Match Official appointments have been confirmed for fixtures taking place on Friday 26 December, Monday 29 December 2025, and Thursday 1 January 2026, across the Sky Bet Championship, Sky Bet League One, and Sky Bet League Two.

Friday 26 December 2025

Sky Bet Championship

Birmingham City vs Derby County (12:30)
Referee: Ben Toner
Assistant Referees: Conor Brown, Bhupinder Singh Gill
Fourth Official: Oliver Langford

Millwall vs Ipswich Town (13:00)
Referee: Tim Robinson
Assistant Referees: Sian Massey‑Ellis, Akil Howson
Fourth Official: Paul Howard

Coventry City vs Swansea City (15:00)
Referee: Samuel Allison
Assistant Referees: Alex James, Carl Fitch‑Jackson
Fourth Official: Elliott Swallow

Leicester City vs Watford (15:00)
Referee: Josh Smith
Assistant Referees: Wade Smith, Hristo Karaivanov
Fourth Official: John Busby

Middlesbrough vs Blackburn Rovers (15:00)
Referee: James Bell
Assistant Referees: Matt McGrath, Richard West
Fourth Official: David Webb

Norwich City vs Charlton Athletic (15:00)
Referee: Matthew Donohue
Assistant Referees: Jacob Graham, Callum Gough
Fourth Official: Declan Brown

Oxford United vs Southampton (15:00)
Referee: Leigh Doughty
Assistant Referees: George Byrne, Matthew Smith
Fourth Official: Isaac Searle

Portsmouth vs Queens Park Rangers (15:00)
Referee: James Linington
Assistant Referees: Lee Venamore, Nigel Lugg
Fourth Official: Alex Chilowicz

Sheffield Wednesday vs Hull City (15:00)
Referee: Stephen Martin
Assistant Referees: Mark Dwyer, David Harrison
Fourth Official: Anthony Backhouse

Stoke City vs Preston North End (15:00)
Referee: Thomas Kirk
Assistant Referees: Johnathon Bickerdike, Andrew Fox
Fourth Official: Richie Watkins

West Bromwich Albion vs Bristol City (15:00)
Referee: Will Finnie
Assistant Referees: Ian Cooper, Sam Lewis
Fourth Official: Tom Nield

Wrexham vs Sheffield United (17:30)
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
Assistant Referees: Shaun Hudson, Richard Woodward
Fourth Official: Lewis Smith

Sky Bet League One

AFC Wimbledon vs Stevenage (15:00)
Referee: David Rock
Assistant Referees: Marc Wilson, Andy Bennett
Fourth Official: Aji Ajibola

Barnsley vs Mansfield Town (15:00)
Referee: Martin Coy
Assistant Referees: Samuel Clayton, Bradley Hall
Fourth Official: Garreth Rhodes

Blackpool vs Doncaster Rovers (15:00)
Referee: Matt Corlett
Assistant Referees: Joe Simpson, Alex Gray
Fourth Official: Paul Marsden

Bolton Wanderers vs Rotherham United (15:00)
Referee: Elliot Bell
Assistant Referees: Drew Dutton, Matthew Sowerby
Fourth Official: Scott Jackson

Bradford City vs Wigan Athletic (15:00)
Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge
Assistant Referees: Paul Newhouse, Wayne Grunnill
Fourth Official: William Davis

Burton Albion vs Northampton Town (15:00)
Referee: Sam Mulhall
Assistant Referees: Andrew Ellis, Danny Guest
Fourth Official: Matthew McQuillan

Cardiff City vs Exeter City (15:00)
Referee: Tom Reeves
Assistant Referees: Dean Treleaven, Steven Plane
Fourth Official: Harrison Blair

Huddersfield Town vs Port Vale (15:00)
Referee: Martin Woods
Assistant Referees: Graeme Fyvie, Matt Archibald
Fourth Official: Melissa Burgin

Luton Town vs Wycombe Wanderers (15:00)
Referee: Dean Whitestone
Assistant Referees: Andrew Dallison, Emily Carney
Fourth Official: Charles Breakspear

