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Fri 5th Oct 2018
Brighton & Hove Albion FC (First Team) v West Ham United (First Team)
Premier League
Referee: Friend, Kevin
Assistant Referee: Wilkes, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Beck, Simon
Fourth Official: Hooper, Simon

Sat 6th Oct 2018
Burnley FC (First Team) v Huddersfield Town FC (First Team)
Premier League    
Referee: Kavanagh, Christopher
Assistant Referee: Cook, Dan
Assistant Referee: Massey-Ellis, Sian
Fourth Official: Atkinson, Martin

Crystal Palace FC (First Team) v Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (First Team)
Premier League    
Referee: Oliver, Michael
Assistant Referee: Burt, Stuart
Assistant Referee: Bennett, Simon
Fourth Official: East, Roger

Leicester City FC (First Team) v Everton FC (First Team)
Premier League    
Referee: Marriner, Andre
Assistant Referee: Ledger, Scott
Assistant Referee: Long, Simon
Fourth Official: Mason, Lee

Manchester United FC (First Team) v Newcastle United FC (First Team)
Premier League    
Referee: Taylor, Anthony
Assistant Referee: Beswick, Gary
Assistant Referee: Nunn, Adam
Fourth Official: Attwell, Stuart

Tottenham Hotspur (First Team) v Cardiff City FC (First Team)
Premier League    
Referee: Dean, Michael
Assistant Referee: Cann, Darren
Assistant Referee: Robathan, Daniel
Fourth Official: Tierney, Paul

Watford FC (First Team) v AFC Bournemouth (First Team)
Premier League    
Referee: Moss, Jonathan
Assistant Referee: Smart, Edward
Assistant Referee: Perry, Marc
Fourth Official: Hooper, Simon

Sun 7th Oct 2018
Fulham (First Team) v Arsenal (First Team)
Premier League    
Referee: Tierney, Paul
Assistant Referee: Holmes, Adrian
Assistant Referee: McDonough, Michael
Fourth Official: Dean, Michael

Liverpool FC (First Team) v Manchester City FC (First Team)
Premier League    
Referee: Atkinson, Martin
Assistant Referee: Child, Stephen
Assistant Referee: Betts, Lee
Fourth Official: Attwell, Stuart

Southampton FC (First Team) v Chelsea (First Team)
Premier League    
Referee: Pawson, Craig
Assistant Referee: Hussin, Ian
Assistant Referee: West, Richard
Fourth Official: East, Roger

SG in the FL

Norwich v Stoke
D COOTE
H Lennard D Eaton
M Salisbury

Preston v Wigan
L W PROBERT
A Garratt N Davies
R Joyce

Lost a bit of confidence in Mr Atkinson, after the non-penalty decision when Young took out Aguero in the Manchester derby. However preferable to Mr Taylor, who I thought might have got the nod.

very surprised coote and probert being dropped to championship duties and hooper back on board duties and not in the middle

east and attwell back on board duties after both being in the middle last weekend

Where they belong?

Quote from: referee12 on Wed 03 Oct 2018 09:17

very surprised coote and probert being dropped to championship duties and hooper back on board duties and not in the middle

It is not a case of being dropped but rather a case of fulfilling contractual agreements! Their contracts do not specify premier league games only, they are contractually obliged to cover PL, FL and cup games. The PL are contractually obliged to cover a minimum specified amount of FL games with SG1 referees every week.

Off topic, yes, but in the early days of the PL, the PL refs only refereed PL and Cup games (+ UEFA, FIFA .... as appropriate). The result was a dearth of games for each PL ref and demands from certain PL refs to be allowed to referee FL games as well. David Elleray was at the fore on this and his reward was to be the first PL ref to referee a FL game, although whether he was pleased to be given a midweek game at Layer Road, Colchester is not known!

Quote from: referee12 on Wed 03 Oct 2018 09:17

very surprised coote and probert being dropped to championship duties and hooper back on board duties and not in the middle

It is not a case of being dropped but rather a case of fulfilling contractual agreements! Their contracts do not specify premier league games only, they are contractually obliged to cover PL, FL and cup games. The PL are contractually obliged to cover a minimum specified amount of FL games with SG1 referees every week.

Well, yes, but we know which referees are generally the ones who are 'dropped' to the EFL most weeks...

if Atkinson is injured then Attwell will need to take over and if he needs to then I'm sure he will handle it well