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Mr England returns to ref the Crystal Palace game
last updated Thursday 27th March 2025, 10:29 AM
Match Referee News
Fulham vrs Crystal Palace
Emirates FA Cup quarter finals 24/25 at Craven Cottage
Saturday 29th March 2025 KO: 12:15
Referee: Darren England (Barnsley)
Live on ITV1
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Referee: Darren England (Barnsley)
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Referee Darren England was running the line in the Premier League for several seasons after working his way up from amateur football in Barnsley. He commenced refereeing in the Conference League in March 2014 and moved up into the Football League in August 2015.
He refed his first Championship game in March 2017 and he joined the Select Group 2 of full-time referees in the summer. In August 2020 the PGMOL announced that England had been added to the 2020 Select Group 1 and in December 2022 he was added to the FIFA List of International Match Officials.
The last time Mr England refed a Fulham game was in October 2024 when we lost 3-1 at home to Aston Villa in an eventful game where we scored in the first five minutes, missed a penalty, scored an own goal and had Joachim Andersen sent off. Mr England booked seven players and sent off two.
In February 2024 Mr Enland was also the ref when we beat Bournemouth 3-1 at The Cottage. He booked three players including Fulham's Harry Wilson for a foul. Rodrigo Muniz scored twice following the opening goal from Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
Mr England's also bossed Fulham in February of the previous season, 2022/23, when we beat Brighton 1-0 away at the Amex. on the day he booked five players, all from Fulham, Issa Diop, Carlos Vinjicius, Antone Robinson, Joao Palhinha and Willian. Manor Solomon scored Fulham's goal in the 88th minute.
Mr England's previous meeting with Fulham was in November 2022 when he gave a controversial late penalty to Man City to make the score 2-1 to City. He yellow carded six players, four from Fulham, and sent off Cancelo in the 26th minute for a last man foul. Andreas Pereira was Fulham's goal scorer.
A month earlier in October 2022 Mr England was the Ref when we lost 4-1 at home to Newcastle. He sent off Fulham's Nathaniel Chalobah in the 6th minute for a bad foul and yellow carded Aleksandar Mitrovic for arguing and Harrison Reed for a foul. Bobbie De Cordova-Reid scored our only goal in the 88th minute.
Nearly two years previously, in December 2020, he refed Fulham when we drew 0-0 at home to Southampton in the Premiership. He booked two players both from Fulham, Franck Zambo and Bobby De-Cordova-Reid, both for fouls.
Mr England previously refed Fulham earlier in the 20/21 season in October 2020 when we lost
1-0 away at Wolves. He booked one player from each team, the Fulham man was Maxime Le Marchand for a foul in the 79th minute.
Prior to the Wolves game Mr England had only refed Fulham once before and that was in October 2017 when we drew 2-2 at home with Preston. The Ref booked five players only one from Fulham, Tom Cairney for a foul.
Mr England last refed Crystal Palace in November 2024 when they drew 1-1 at home to Newcastle. He booked three players from each team.
Last season he refed 27 games and issued 140 yellows, an average of over 5 yellows a game, and 4 red. So far this season Mr England has refed 22 games and dished out 88 yellows, an average of 4 a game, and 4 reds.
His busiest game recently was Man Utd vrs Ipswich when he booked 8 players and sent off a Man Utd player at halftime.
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