Peterborough United vs Leyton Orient (15:00)
Referee: Abigail Byrne
Assistant Referees: Joseph Larkin, Ashley Allen
Fourth Official: Callum Walchester

Plymouth Argyle vs Reading (15:00)
Referee: James Durkin
Assistant Referees: Daniel Flynn, Jack Clench
Fourth Official: Kevin Morris

Stockport County vs Lincoln City (15:00)
Referee: Ollie Yates
Assistant Referees: Lewis Raper, Niall Felton
Fourth Official: Dean Watson

Sky Bet League Two

Accrington Stanley vs Barrow (15:00)
Referee: Edward Duckworth
Assistant Referees: Anthony Moore, Matthew Moss
Fourth Official: Jack Churchill

Bristol Rovers vs Bromley (15:00)
Referee: Jacob Miles
Assistant Referees: James Tewson, David Middleton
Fourth Official: Said Ouchene

Cheltenham Town vs Shrewsbury Town (15:00)
Referee: Richard Eley
Assistant Referees: Steve Durnall, Harley McKittrick
Fourth Official: Marvyn Amphlett

Chesterfield vs Notts County (15:00)
Referee: Benjamin Speedie
Assistant Referees: Aaron Hallam, Kenwyn Hughes
Fourth Official: Jonathon Block

Crawley Town vs Colchester United (15:00)
Referee: Alan Young
Assistant Referees: Michael Chard, Alex Bradley
Fourth Official: Jason Richardson

Gillingham vs Cambridge United (15:00)
Referee: Neil Hair
Assistant Referees: David Hutton, Rob Smith
Fourth Official: Scott Williams

Grimsby Town vs Oldham Athletic (15:00)
Referee: Ross Joyce
Assistant Referees: Danny Jarvis, Stephen Wade
Fourth Official: Declan O’Regan

Milton Keynes Dons vs Swindon Town (15:00)
Referee: Ben Atkinson
Assistant Referees: Michael Webb, Marcus Carmichael
Fourth Official: Emily Heaslip

Newport County vs Barnet (15:00)
Referee: Stephen Parkinson
Assistant Referees: Thomas Harty, Ollie Williams
Fourth Official: Stuart Kane

Salford City vs Harrogate Town (15:00)
Referee: Jamie O’Connor
Assistant Referees: Daniel Smith, Oliver Bickle
Fourth Official: Declan Ford

Tranmere Rovers vs Fleetwood Town (15:00)
Referee: Dale Baines
Assistant Referees: Jonathan Hunt, Karl Buckley
Fourth Official: Andrew Daniels

Walsall vs Crewe Alexandra (15:00)
Referee: Simon Mather
Assistant Referees: Declan O’Shea, Jacob Lehane
Fourth Official: Jonathan Bolland

Monday 29 December 2025

Sky Bet Championship

Coventry City vs Ipswich Town (18:00)
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
Assistant Referees: Paul Hodskinson, Matthew Smith
Fourth Official: Stephen Martin

Leicester City vs Derby County (19:45)
Referee: Gavin Ward
Assistant Referees: Graham Kane, George Byrne
Fourth Official: Edward Duckworth

Middlesbrough vs Hull City (19:45)
Referee: Leigh Doughty
Assistant Referees: Richard Woodward, Hristo Karaivanov
Fourth Official: Martin Coy

Millwall vs Bristol City (19:45)
Referee: David Webb
Assistant Referees: Callum Gough, Robert Hyde
Fourth Official: Stephen Parkinson

Norwich City vs Watford (19:45)
Referee: Matt Corlett
Assistant Referees: James Wilson, Daniel Leach
Fourth Official: Farai Hallam

Oxford United vs Swansea City (19:45)
Referee: Adam Herczeg
Assistant Referees: Andrew Fox, Shaun Hudson
Fourth Official: Andrew Kitchen

Portsmouth vs Charlton Athletic (19:45)
Referee: Paul Tierney
Assistant Referees: Johnathon Bickerdike, David Harrison
Fourth Official: Samuel Allison

