PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE PERFORMANCE REVIEW WEEK 35 FRIDAY 7TH MAY LEICESTER CITY V NEWCASTLE UNITED Result 2-4Referee: Darren England. Assistants: Lee Betts, Darren Cann. Fourth official: Craig Pawson. VAR: Paul Tierney. Assistant VAR: Scott Ledger. Leicester’s Johnny Evans was injured in the warmup so unable to take part in the game. It was an error […]
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Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
REVIEW OF WEEK 34 PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE PERFORMANCES FRIDAY 30TH APRIL SOUTHAMPTON V LEICESTER CITY RESULT 1-1Referee: Robert Jones. Assistants: Darren Cann, Mark Scholes. Fourth official: Andre Marriner. VAR: Jonathan Moss. Assistant VAR: Gary Beswick. The big decision in this game was the red card for Vestergaard of Southampton. The referee correctly judging that this […]
Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
FRIDAY 23RD APRIL ARSENAL V EVERTON RESULT 0-1Referee: Jonathan Moss. Assistants: Marc Perry, Dan Robathan. Fourth official: Graham Scott. VAR: David Coote. Assistant VAR: Stuart Burt. Referee Jon Moss awarded a penalty kick to Arsenal, which frankly in my opinion was a wrong decision. VAR went back to review an offside in the build-up. Following […]
Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
This week’s ‘Officially Speaking’ is considerably shorter than normal due to the FA Cup Semi Finals and the Premier League matches spread out over the start of this week. WEEK 32 REFEREE PERFORMANCE REVIEW FRIDAY 16TH APRIL EVERTON V TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR Result 2-2Referee: Michael Oliver. Assistants: Stuart Burt, Simon Bennett. Fourth official: Craig Pawson. VAR: […]
Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
WEEK 31 PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE PERFORMANCE FULHAM V WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS Result 0-1Referee: Jonathan Moss. Assistants: Marc Perry, Dan Robathan. Fourth official: Robert Jones. VAR: David Coote. Assistant VAR: Stephen Child. We see yet another goal ruled out because of the current nonsense that we have in our game. This time it was Wolves who were […]
Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
MATCHWEEK 30 PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS SATURDAY 3RD APRIL CHELSEA V WEST BROMWICH ALBION RESULT 2-5Referee: David Coote. Assistants: Neil Davies, Nick Hopton. Fourth official: Darren England. VAR: Chris Kavanagh. Assistant VAR: Peter Kirkup. A good performance by Referee David Coote who issued two yellow cards to Thiago Silva followed by the red.Silva on […]
Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
PREMIER LEAGUE/FA CUP/SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE PERFORMANCE REVIEW FRIDAY 19TH MARCH FULHAM V LEEDS UNITED Result 1-2Referee: David Coote. Assistants: Dan Cook, Nick Hopton. Fourth official: Darren England. VAR: Craig Pawson. Assistant VAR: Richard West. Leeds United’s Luke Ayling had the ball in the net, but it was correctly ruled out after VAR review. Replays […]
Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE REVIEW WEEK 28 Friday 12 March NEWCASTLE UNITED V ASTON VILLA Result 1-1Referee: Paul Tierney. Assistants: Ian Hussin, Dan Cook. Fourth official: Andy Madley. VAR: Jarred Gillett. Assistant VAR: Timothy Wood. A good performance by Referee Tierney who kept play moving well with his low-key, accurate and efficient performance.Villa opened the scoring […]
Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
Review of Week 26 of the Premier League BURNLEY V ARSENAL Result 1-1Referee: Andre Marriner. Assistants: Scott Ledger, Eddie Smart. Fourth official: Anthony Taylor. VAR: Kevin Friend. Assistant VAR: Matthew Wilkes. It was evident to me that this referee was struggling with his movement around the field of play in the second half of the […]
Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE PERFORMANCE REVIEW WEEK 25 FRIDAY 19TH FEBRUARY WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS V LEEDS UNITED Result 1-0Referee: David Coote. Assistants: Nick Hopton, James Mainwaring. Fourth official: Darren England. VAR: Jarred Gillett. Assistant VAR: Gary Beswick. The home team secured a win but not without controversy. Leeds striker Patrick Bamford scored a goal, only to have […]