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Re: Pairings/Trends 25/26
DIR By: Matt1234
Date: February 27, 2026, 5:33 am
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PL assistant referee stats. Below is the list of each PL team
and which assistant is the most frequent on that team's matches.
The total number of different assistants is also listed. 34
officials have ran the line on at least 1 PL game this season so
the totals are out of 34.
Arsenal- Hussin, Ledger, W Smith (5 Times)- 26 different
assistants
Villa- Nick Hopton (5 Times)- 24 different assistants
Bournemouth- James Mainwaring (5 Times)- 26 different assistants
Brentford- Steve Meredith (5 Times)- 26 different assistants
Brighton- Lee Betts (5 Times)- 26 different assistants
Burnley- Stuart Burt (6 Times)- 24 different assistants
Chelsea- Davies, Howson, Nunn, W Smith (4 Times)- 23 different
assistants
C Palace- Bennett, Ledger, Scholes (4 Times)- 27 different
assistants
Everton- Lee Betts (6 Times)- 24 different assistants
Fulham- Lee Betts (6 Times)- 25 different assistants
Leeds- Antrobus, Smart (5 Times)- 26 different assistants
Liverpool- Beswick Holmes, Long, Nunn (6 Times)- 20 different
assistants
Man City- Nick Greenhalgh (6 Times)- 22 different assistants
Man United- Beswick, Davies, Long, Wilkes, Wood (4 Times)- 21
different assistants
Newcastle- Hatzidakis, Smart (6 Times)- 22 different assistants
Forest- Bennett, Mainwaring, Nunn, Smart (4 Times)- 27 different
assistants
Sunderland- Constantine Hatzidakis (6 Times)- 27 different
assistants
Tottenham- Nick Greenhalgh (5 Times)- 27 different assistants
West Ham- Hatzidakis, Perry (5 Times)- 28 different assistants
Wolves- Neil Davies (5 Times)- 23 different assistants
Only 4 assistants have officiated all 20 PL teams they are:
- Craig Taylor
- Scott Ledger
- Constantine Hatzidakis
- Dan Cook
5 assistants have done 19 teams, they are:
- Nunn (Burnley)
- Beswick (Burnley)
- Holmes (C Palace)
- Bennett (Burnley)
- Antrobus (Everton)
Most consistent assistant partnerships:
Beswick and Nunn- 19 Games
Smart and Antrobus- 18 Games
Holmes and Long- 18 Games
Burt and Mainwaring- 15 Games
Ledger and Howson- 14 Games
Cook and Hussin- 13 Games
Betts and Wilkes- 12 Games
Wood and Smith- 9 Games
Davies and Greenhalgh- 7 Games
Hatzidakis and Hopton- 7 Games
Hopton and C Taylor- 7 Games
Davies and Meredith- 6 Games
Scholes and West- 6 Games
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Re: Pairings/Trends 25/26
DIR By: Claretman
Date: February 27, 2026, 6:00 am
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> Wow! This is brilliant! A very interesting batch of
statistics!
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> I’m sure there will be one for Kitchen & Burnley come the end
of the season! 😉
>
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I reckon bmb will have a set of statistics about the number of
times each team ref have worn certain colours and which team has
had team ref in certain colours.
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Re: Pairings/Trends 25/26
DIR By: Matt1234
Date: February 27, 2026, 8:51 am
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SG2 referee trends. Below is a list of each Championship team
and the referee who has officiated that team the most. There is
also the total number of different referees each team has had
(done not include games officiated by SG1 referees) There have
been 29 different referees who have taken charge of at least 1
Championship game this season not including SG 1 referees so the
totals are out of 29.
Birmingham- Andrew Kitchen and Thomas Kirk (3 Times)- 22
different referees- 3 Games refereed by SG1
Blackburn- Backhouse, Doughty, Langford, Webb, Whitestone (3
Times)- 18 different referees- 3 Games refereed by SG1
Bristol C- Tom Nield (3 Times)- 19 different referees- 4 Games
refereed by SG1
Charlton- Andrew Kitchen (4 Times)- 21 different referees- 1
Game referees by SG1
Coventry- Backhouse, Kitchen, Linnington, Herczeg (3 Times)- 18
different referees- 2 Games refereed by SG1
Derby- Gavin Ward (4 Times)- 17 different referees- 1 Game
refereed by SG1
Hull- Doughty, Kitchen, Martin, J Smith, Ward (3 Times)- 17
different referees- 3 Games refereed by SG 1
Ipswich- Donohue, Kitchen, Kirk (3 Times)- 19 different
referees- 2 Games refereed by SG1
Leicester- Donohue and Ward (4 Times)- 19 different referees- 0
Games refereed by SG1
Middlesbrough- Langford and Kirk (3 Times)- 21 different
referees- 2 Games refereed by SG1
Milwall- Gavin Ward (3 Times)- 20 different referees- 4 Games
refereed by SG1
Norwich- Adam Herczeg (3 Times)- 24 different referees- 0 Games
refereed by SG1
Oxford- Doughty, Linnington, Ricardo (3 Times)- 21 different
referees- 4 Games refereed by SG1
Portsmouth- 10 referees have reffed Portsmouth 2 Times- 21
different referees- 4 Games refereed by SG1
Preston- Martin and L Smith (3 Times)- 19 different referees- 4
Games refereed by SG1
QPR- Langford, Nield, Herczeg, L Smith (3 Times)- 20 different
referees- 4 Games refereed by SG1
Sheff U- Busby, J Smith, L Smith, Hallam (3 Times)- 19 different
referees- 2 Games refereed by SG1
Sheff W- Webb and Ricardo (3 Times)- 22 different referees- 2
Games refereed by SG1
Southampton- J Bell, Donohue, Hallam (3 Times)- 20 different
referees- 0 Games referees by SG1
Stoke- Matt Donohue (3 Times)- 19 different referees- 4 Games
refereed by SG1
Swansea- Anthony Backhouse (5 Times)- 20 different referees- 0
Games refereed by SG1
Watford- Whitestone and Toner (4 Times)- 19 different referees-
2 Games refereed by SG1
West Brom- Allison, Busby, Kitchen (3 Times)- 22 different
referees- 1 Game refereed by SG1
Wrexham- Ruebyn Ricardo (3 Times)- 22 different referees- 2
Games refereed by SG1
No referee has taken charge of all 24 teams. Two referees are
close:
Stephen Martin 23 (Ipswich)
Lewis Smith 22 (Blackburn and Swansea)
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Re: Pairings/Trends 25/26
DIR By: HChip
Date: February 27, 2026, 8:55 am
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Stephen Martin was close, except Ipswich vs Blackburn got
abandoned!
Some very interesting stats once again!
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Re: Pairings/Trends 25/26
DIR By: ARF
Date: February 28, 2026, 5:49 am
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--- Quote from: HChip link ---
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> Stephen Martin was close, except Ipswich vs Blackburn got
abandoned!
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Just because it was abandoned doesn't mean it never happened!
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