Sheffield Wednesday vs Blackburn Rovers (19:45)
Referee: Oliver Langford
Assistant Referees: Mark Stevens, Lee Venamore
Fourth Official: Benjamin Speedie

Stoke City vs Sheffield United (19:45)
Referee: John Busby
Assistant Referees: Mark Russell, Sam Lewis
Fourth Official: Simon Mather

West Bromwich Albion vs Queens Park Rangers (19:45)
Referee: Lewis Smith
Assistant Referees: Conor Brown, Carl Fitch‑Jackson
Fourth Official: Elliot Bell

Wrexham vs Preston North End (19:45)
Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo
Assistant Referees: Emily Carney, Mark Dwyer
Fourth Official: David Rock

Birmingham City vs Southampton (20:15)
Referee: Matthew Donohue
Assistant Referees: Jacob Graham, Andrew Dallison
Fourth Official: James Bell

Sky Bet League One

AFC Wimbledon vs Exeter City (19:45)
Referee: Jacob Miles
Assistant Referees: Daniel D’Urso, Greg Read
Fourth Official: Alan Young

Barnsley vs Lincoln City (19:45)
Referee: Paul Howard
Assistant Referees: Declan O’Regan, William Cavanagh
Fourth Official: Ross Joyce

Blackpool vs Rotherham United (19:45)
Referee: Ollie Yates
Assistant Referees: Mark Cunliffe, Daniel Woodward
Fourth Official: Zac Kennard‑Kettle

Bolton Wanderers vs Mansfield Town (19:45)
Referee: Peter Wright
Assistant Referees: Mark Ryder, Oliver Nolan
Fourth Official: Sebastian Stockbridge

Bradford City vs Port Vale (19:45)
Referee: Scott Oldham
Assistant Referees: Thomas Cooke, Tyler Dutton
Fourth Official: Dale Baines

Burton Albion vs Wigan Athletic (19:45)
Referee: Richie Watkins
Assistant Referees: Matthew Parry, Matthew Jones
Fourth Official: Jamie O’Connor

Cardiff City vs Stevenage (19:45)
Referee: Charles Breakspear
Assistant Referees: Paul Stonier, Daniel Robinson
Fourth Official: Aaron Jackson

Huddersfield Town vs Northampton Town (19:45)
Referee: Will Finnie
Assistant Referees: Jack Forder‑Hay, Jacob Lehane
Fourth Official: Richard Eley

Luton Town vs Leyton Orient (19:45)
Referee: Neil Hair
Assistant Referees: Steven Plane, Declan O’Shea
Fourth Official: James Durkin

Peterborough United vs Reading (19:45)
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Assistant Referees: Andrew Aylott, Ross Murphy
Fourth Official: Kirsty Dowle

Plymouth Argyle vs Wycombe Wanderers (19:45)
Referee: Carl Brook
Assistant Referees: Adam Ricketts, Peter Lowe
Fourth Official: Ben Atkinson

Stockport County vs Doncaster Rovers (19:45)
Referee: Thomas Parsons
Assistant Referees: Bradley Hall, Danny Guest
Fourth Official: Sam Mulhall

Sky Bet League Two

Accrington Stanley vs Harrogate Town (19:45)
Referee: Declan Brown
Assistant Referees: Matthew Sowerby, Aaron Hallam
Fourth Official: Joe Simpson

Bristol Rovers vs Barnet (19:45)
Referee: Declan Bourne
Assistant Referees: Harley Hetherington, Harley McKittrick
Fourth Official: Niall Felton

Cheltenham Town vs Swindon Town (19:45)
Referee: Isaac Searle
Assistant Referees: Andrew Ellis, Daniel Smith
Fourth Official: Ashley Allen

Chesterfield vs Cambridge United (19:45)
Referee: Scott Jackson
Assistant Referees: Darren Wilding, Ollie Williams
Fourth Official: Drew Dutton

