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Manchester United v Everton - Darren England
DIR By: UmpireIan49
Date: January 6, 2023, 2:52 pm
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A lively live FA Cup tie, free flowing, end to end, and so far,
excellently refereed by Darren England.
He has a quiet authority, does the job efficiently and
competently.
Two incidents from the first half demonstrate those qualities. A
little bit of handbags between Rashford and Godfrey, nothing in
it really. England got straight in to the situation, calmed it
down and had a firm word with both players which further took
the heat out of the situation.
Then the Man Utd pantomime villain, Fernandez, committed a nasty
foul where he raked his foot down the back of the Everton
player’s ankle. The usual look of innocence and the usual
protestations, but Darren England was on the spot and rightly
cautioned him.
So far so good from the referee, I can see why he is highly
rated by the powers that be.
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Re: Manchester United v Everton - Darren England
DIR By: Adam
Date: January 6, 2023, 2:58 pm
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--- Quote from: UmpireIan49 link ---
>
> A lively live FA Cup tie, free flowing, end to end, and so
far, excellently refereed by Darren England.
>
> He has a quiet authority, does the job efficiently and
competently.
>
> Two incidents from the first half demonstrate those qualities.
A little bit of handbags between Rashford and Godfrey, nothing
in it really. England got straight in to the situation, calmed
it down and had a firm word with both players which further took
the heat out of the situation.
>
> Then the Man Utd pantomime villain, Fernandez, committed a
nasty foul where he raked his foot down the back of the Everton
player’s ankle. The usual look of innocence and the usual
protestations, but Darren England was on the spot and rightly
cautioned him.
>
> So far so good from the referee, I can see why he is highly
rated by the powers that be.
>
--- End Quote ---
I think Fernandes could've gotten worse than yellow. It's an
intentional stamp with studs showing that starts high and drags
down the leg. It's certainly at least "orange" and then he has
the cheek at the end of the half to go up to England and start
moaning about God knows what!
England has been excellent. Wish they'd give him these sort of
games regularly in the Prem rather than being stuck most of the
time in VAR
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Re: Manchester United v Everton - Darren England
DIR By: Adam
Date: January 6, 2023, 3:55 pm
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To round off a great night for England, a correct penalty call
Brilliant display from England. I'd love to see him on another
high profile TV game soon.
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Re: Manchester United v Everton - Darren England
DIR By: UmpireIan49
Date: January 6, 2023, 3:58 pm
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Second half for the referee, a good continuation of the first.
All cautions correct, a calm air of authority while certain
players were on the point of losing some control.
Offside goal for Everton, marginal but correctly given as such,
and the penalty at the end spot on too.
The one negative aspect is the complaining by players after a
decision (usually correct) and this is a sad aspect of modern
football, some would say, modern life. Referee gives a decision,
players get on with it in some sports. In football, several
players want to debate a decision. I read with some amusement
that a new set of directives will come in dealing with dissent.
It won’t last, it never does.
Darren England - a job well done.
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Re: Manchester United v Everton - Darren England
DIR By: jacksamuel21
Date: January 6, 2023, 4:10 pm
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Good job Darren England. A fairly soft but supportable penalty
decision.
Only let down is that Simon Bennett will be disappointed with
missing the offside. One of the best assistants in the world
should really be calling that
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Re: Manchester United v Everton - Darren England
DIR By: ajb95
Date: January 6, 2023, 4:49 pm
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Whilst nothing majorly wrong and got the main decision correct,
I thought he was poor in the first half. I had no idea what was
a foul and what wasn’t. 1 minute he would blow for a foul, the
next 5 minutes he would let everything go, then for the next 5
minutes he would punish fouls that he was ignoring minutes
earlier. A lot of the ones he did blow for were debatable at
best.
Glad he improved in the second half and correct yellow cards for
Everton. The tackle by Onana on Martinez was also a very poor
challenge. Penalty correct.
I thought the disallowed was very close and can only think
Bennett thought it was level
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Re: Manchester United v Everton - Darren England
DIR By: Observeref8
Date: January 6, 2023, 9:27 pm
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I struggle to rate England on VAR duties I think his really poor
and struggles to make a decision.
Tonight poor first half lack of natural authority was evident
but second half he was ok a tad better but nothing to get
excited about
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Re: Manchester United v Everton - Darren England
DIR By: akwoo
Date: January 7, 2023, 9:41 am
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"Only let down is that Simon Bennett will be disappointed with
missing the offside. One of the best assistants in the world
should really be calling that"
From memory the offside was "a big toe". This is exactly the
sort of decision where VAR will get it right. A human being can
only guess. I don't believe Bennett will have any concerns
knowing that VAR is there to correct any wrong guess!
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Re: Manchester United v Everton - Darren England
DIR By: adcr85
Date: January 9, 2023, 1:41 pm
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First visit to Old trafford for myself in 4 years, and first for
my 6 year old ever - so wasn't fully focused on the referee, but
overall a solid performance.
From in the stadium as a few others said free kicks were a
little random first half (though included in this was -from our
view up 10 flights of stairs - a very soft yellow, that on TV
viewing shows to be correct) but certainly there was a couple
where very little contac twas made and free kick given, followed
by a hefty tackle ignored.
Again, it is not a hot topic at that level, but I would like to
see everything a bit stricter on dissent, Maupay (who BTW on
that performance is stealing a living as a footballer) was
giving his opinion on everything, from tryign to get Shaw booked
for a push, to havign a go at the assistant around a throw in,
culminating in giving the 4O a spray as he was subbed off. As I
say I know theere is less cards for dissent at the top level,
but some still do need to be given
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