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Sat 16th Jan 2021
AFC Bournemouth (First Team) v Luton Town (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Webb, David
Assistant Referee: Cooper, Ian
Assistant Referee: Waters, Adrian
Fourth Official: Hicks, Craig

Barnsley FC (First Team) v Swansea City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Simpson, Jeremy
Assistant Referee: George, Michael
Assistant Referee: Gill, Bhupinder Hodskinson, Paul
Fourth Official: Brooks, John

Blackburn Rovers FC (First Team) v Stoke City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Eltringham, Geoff
Assistant Referee: Meredith, Steven
Assistant Referee: Barnard, Nik
Fourth Official: Lewis, Robert

Bristol City (First Team) v Preston North End FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Whitestone, Dean
Assistant Referee: Crysell, Adam
Assistant Referee: Pottage, Mark
Fourth Official: Woods, Martin

Cardiff City FC (First Team) v Norwich City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Harrington, Tony
Assistant Referee: Leach, Daniel
Assistant Referee: Hudson, Shaun
Fourth Official: Busby, John

Coventry City FC (First Team) v Sheffield Wednesday FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Doughty, Leigh
Assistant Referee: Hodskinson, Paul
Assistant Referee: Smith, Wade
Fourth Official: Rhodes, Garreth

Derby County FC (First Team) v Rotherham United FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Linington, James
Assistant Referee: Hyde, Robert
Assistant Referee: Jones, Matthew
Fourth Official: Mather, Simon

MIDDLESBROUGH (First Team) v Birmingham City F C (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: England, Darren
Assistant Referee: Cann, Darren
Assistant Referee: Eaton, Derek
Fourth Official: Bond, Darren

Nottingham Forest F.C. (First Team) v Millwall FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Stroud, Keith
Assistant Referee: Hunt, Jonathan
Assistant Referee: Lewis, Sam
Fourth Official: Marsden, Paul

Queens Park Rangers FC (First Team) v Wycombe Wanderers FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Scott, Graham
Assistant Referee: Kirkup, Peter
Assistant Referee: Russell, Mark
Fourth Official: Purkiss, Sam

Watford FC (First Team) v Huddersfield Town FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Salisbury, Michael
Assistant Referee: Lugg, Nigel
Assistant Referee: Venamore, Lee
Fourth Official: Woolmer, Andy

Tue 19th Jan 2021
Blackburn Rovers FC (First Team) v Swansea City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Jones, Robert
Assistant Referee: Ledger, Scott
Assistant Referee: Holmes, Adrian
Fourth Official: Oldham, Scott   Webb, David

Derby County FC (First Team) v AFC Bournemouth (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Langford, Oliver
Assistant Referee: Wilson, James
Assistant Referee: Taylor, Craig
Fourth Official: Barrott, Samuel

Reading FC (First Team) v Coventry City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Whitestone, Dean
Assistant Referee: Merchant, Robert
Assistant Referee: Byrne, George
Fourth Official: Stroud, Keith

Rotherham United FC (First Team) v Stoke City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Donohue, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Hodskinson, Paul
Assistant Referee: Hunt, Jonathan
Fourth Official: Salisbury, Michael

Sheffield Wednesday FC (First Team) v Wycombe Wanderers FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Webb, David No replacement yet
Assistant Referee: Dwyer, Mark
Assistant Referee: Howson, Akil
Fourth Official: Eltringham, Geoff

Watford FC (First Team) v Barnsley FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Robinson, Tim
Assistant Referee: Waters, Adrian
Assistant Referee: Wild, Richard
Fourth Official: Gill, Sunny (Sukhvir)

Wed 20th Jan 2021
Birmingham City F C (First Team) v Preston North End FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Harrington, Tony
Assistant Referee: Dermott, Philip
Assistant Referee: Smith, Rob
Fourth Official: Simpson, Jeremy

Brentford FC (First Team) v Luton Town (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Martin, Stephen
Assistant Referee: Leach, Daniel
Assistant Referee: Fox, Andrew
Fourth Official: Whitton, Robert

Cardiff City FC (First Team) v Queens Park Rangers FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Bond, Darren
Assistant Referee: Russell, Mark
Assistant Referee: Pottage, Mark
Fourth Official: Johnson, Kevin

Huddersfield Town FC (First Team) v Millwall FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Bankes, Peter
Assistant Referee: Mainwaring, James
Assistant Referee: Hudson, Shaun
Fourth Official: Toner, Ben

Norwich City FC (First Team) v Bristol City (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Linington, James
Assistant Referee: Venamore, Lee
Assistant Referee: Hyde, Robert
Fourth Official: Breakspear, Charles

Nottingham Forest F.C. (First Team) v MIDDLESBROUGH (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Woolmer, Andy
Assistant Referee: Kane, Graham
Assistant Referee: Jones, Matthew
Fourth Official: Doughty, Leigh

What is the collective noun for a group of Darrens ? Three of them at Middlesbrough. Is there possibly a fourth who could have been appointed to get the full house ?

Or (  for those of us of a certain vintage ) a Bobby of Darrens

Except Drysdale, like Bond, is a referee and so could not have taken the other line. Are there any other Darrens operating as ARs in SG1 or SG2?

Webb to Bournemouth, Harrington to Cardiff, Linington to Derby, Salisbury to Watford, Bond to Cardiff midweek - I am a bit surprised at how many long trips have been given, considering we are currently in lockdown.  I know it cannot always be avoided, but that seems like quite a few, when there are alternatives who live a bit closer.

One of the linesmen is travelling to Watford from Lancashire on Tuesday as well.

Quote from: TVOS on Tue 12 Jan 2021 17:01

Quote from: greeny on Tue 12 Jan 2021 16:09

Webb to Bournemouth, Harrington to Cardiff, Linington to Derby, Salisbury to Watford, Bond to Cardiff midweek - I am a bit surprised at how many long trips have been given, considering we are currently in lockdown.  I know it cannot always be avoided, but that seems like quite a few, when there are alternatives who live a bit closer.

One of the linesmen is travelling to Watford from Lancashire on Tuesday as well.

And Shaun Hudson from Sunderland making a round trip of over 630 miles to the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday. This is Shaun’s first match at the Cardiff City Stadium, I didn’t think it would come in the middle of a pandemic!!

To be frank, travelling that distance for a non full time linesman at the best of times is excessive but during a pandemic it borders on madness

Quote from: TVOS on Tue 12 Jan 2021 17:01

Quote from: greeny on Tue 12 Jan 2021 16:09

Webb to Bournemouth, Harrington to Cardiff, Linington to Derby, Salisbury to Watford, Bond to Cardiff midweek - I am a bit surprised at how many long trips have been given, considering we are currently in lockdown.  I know it cannot always be avoided, but that seems like quite a few, when there are alternatives who live a bit closer.

One of the linesmen is travelling to Watford from Lancashire on Tuesday as well.

And Shaun Hudson from Sunderland making a round trip of over 630 miles to the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday. This is Shaun’s first match at the Cardiff City
Stadium, I didn’t think it would come in the middle of a pandemic!!

As are the assistants at Barnsley fair few miles on quite roads

In a similar vein of co-operation and a genuine desire to help I also am willing to patrol the line at Portman Road. To offer to 'run' it would I fear be promising what I couldn't deliver. On reflection, Stockley Park is probably more suited to my abilities.