Crawley Town vs Bromley (19:45)
Referee: Ben Toner
Assistant Referees: Conor Brown, Nigel Lugg
Fourth Official: Anthony Da Costa

Gillingham vs Colchester United (19:45)
Referee: Matthew Russell
Assistant Referees: Alex Mathieson, Jonathon Wilks
Fourth Official: Will Briers

Grimsby Town vs Shrewsbury Town (19:45)
Referee: Steven Copeland
Assistant Referees: Samuel Clayton, Wayne Grunnill
Fourth Official: Paul Newhouse

Milton Keynes Dons vs Notts County (19:45)
Referee: Lee Swabey
Assistant Referees: Marc Wilson, Alan Cresswell
Fourth Official: David Hutton

Salford City vs Fleetwood Town (19:45)
Referee: Martin Woods
Assistant Referees: Kenwyn Hughes, Alex Gray
Fourth Official: Graeme Fyvie

Tranmere Rovers vs Barrow (19:45)
Referee: Elliott Swallow
Assistant Referees: Steve Durnall, Thomas Harty
Fourth Official: Charles King

Walsall vs Oldham Athletic (19:45)
Referee: Oliver Mackey
Assistant Referees: Karl Buckley, Jack Clench
Fourth Official: Matthew Moss

Thursday 1 January 2026

Sky Bet Championship

Blackburn Rovers vs Wrexham (12:30)
Referee: Thomas Kirk
Assistant Referees: Johnathon Bickerdike, Jacob Graham
Fourth Official: Matthew Donohue

Bristol City vs Portsmouth (15:00)
Referee: James Bell
Assistant Referees: Richard Woodward, Hugh Gilroy
Fourth Official: John Busby

Charlton Athletic vs Coventry City (15:00)
Referee: Josh Smith
Assistant Referees: Sam Lewis, Daniel Leach
Fourth Official: Charles Breakspear

Derby County vs Middlesbrough (15:00)
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
Assistant Referees: Matthew Smith, Nigel Lugg
Fourth Official: Ruebyn Ricardo

Hull City vs Stoke City (15:00)
Referee: Craig Pawson
Assistant Referees: Edward Smart, Mark Scholes
Fourth Official: Oliver Langford

Ipswich Town vs Oxford United (15:00)
Referee: Will Finnie
Assistant Referees: Mark Dwyer, Matthew McGrath
Fourth Official: Leigh Doughty

Preston North End vs Sheffield Wednesday (15:00)
Referee: Gavin Ward
Assistant Referees: James Wilson, Ian Hussin
Fourth Official: Ollie Yates

Queens Park Rangers vs Norwich City (15:00)
Referee: Dean Whitestone
Assistant Referees: Graham Kane, Ian Cooper
Fourth Official: Paul Howard

Southampton vs Millwall (15:00)
Referee: Tom Nield
Assistant Referees: Simon Bennett, David Harrison
Fourth Official: Neil Hair

Swansea City vs West Bromwich Albion (15:00)
Referee: James Linington
Assistant Referees: Bhupinder Singh Gill, Andrew Dallison
Fourth Official: Ben Toner

Watford vs Birmingham City (15:00)
Referee: Lewis Smith
Assistant Referees: Andrew Fox, Lee Venamore
Fourth Official: Jacob Miles

Sheffield United vs Leicester City (17:30)
Referee: Farai Hallam
Assistant Referees: Alistair Nelson, Mark Stevens
Fourth Official: David Webb

Sky Bet League One

Doncaster Rovers vs Bolton Wanderers (15:00)
Referee: Martin Coy
Assistant Referees: Paul Newhouse, Graeme Fyvie
Fourth Official: Andrew Miller

Exeter City vs Luton Town (15:00)
Referee: Matthew Russell
Assistant Referees: James Tewson, Kevin Morris
Fourth Official: Richie Watkins

Leyton Orient vs AFC Wimbledon (15:00)
Referee: Ben Atkinson
Assistant Referees: Conall Bartlett, Leigh Crowhurst
Fourth Official: Isaac Searle

