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Predict-a-Ref Community Shield
DIR By: mbj44
Date: July 14, 2025, 2:11 pm
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As the new season approaches for a bit of pre-season fun I've
created the Predict-a-Ref Community Shield.
Anyone can enter and only requires one set of predictions made
before the first appointments are released so it doesnt require
the weekly predictions that the Predict-a-Ref League Ben is
running this year does. The answers will be worked out in May
2026 when the seasons over. Feel free to have a go, just for
fun, no prizes.
The predictions thread is on the usual Predict-a-Ref section of
the forum, or heres the link
HTML https://ratetheref.createaforum.com/predict-a-ref-2025-2026/par-community-shield/
Good Luck
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Re: Predict-a-Ref Community Shield
DIR By: mbj44
Date: June 13, 2026, 6:30 am
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Ive eventually had time to work out the answers for this years
PAR Community Shield. As the PAR section is now closed for the
season I thought id put the results here.
The results are as followed
mbj44 -5
TA_Ref - 5
carrowman - 4
Badger - 3
Ben - 3
Mackem ref - 3
olliebcafc - 3
AG1983 - 2
FW_635 - 2
Matt1234 - 2
PlymJB95 - 2
HChip - 1
Andy F - 1
In the tiebreaker, TA_Ref predicted 68 non-SG1 4Os appointments
in the PL throught the season, mbj44 predicted 204. The correct
answer was 200.
mbj44 is therefore the inaugural winner of the PAR Community
Shield.
Thank you to everyone who took part, ill put the questions up
for next season once the world cup is over.
Detailed answers are posted in the next post for anyone who is
interested.
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Re: Predict-a-Ref Community Shield
DIR By: mbj44
Date: June 13, 2026, 6:46 am
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Who will referee most PL games this season?
Taylor refereed the most PL matches with 31, Kavanagh was second
with 30 and Oliver 3rd with 29
HChip, carrowman, TA_Ref, Ben, Mackem ref, Matt1234 and mbj44
all predicted this
Who will be an assistant referee in the most PL games this
season?
Hatzidakis was first with 36 matches, Cook second with 35 and
Betts, Hussin and Burt joint third with 33
No-one predicted this
Who will act as VAR for the most PL games this season?
Brooks was first with 35, Bell second with 34 and Howard third
with 31
No-one predicted this
Which SG1 referee will referee the most EFL league games?
Tierney understandably was first with 10 coming back from a
major injury last season. Robinson was second with 9 then Brooks
and Salisbury were joint third with 6
No-one predicted this
Which SG2 or SG Supplementary group referee will referee most PL
games?
Kirk was first with 6, Hallam second with 5 and Kitchen third
with 4
No-one predicted this
Which referee will be involved in most domestic matches this
season (any role - ref, 4O, VAR across PL, EFL, NL, EFL Cup, EFL
Trophy, FA Cup & FA Trophy)?
Unsurprisingly the top three were all regularly in the VAR
booth.
Howard had 71 appointments in total (24 ref, 7 FO, 35 VAR and
5AVAR)
Bell had 69 appointments in total (17 ref, 14 FO and 38 VAR)
Tierney had 68 appointments in total (24 ref, 17 FO and 27 VAR)
Backhouse (27 ref /33 FO), Webb (30/30) and Kirk (35/25) all had
an impressive 60 appointments without any VAR roles.
No-one predicted this
Name one referee who will make their PL debut. Hallam and Kirk
made their debut
Badger, olliebcafc, TA_Ref, Mackem ref AG1983, PlymJB95, FW_635
all predicted one of them
Name one referee who will make their Championship debut.
Corlett, Duckworth, Miles, Parsons and Reeves all made their
debut
Andy F predicted one of these
Who will referee the FA Cup final?
England
No-one predicted this
Who will referee the EFL Cup final?
Bankes
olliebcafc, TA_Ref, Ben and mbj44 predicted this
Who will referee the EFL Trophy final?
Coy
No-one predicted this
Who will referee the Championship Playoff Final? Gillett
TA_Ref and mbj44 predicted this
Who will be the referee for the opening Premier League game -
Liverpool vs Bournemouth? Taylor
No-one predicted this
Who will be the referee for the opening EFL game - Birmingham vs
Ipswich? Kitchen
No-one predicted this
How many times will Jarred Gillett referee Fulham in the Premier
League? 1
Badger and FW_635 predicted this
What will the most times one referee will referee the same team
in the PL this season?
8 - Kavanagh refereeing Liverpool
Badger, carrowman, Mackem ref and mbj44 predicted this
Which team will have the lowest number of different referees for
PL matches?
Liverpool only 12 different referees all season
olliebcafc, carrowman, TA_Ref, AG1983, PlymJB95, Matt1234 and
mbj44 predicted this
Anthony Taylor will referee which team in the PL the most this
season? Taylor refereed Liverpool 6 times
carrowman and Ben predicted this
Name one team excluding Newcastle & Sunderland who Michael
Oliver will NOT referee in the PL this season? (None is an
acceptable answer)
Oddly Oliver never refereed Crystal Palace all season
No-one predicted this
Name a referee who will take charge of a Merseyside derby in any
competition? England and Kavanagh
No-one predicted this
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