2022/3 Premier League – Matchweek 16 Referee appointments and matters arising

 

 

 

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by Andrew Crawshaw

Who is on duty this coming weekend?  Matchweek 16 – Saturday/Sunday

 

Match	Referee	Assistant Referees	4th Official	VAR referee	Assistant VAR Referee
Saturday 12:30
Man City v Brentford	Peter Bankes	Eddie Smart Nick Greenhalgh	Darren Bond	David Coote	Nick Hopton
Saturday 15:00
Bournemouth v  Everton	Craig Pawson	Marc Perry Scott Ledger	Sam Allison	Tony Harringtom	Constantine Hatzidakis
Liverpool v Southampton	Simon Hooper	Adrian Holmes Mark Scholes	Dean Whitestone	Andre Marriner	Timothy Wood
Nottm Forest v Crystal Palace	John Brooks	Wade Smith Akil Howson	Tom Nield	Darren England	Matther Wilkes
Tottenham v Leeds	Michael Salisbury	James Mainwaring Derek Eaton	Graham Scott	Paul Tierney	Natalie Aspinall
West Ham v Leicester	Jarred Gillett	Simon Long Steve Meredith	Josh Smith	Chris Kavanagh	Dan Robathan
Saturday 17:30
Newcastle v Chelsea	Robert Jones	Lee Betts Ian Hussin	Tim Robinson	Andy Madley	Dan Cook
Saturday 19:45
Wolverhampton v Arsenal	Stuart Attwell	Harry Lennard Darren Cann	Tom Bramall	Mike Dean	Neil Davies
Sunday 14:00
Brighton v Aston Villa	Chris Kavanagh	Dan Cook Dan Robatham	Graham Scott	Jarred Gillett	James Mainwaring
Fulham v Man United	Paul Tierney	Constantine Hatzidakis Neil Davies	Tom Bramall	Stuart Attwell	Darren Cann

 

Having returned from holiday and updated my data files, I noticed that Robert Madley has returned to the PGMO fold and was appointed to the Brentford v Wolverhampton game on 29 October.

Looking at the number of times each club has had referees twice or more,  Liverpool are way out with all of the other clubs only having had seven referees so far for their 14 games.  Given the way their season is going, if I were them I would be demanding that they are assigned some fresh faces as the ones they keep getting clearly aren’t helping them.

Liverpool and Tottenham are alone in having had two referees officiate three times so far this season.  Bournemouth, Crystal Palace and Manchester United have seen  one referred on three occasions.

Newcastle are alone in seeing 13 different officials so far.  Manchester City and ourselves have each seen 11 different faces.

Here is the current table showing repeat referees

 

Team	Matches	No of different referees	Referees whistling twice	Referees whistling three times
Arsenal	14	11	Anthony Taylor, Robert Jones, Michael Oliver
Aston Villa	15	12	Anthony Taylor, Michael Oliver,  Robert Jones
Bournemouth	15	11	Anthony Taylor, David Coote	Craig Pawson
Brentford	15	12	Peter Bankes, John Brookes, Jarred Gillett
Brighton	14	10	Andy Madley, Michael Salisbury, Tony Harrington, Graham Scott
Chelsea	14	10	Michael Oliver, Andy Madley, Robert Jones, Stuart Attwell
Crystal Palace	14	9	Andy Madley, Simon Hooper, Michael Salisbury	Paul Tierney
Everton	15	10	Michael Oliver, Craig Pawson Andre Marriner, John Brooks, David Coote
Fulham	15	12	John Brooks, Jarred Gillett, Darren England
Leeds	14	10	Robert Jones, Stuart Attwell, Michael Salisbury, Tony Harrington
Leicester	15	12	Robert Jones, Michael Salisbury, Jarred Gillett
Liverpool	14	7	Anthony Taylor, Paul Tierney,  Stuart Attwell	Michael Oliver, Andy Madley
Man City	14	11	Anthony Taylor, Michael Oliver, Darren England
Man United	14	9	Michael Oliver, Craig Pawson, Stuart Attwell	Paul Tierney
Newcastle	15	13	Craig Pawson, Jarred Gillett
Notts Forest	15	11	Paul Tierney, Simon Hooper Robert Jones
Southampton	15	10	Andy Madley, Michael Salisbury, Tony Harrington, John Brooks, Andre Marriner
Tottenham	15	11		Anthony Taylor, Simon Hooper
West Ham	15	10	Paul Tierney, Michael Oliver, Peter Bankes, David Coote, Chris Kavanagh
Wolves	15	12	Anthony Taylor, Simon Hooper, John Brooks

 

Comment from Tony:  It has been the view of Untold since the earliest days of this site, that in order to protect against referee bias, incompetence and corruption, no referee should be involved in the matches of an individual club more than twice in a season – once at home, once away.   This is not to allege that there is incompetence or corruption among referees, but it is a simple and obvious safety precaution and one that could be implemented readily, given the wealth of the Premier League and its clubs, and thus their ability to pay PGMO to implement such a change.

I find the refusal of PGMO and the Premier League even to engage with the conversation about clubs having the same referee three times in the first 13 games, extraordinary and worrying.  I’m certainly not here to make excuses for Tottenham Hotspur, but at the current rate it is possible that they could have Taylor and Hooper five or even six times each this season, and that surely cannot be right.

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