12:00)

Referee: Keith Stroud
Assistant Referees:Jonathan Hunt and Steven Meredith
Fourth Official: Dean Whitestone

Tuesday 20th October 

Sky Bet Championship

Bristol City v Middlesbrough (19:45)

Referee: Tim Robinson
Assistant Referees: Lee Venamore and Andrew Fox
Fourth Official: Mark Pottage

Coventry City v Swansea City (19:45)

Referee: Keith Stroud
Assistant Referees: Jonathan Hunt and Sam Lewis
Fourth Official: Leigh Doughty

Huddersfield Town v Derby County (19:45)

Referee: David Webb
Assistant Referees: Natalie Aspinall and Mark Jones
Fourth Official: Mark Dwyer

Millwall v Luton Town (19:45)

Referee: Tony Harrington
Assistant Referees: Mark Russell and Graham Kane
Fourth Official: Joshua Smith

Norwich City v Birmingham City (19:45)

Referee: Oliver Langford
Assistant Referees: Adrian Waters and Rob Smith
Fourth Official: Gavin Ward

Nottingham Forest v Rotherham United (19:45)

Referee: Stephen Martin
Assistant Referees: Adam Crysell and Carl Fitch-Jackson
Fourth Official: Geoff Eltringham

Reading v Wycombe Wanderers (20:00)

Referee: Andy Davies
Assistant Referees: Michael George and George Byrne
Fourth Official: James Linington

Sky Bet League One

Shrewsbury Town v Bristol Rovers (18:00)

Referee: Alan Young
Assistant Referees: Thomas Harty and Alan Clayton
Fourth Official: Bradley Hall

Gillingham v Portsmouth (18:30)

Referee: David Rock
Assistant Referees: Paul Kelly and Alasdair Ross
Fourth Official: Charles Breakspear

Accrington Stanley v Fleetwood Town (19:00)

Referee: Darren Drysdale
Assistant Referees: Joe Simpson and Mark Cunliffe
Fourth Official: Martin Coy

Doncaster Rovers v Ipswich Town (19:00)

Referee: Scott Oldham
Assistant Referees: Stephen Wade and Simon Clayton
Fourth Official: Tom Nield

Lincoln City v Plymouth Argyle (19:00)

Referee: Christoper Pollard
Assistant Referees: Hristo Karaivanov and Grant Taylor
Fourth Official: Alistair Nelson

Oxford United v Milton Keynes Dons (19:00)

Referee: Kevin Johnson
Assistant Referees: Steven Plane and Mike Desborough
Fourth Official: Brett Huxtable

Sunderland v Crewe Alexandra (19:00)

Referee: Neil Hair
Assistant Referees: Geoffrey Liddle and Andrew Dallison
Fourth Official: Andrew Miller

Blackpool v Charlton Athletic (19:45)

Referee: James Bell
Assistant Referees: Richard Bartlett and Billy Smallwood
Fourth Official: Robert Lewis

Burton Albion v Rochdale (19:45)

Referee: Sam Purkiss
Assistant Referees: Paul Stonier and Oliver Bickle
Fourth Official: Kenwyn Hughes

Hull City v AFC Wimbledon (19:45)

Referee: James Oldham
Assistant Referees: Paul Newhouse and Graeme Fyvie
Fourth Official: Christopher Sarginson

Northampton Town v Swindon Town (19:45)

Referee: Jarred Gillett
Assistant Referees: Philip Dermott and Paul Hodskinson
Fourth Official: Nick Greenhalgh

Wigan Athletic v Peterborough United (19:45)

Referee: Ross Joyce
Assistant Referees: Steven Rushton and Ian Smedley
Fourth Official: Paul Graham

Sky Bet League Two

Cheltenham Town v Scunthorpe United (18:00)

Referee: Samuel Allison
Assistant Referees: Samuel Ogles and Adam Ricketts
Fourth Official: Andrew Hendley

Morecambe v Mansfield Town (18:30)

Referee: Marc Edwards
Assistant Referees: Gareth Mellor and Kevin Mulraine
Fourth Official: Chris Isherwood

Cambridge United v Port Vale (19:00)

Referee: Trevor Kettle
Assistant Referees: Leigh Crowhurst and Stephen Brown
Fourth Official: Aaron Farmer

Exeter City v Crawley Town (19:00)

Referee: Will Finnie
Assistant Referees: Justin Amey and Christopher Wade
Fourth Official: Scott Jackson

Oldham Athletic v Carlisle United (19:00)

Referee: Matthew Donohue
Assistant Referees: Robert Merchant and Steven Meredith
Fourth Official: James Wilson

Stevenage v Newport County (19:00)

Referee: Lee Swabey
Assistant Referees: Andy Bennett and Dean Treleaven
Fourth Official: Martyn Holmes

Barrow v Bolton Wanderers (19:45)

Referee: Peter Wright
Assistant Referees: Anthony Moore and Barry Gordon
Fourth Official: Paul Marsden

Bradford City v Walsall (19:45)

Referee: Andy Hanies
 Assistant Referees: David Avent and Christopher Ward
Fourth Official: Lewis Smith

Colchester United v Forest Green Rovers (19:45)

Referee: Carl Brook
Assistant Referees: Nicholas Cooper and Adrian Tranter
Fourth Official: Stephen Finch

Grimsby Town v Harrogate Town (19:45)

Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge
Assistant Referees: Robert Atkin and Abbas Khan
Fourth Official: Garreth Rhodes

Salford City v Southend United (19:45)

Referee: Carl Boyeson
Assistant Referees: Conor Brown and Lisa Rashid
Fourth Official: Gary Hilton

Tranmere Rovers v Leyton Orient (19:45)

Referee: Samuel Barrott
Assistant Referees: Joe Clark and Matthew Parry
Fourth Official: Ben Toner

Wednesday 21st October 

Sky Bet Championship

Cardiff City v AFC Bournemouth (19:45)

Referee: Simon Hooper
Assistant Referees: Derek Eaton and Mark Scholes
Fourth Official: John Busby

Queens Park Rangers v Preston North End (19:45)

Referee: Kevin Friend
Assistant Referees: Simon Beck and Edward Smart
Fourth Official: Craig Hicks

Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford (19:45)

Referee: Darren Bond
Assistant Referees: Shaun Hudson and Akil Howson
Fouth Official: John Brooks

Stoke City v Barnsley (19:45)

Referee: Michael Salisbury
Assistant Referees: Richard Wild and Nik Barnard
Fourth Official: Jeremy Simpson

Watford v Blackburn Rovers (19:45)

Referee: Andy Woolmer
Assistant Referees: Bhupinder Gill and Matthew Jones
Fourth Official: Robert Hyde



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