RateTheRef

Not sure whether it's intentional from the powers that be, but the last time Pompey lifted a trophy back at Wembley in 2019, Dean Whitestone was the man in charge. Fast forward to 2024 and Mr Whitestone is back at Fratton Park for Pompey's League One trophy lift at the weekend!

Hopefully no pitch invasion and more punches thrown/racist abuse hurled this time.

I shall be at the Emirates on Wednesday. Waiting to find out who will officiate.

Felix Zwayer in charge of that one.

Is Alan Young injured or has he retired too?

16th June.

18:00 CET - Helsinki (Helsinki Olympic Stadium)
FINLAND - SLOVENIA | Group H
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Ińigo Prieto (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Iván Masso Granado (ESP)
Fourth Official: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias (ESP)
Video Assistant Referee:
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
UEFA Referee Observer: Stavros Tritsonis (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Vignir Már Ţormóđsson. (ISL)

20:45 CET - Athens (OPAP Arena)
GREECE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND | Group B
Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Maximilian Kolbitsch (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Staudinger (AUT)
Fourth Official: Markus Hamater (AUT)
Video Assistant Referee:
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
UEFA Referee Observer: Cyril Zimmermann (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Velid Imamović (BIH)

20:45 CET - Faro-Loulé (Estádio Algarve)
GIBRALTAR - FRANCE | Group B
Referee: Yevhenii Aranovskiy (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Semen Shlonchak (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Matyash (UKR)
Fourth Official: Vitaliy Romanov (UKR)
Video Assistant Referee:
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
UEFA Referee Observer: Shmuel Shteif (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Nikola Kostov (MKD)

20:45 CET - Ta' Qali (National Stadium)
MALTA - ENGLAND | Group C
Referee: Igor Pajac (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Goran Pataki (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Mihalj (CRO)
Fourth Official: Patrik Kolarić (CRO)
Video Assistant Referee:
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
UEFA Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)
UEFA Delegate: Jaroslav Dudl (CZE)

20:45 CET - Skopje (National Arena Todor Proeski)
NORTH MACEDONIA - UKRAINE | Group C
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Stéphane De Almeida (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Jonas Erni (SUI)
Fourth Official: Alessandro Dudic (SUI)
Video Assistant Referee:
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
UEFA Referee Observer: Dejan Filipović (SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Patrick Wattebled (FRA)

20:45 CET - Cardiff (Cardiff City Stadium)
WALES - ARMENIA | Group D
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Diyan Valkov (BUL)
Fourth Official: Radoslav Gidzhenov (BUL)
Video Assistant Referee:
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
UEFA Referee Observer: Neale Barry (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Oleg Harlamov (EST)

20:45 CET - Riga (Skonto Stadions)
LATVIA - TURKEY | Group D
Referee: Tamás Bognár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Buzás (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Péter Kóbor (HUN)
Fourth Official: Gergo Bogár (HUN)
Video Assistant Referee:
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
UEFA Referee Observer: Vladimir Petrov (UKR)
UEFA Delegate: Peter Oskam (NED)

20:45 CET - Copenhagen (Parken)
DENMARK - NORTHERN IRELAND | Group H
Referee: Daniel Stefanski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Dawid Golis (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Michal Obukowicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Damian Sylwestrzak (POL)
Video Assistant Referee:
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
UEFA Referee Observer: Mika Peltola (FIN)
UEFA Delegate: Mark Bos (NED)

20:45 CET - Parma (Stadio Ennio Tardini)
SAN MARINO - KAZAKHSTAN | Group H
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Tryfon Petropoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Iordanis Aptosoglou (GRE)
Fourth Official: Andreas Gamaris (GRE)
Video Assistant Referee:
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
UEFA Referee Observer: Augustus Constantin (ROU)
UEFA Delegate: Michał Listkiewicz (POL)

20:45 CET - Andorra La Vella (Estadi Nacional)
ANDORRA - SWITZERLAND | Group I
Referee: Balázs Berke (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Szert (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Balázs Szalai (HUN)
Fourth Official: Mihály Káprály (HUN)
Video Assistant Referee:
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
UEFA Referee Observer: John Ward (IRL)
UEFA Delegate: Renata Tomasova (SVK)

20:45 CET - Budapest (Szusza Ferenc Stadion)
BELARUS - ISRAEL | Group I
Referee: Jarred Gavan Gillett (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Simon Peter Bennett (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Neil Davies (ENG)
Fourth Official: Michael Salisbury (ENG)
Video Assistant Referee:
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
UEFA Referee Observer: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Jan Kořínek (CZE)

20:45 CET - Pristina (Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri)
KOSOVO - ROMANIA | Group I
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries (NED)
Fourth Official: Sander Van Der Eijk (NED)
Video Assistant Referee:
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
UEFA Referee Observer: Vlado Svilokos (CRO)
UEFA Delegate:  Jean Paul Mievis (BEL)

Can I feel a bit uncomfortable about the appointment of:

1) A Manchester born/based referee for a FA Cup Quarter-Final in Manchester against Manchester United
2) The same referee as we had in the last round

Didn't they have any other referees available?

(PS We haven't had Jarred Gillett for ages)

Doesn't really matter who it is - Bruno Fernandes will surround them for every decision that goes against United anyway. His conduct in the Liverpool and Southampton games was disgraceful, frankly.

Craig Pawson in for Michael Oliver at Brighton on Saturday. Mike Dean replaces Pawson on VAR for Brentford v Southampton. Hope all OK for Michael.

Oh FFS.

Who arranged Southampton and Portsmouth to play in London at the same time (12.30pm) on Saturday?!

Thought John Brooks was very good at Bournemouth tonight. Calm throughout, got the vast majority of decisions right and in control.