Lincoln City vs Huddersfield Town (15:00)
Referee: Jamie O’Connor
Assistant Referees: Danny Jarvis, Drew Dutton
Fourth Official: Emily Heaslip

Mansfield Town vs Bradford City (15:00)
Referee: Ross Joyce
Assistant Referees: Joseph Larkin, Harley McKittrick
Fourth Official: Aaron Farmer

Northampton Town vs Stockport County (15:00)
Referee: Darren Drysdale
Assistant Referees: Anthony Da Costa, Rob Smith
Fourth Official: Greg Rollason

Port Vale vs Blackpool (15:00)
Referee: Edward Duckworth
Assistant Referees: Niall Felton, Ashley Allen
Fourth Official: Oliver Mackey

Reading vs Burton Albion (15:00)
Referee: Tom Reeves
Assistant Referees: David Middleton, Jonathon Block
Fourth Official: Carl Brook

Rotherham United vs Peterborough United (15:00)
Referee: Matt Corlett
Assistant Referees: Bradley Hall, Karl Buckley
Fourth Official: Peter Wright

Stevenage vs Plymouth Argyle (15:00)
Referee: Richard Eley
Assistant Referees: Daniel D’Urso, David Hutton
Fourth Official: Abigail Byrne

Wigan Athletic vs Barnsley (15:00)
Referee: Benjamin Speedie
Assistant Referees: Matthew Sowerby, Mark Ryder
Fourth Official: Declan Brown

Wycombe Wanderers vs Cardiff City (15:00)
Referee: Alan Young
Assistant Referees: Grant Taylor, Alex Bradley
Fourth Official: Harry Wager

Sky Bet League Two

Barnet vs Crawley Town (15:00)
Referee: Ross Martin
Assistant Referees: Andrew Aylott, Greg Read
Fourth Official: Thomas Holden

Barrow vs Salford City (15:00)
Referee: Adam Herczeg
Assistant Referees: Callum Gough, Conor Brown
Fourth Official: Matthew Malton

Bromley vs Newport County (15:00)
Referee: Kirsty Dowle
Assistant Referees: Peter Lowe, Alex Mathieson
Fourth Official: Dan Blades

Cambridge United vs Walsall (15:00)
Referee: Wayne Cartmel
Assistant Referees: Michael Webb, Stephen Finch
Fourth Official: Jack Forder‑Hay

Colchester United vs Milton Keynes Dons (15:00)
Referee: Stephen Parkinson
Assistant Referees: Andy Bennett, Ross Murphy
Fourth Official: Adrian Tranter

Crewe Alexandra vs Cheltenham Town (15:00)
Referee: Dale Baines
Assistant Referees: Lewis Raper, Matt Archibald
Fourth Official: Kenwyn Hughes

Fleetwood Town vs Grimsby Town (15:00)
Referee: Elliot Bell
Assistant Referees: Tyler Dutton, Daniel Woodward
Fourth Official: Jake Allsopp

Harrogate Town vs Tranmere Rovers (15:00)
Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge
Assistant Referees: Anthony Moore, Stephen Wade
Fourth Official: Thomas Cooke

Notts County vs Accrington Stanley (15:00)
Referee: Zac Kennard‑Kettle
Assistant Referees: Thomas Harty, Ollie Williams
Fourth Official: Danny Guest

Oldham Athletic vs Chesterfield (15:00)
Referee: Samuel Allison
Assistant Referees: Paul Hodskinson, Emily Carney
Fourth Official: Samuel Clayton

Shrewsbury Town vs Bristol Rovers (15:00)
Referee: Robert Massey‑Ellis
Assistant Referees: Oliver Bickle, Oliver Nolan
Fourth Official: Daniel Robinson

Swindon Town vs Gillingham (15:00)
Referee: James Durkin
Assistant Referees: Marvyn Amphlett, Harley Hetherington
Fourth Official: Mark Senior

Referee Appointments: 26 December-1 January

Referee Appointments: 26 December-1 January