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Premier League PAR: (Please predict the referee, fourth official and VAR – 3pm K/O unless stated)

Friday 20th March 2026

Bournemouth v Manchester United (8pm) – Kavanagh/Lingington/Howard

Saturday 21st March 2026

Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool (12.30pm) – Madley/Lingington/Gillet
Fulham v Burnley – Smith/Whitestone/Attwell
Everton v Chelsea (5.30pm) – Oliver/Langford/Salisbury
Leeds United v Brentford (8pm) – Bramall/Webb/Harrington

Sunday 22nd March 2026

Aston Villa v West Ham United (2.15pm) – Attwell/Smith/Donoughe
Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest (2.15pm) – Jones/Taylor/Howard

Official Line: (Please predict all appointments below for this one fixture)

Newcastle United v Sunderland (Sunday, 12pm)
Referee: Sam Barrott
Assistant Referee: Wade Smith
Assistant Referee: Constantine Hatzarkas
Fourth Official: Andrew Kitchen
VAR: Jarred Gillet
AVAR: Sian Massey-Ellis

EFL PAR: (Please predict the referee for the following games - matches 22nd March, 3pm K/O unless stated)

Championship:

Derby County v Birmingham City (12.30pm) – Donoughe
Ipswich Town v Millwall – Robinson

League One:

Cardiff City v Blackpool (12.30pm) – Toner
Wigan Athletic v Exeter City – Dale

League Two:

Bromley v Colchester United (12.30pm) – Parkinson
Oldham Athletic v Harrogate Town – Hair

The Randomiser:

Please predict an official who will be an answer to the following questions

1) Who will caution a goalkeeper? O’Connor

2) How many SG1 referees will be appointed as an AVAR? 0

3) How many matches will see the purple kit be worn in the Premier League? 2

Premier League PAR: (Please predict the referee, fourth official and VAR – 3pm K/O unless stated)

Friday 20th March 2026

Bournemouth v Manchester United (8pm) – Barrott, Brammall, Attwell

Saturday 21st March 2026

Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool (12.30pm) – Oliver, Hallam, Tierney
Fulham v Burnley – Robinson, Ward, Gillett
Everton v Chelsea (5.30pm) – Pawson, Whitestone, Harrington
Leeds United v Brentford (8pm) – England, A.Madley, Salisbury

Sunday 22nd March 2026

Aston Villa v West Ham United (2.15pm) – Attwell,
Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest (2.15pm) – Taylor,

Official Line: (Please predict all appointments below for this one fixture)

Newcastle United v Sunderland (Sunday, 12pm)
Referee: Kavanagh
Assistant Referee: Cook
Assistant Referee: Bennett
Fourth Official: A.Madley
VAR: England
AVAR: Smith

EFL PAR: (Please predict the referee for the following games - matches 22nd March, 3pm K/O unless stated)

Championship:

Derby County v Birmingham City (12.30pm) – L.Smith
Ipswich Town v Millwall – Kitchen

League One:

Cardiff City v Blackpool (12.30pm) – Duckworth
Wigan Athletic v Exeter City – B.Madley

League Two:

Bromley v Colchester United (12.30pm) – Brook
Oldham Athletic v Harrogate Town – Humphries

The Randomiser:

Please predict an official who will be an answer to the following questions

1) Who will caution a goalkeeper? Breakspear

2) How many SG1 referees will be appointed as an AVAR? None

3) How many matches will see the purple kit be worn in the Premier League? 1

Having watched both the Taylor and Oliver games over the weekend, both looked to be in good form at present.
Hopefully this will carry through to further European games (subject to English teams progress in the CL) and then the World Cup.

Having now watched it more than once, I will concur with the view that a second YC would have been unnecessarily harsh

The results for the PAR Cup 5th Round are as follows.

carrowman: 18
TA_Ref: 13
Badger: 13
mbj44: 13

In the tiebreaker mbj44 and Badger both guessed 20 goals would be scored across the 5th round, TA_Ref guessed 28 goals.

There were 22 goals scored across the 5th Round excluding goals in penalty shootouts.

TA_Ref is therefore eliminated and the remaining participants move to the 6th Round.